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Just Bought a MacMini Memory Upgrade Question

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Robtonic

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Oct 11, 2011
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Should work fine. I just did the same thing...bought the base mini and upgraded it to 8 gigs of ram. Feels like a brand new computer! Good luck!
 
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sranjan

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Oct 11, 2011
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Robtonic said:
Should work fine. I just did the same thing...bought the base mini and upgraded it to 8 gigs of ram. Feels like a brand new computer! Good luck!
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Cool thanks guys ... I should have one hell of a computer after my upgrades.
 
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sranjan

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Oct 11, 2011
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Buckeyes1995 said:
Not to derail this topic, but I bought the same SDD and CANNOT get it to work inside the Mini Server. Works fine connected externally via Firewire.. but I cannot format the drive in the chassis (bottom slot). This is the 2nd M4 I've tried.. same issue.
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When you started to install the OS did you create a partition?
 
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Buckeyes1995

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Mar 4, 2011
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sranjan said:
When you started to install the OS did you create a partition?
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Yeah, I can't even partition if it's installed in the chassis.. it just times out after about 3-4 minutes. Works dandy in the external enclosure. Tried it with two different M4s.
 
jmcgeejr

jmcgeejr

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Oct 7, 2010
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Buckeyes1995 said:
Yeah, I can't even partition if it's installed in the chassis.. it just times out after about 3-4 minutes. Works dandy in the external enclosure. Tried it with two different M4s.
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I went with the crucial C300. If you are having a timeout when it's internal it's usually going to be a firmware issue and stalling with some ATA commands that are being sent down the channel where as in an enclosure that doesn't happen.

Good luck!
 
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Buckeyes1995

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Mar 4, 2011
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jmcgeejr said:
I went with the crucial C300. If you are having a timeout when it's internal it's usually going to be a firmware issue and stalling with some ATA commands that are being sent down the channel where as in an enclosure that doesn't happen.

Good luck!
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Hrmm. I am running the latest firmware (009).. so not sure what could be going on. May try the C300.
 
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