Adding Memory to 24 inch 2.16 iMac

If you ordered one of the new-style systems, they come with one 1 GB stick, the other slot is empty.
Depending on what you do and how much money you want to spend, adding a 1GB or 2GB stick is easy (and yes you can mix "sizes", it works fine).
I bought a 2GB OWC upgrade for my system, works fine.
Enjoy your system, they're fantastic.

 

Can I ask a quick question? If you have a 512/512 iMac and want to install one 2gb card - does it go in the top or bottom (if iMac is laying on it's face and you're looking at it)...... or doesn't it matter?

 

It shouldn't matter.

 

Wonderful. Thank you. I'm going to pop in a 2gb card shortly. Too fun.

 

fitting memory

I've just purchased 1G of memory for my 24 inch imac 2.16Ghz, anyone know how to get the back off and is it easy to fit.

 

On the bottom of the iMac there's a small meshed panel which opens with, I think, one screw. That will reveal the two memory banks and its just a case of swapping them out. Really easy stuff. Just make sure the new memory is seated properly and you're good to go.

Scratch that, here's the above in Apple's own words with pictures too.

Clicky

 

I ordered my 17" iMac from the Apple Refurbished Website in November, and I was going to do the same RAM upgrade you want (1x2GB and 1X512MB). However, I was pleasantly surprised when I went to upgrade my iMac that Apple had infact shipped my iMac with a single 1GB stick. You might get lucky and have the same upgrade. As a matter of fact, some folks ordering the same system as yours ended up with the upgraded 7600GT graphics instead of the standard 7300. It all depends on what Apple decides to ship out. But I hope you get luck!