Mac Mini Memory Maddness

Transeau · Oct 25, 2007, 11:04 PM

ARGH! I'm so annoyed right now.

I picked up a Mini (brand new) to replace my last PC box. It's not used for much, just email, IM, etc.. I ordered the very basic.

So, I picked up two 1GB SO-DIMMs and a 250 hard drive. Put them in and installed 10.4. Then it started rebooting. I ran the diags and after 6 extended tests it gave a memory error. So I pulled out one dimm and tried again. 20 extended passes, no errors. Okay, so a bad dimm, right?

Wrong. I tested the other dimm, 20 extended passes, no errors. Put both in and I get an error on 3~6 passes. Tried reseating, swapping sockets... Nothing.

Has anyone else seen this? It's "Transend" memory, normally pretty good. I'm sending it back and going back to Muskin.

Any thoughts / feelings?

Jimmdean · Oct 26, 2007, 10:39 AM

Sometimes DIMMs just don't work well together. There are so many variables when it comes to RAM there's no telling what it was. I usually recommend a matched pair, but even that can sometimes be meaningless. All you can really do is try again, maybe switch to a different manufacturer if that doesn't work. Personally, I tend to stick with OCZ.

Transeau · Oct 27, 2007, 01:42 AM

It was a set of two, matched pair marketed for the Mini...

peeaanuut · Oct 27, 2007, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Transeau

It was a set of two, matched pair marketed for the Mini...

That doesnt matter. Ram is still ram and is finicky as a cat.

Oct 25, 2007, 11:04 PM	#1
Transeau macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alta Loma, CA	Mac Mini Memory Maddness ARGH! I'm so annoyed right now. I picked up a Mini (brand new) to replace my last PC box. It's not used for much, just email, IM, etc.. I ordered the very basic. So, I picked up two 1GB SO-DIMMs and a 250 hard drive. Put them in and installed 10.4. Then it started rebooting. I ran the diags and after 6 extended tests it gave a memory error. So I pulled out one dimm and tried again. 20 extended passes, no errors. Okay, so a bad dimm, right? Wrong. I tested the other dimm, 20 extended passes, no errors. Put both in and I get an error on 3~6 passes. Tried reseating, swapping sockets... Nothing. Has anyone else seen this? It's "Transend" memory, normally pretty good. I'm sending it back and going back to Muskin. Any thoughts / feelings? __________________ 2009 27" iMac 2.8GHz Core i7, 32GB RAM, 2TB HDD 2012 15" Macbook Pro, 2.2GHz Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD & 750GB HDD (no optical drive)
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Oct 27, 2007, 01:42 AM	#3
Transeau Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alta Loma, CA	It was a set of two, matched pair marketed for the Mini... __________________ 2009 27" iMac 2.8GHz Core i7, 32GB RAM, 2TB HDD 2012 15" Macbook Pro, 2.2GHz Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD & 750GB HDD (no optical drive)
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Oct 26, 2007, 10:39 AM	#2
Jimmdean macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2007	Sometimes DIMMs just don't work well together. There are so many variables when it comes to RAM there's no telling what it was. I usually recommend a matched pair, but even that can sometimes be meaningless. All you can really do is try again, maybe switch to a different manufacturer if that doesn't work. Personally, I tend to stick with OCZ.
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