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iMac kernel panic
- Thread starter Rud3Bwoy
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ah ok thanks yeah i hope the new ram fixes it this sucks coming from windows to all mac and having issues i popped the apple ram back in to see if it's happening but it only comes up 2-3 days smh so on the phone now with crucial and doing an advanced rma
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what gets me mad is it passes all ram test to
memtest86
apple test
remember so that made me wonder
got the new ram today one difference i noticed was the ram from amazon which was from crucial each stick had 8 chips on each side etc,this one has 4 on each which matches my apple ram.hopefully no kernel panics,while i waited for the rma the apple ram had 0 KERNELS WITHIN THOSE DAYS
Kernel panics are usually nothing to worry about, but since you just switched RAM, try the old ones and see if the kernel panics go away.
Oh great, my response was a bit late
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Oh great, my response was a bit late
.Nope, I replaced all the RAM - the issue I experienced seemed to occur when you used third party RAM in all 4 DIMM slots.
At the time there was ALOT of people on crucials' forums experience similar issues. One crucial rep told me that they were changing the way they made the DIMMs and I could either get a refund or wait for a replacement using the new stock.
From looking at the OP's final comment, this looks correct. It appears Crucial were initially shipping low density RAM (8 chips per side) and have since switched to high density RAM (4 chips per side).
Hope all is well with the OP's machine
Nope, I replaced all the RAM - the issue I experienced seemed to occur when you used third party RAM in all 4 DIMM slots.
At the time there was ALOT of people on crucials' forums experience similar issues. One crucial rep told me that they were changing the way they made the DIMMs and I could either get a refund or wait for a replacement using the new stock.
From looking at the OP's final comment, this looks correct. It appears Crucial were initially shipping low density RAM (8 chips per side) and have since switched to high density RAM (4 chips per side).
Hope all is well with the OP's machine
yep no kernel panics yet 32 gb maxed 2013 imac no issues glad the new ram fixed it
Well, it seems like they are definitely replacing all Mac users with high density since we all seem to have gotten it and had no problems with it.
It must be a Crucial thing since, as I mentioned, my 16GB of stock Apple Elpida is low density.
Anyway, I'm really glad to hear you guys have also had good experiences with your replacements. I'm about 6 months along now with no issues.
Well, it seems like they are definitely replacing all Mac users with high density since we all seem to have gotten it and had no problems with it.
It must be a Crucial thing since, as I mentioned, my 16GB of stock Apple Elpida is low density.
Anyway, I'm really glad to hear you guys have also had good experiences with your replacements. I'm about 6 months along now with no issues.
I just wish I had ordered with Apple's RAM to begin with rather than go back and fourth with issues.
I am now at around 9/10 months with no kernel panics. Only issue I have is image retention when the BLC proximity board goes over 57/58 degrees (which only happens when screen brightness is turned up to max).
Apart from that, I am pretty happy with my machine performance is amazing, (only glitches i've had have been with Microsoft office) and screen is ok for what I need.
This is pretty interesting. I was having Kernel panic issues as well with the Crucial RAM. I just sent them back for RMA. They were low density. It will be interesting to see what I get back.
hope it works out thank god the replacement works fine.i've seen others who had to return several rmas to get a working one.