okay, i'm new here so go easy on me... haha.
alright, i've got an iMac from late 2006. and i'm trying to upgrade the ram..
here's the specs...
iMac intel
MA589LL/A
20in
2.16
1GB ram
250 gig
ect...
so on the box it says upgradeable to 3 GB of ram... but the computer has two slots... which currently have a 512MB card in each of them. so my question is how do i install three gigs of ram? a 1GB card and a 2GB card? this doesn't seem to make sense, because i thought you were always supposed to keep them balanced.... so should i just install 2 - 2GB cards... for a total of 4 gigs... even though the computer will only used 3 gigs?
that's what i sorta got from this page...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1432
any help with this would be great... as i've been searching the net for hours... without a definite answer.
alright, i've got an iMac from late 2006. and i'm trying to upgrade the ram..
here's the specs...
iMac intel
MA589LL/A
20in
2.16
1GB ram
250 gig
ect...
so on the box it says upgradeable to 3 GB of ram... but the computer has two slots... which currently have a 512MB card in each of them. so my question is how do i install three gigs of ram? a 1GB card and a 2GB card? this doesn't seem to make sense, because i thought you were always supposed to keep them balanced.... so should i just install 2 - 2GB cards... for a total of 4 gigs... even though the computer will only used 3 gigs?
that's what i sorta got from this page...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1432
any help with this would be great... as i've been searching the net for hours... without a definite answer.
