installing RAM, now mbp won't start...

[kingshrubb]

I bought RAM from OWC item code OWC53C4DDR2S2GB

I took my apple ram out and installed owc ram using apples guide and the mbp makes 3 beeps continuously when I try to power it on now. I triedit over again and the beeps are gone- now it just won't start. What the **** is going on?

 

[GGJstudios]

Did you make sure the RAM modules are seated properly? Many have had the problem that they didn't push them far enough in.

 

[TEG]

Likely the RAM is...

Not seated properly
The Wrong Speed
or
The PMU/PRAM needs to be reset.

TEG

 

[kingshrubb]

Crap I think I had my mbp on sleep when installing it not off is that rly bad?

 

[GGJstudios]

I bought RAM from OWC item code OWC53C4DDR2S2GB

I searched their site and couldn't find that particular RAM. Do you have a link?

 

[kingshrubb]

I searched their site and couldn't find that particular RAM. Do you have a link?

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/53C4DDR2P4GB/

I got it to work btw (I'm actually posting on MBP and not iPhone 😀 )

It doesn't seem faster though--it almost feels slower. should I reset the ram or something like was said earlier in this thread?

 

[Eidorian]

Crap I think I had my mbp on sleep when installing it not off is that rly bad?

Did you take the battery out and unplug the laptop? 🙄

 

[kingshrubb]

Did you take the battery out and unplug the laptop? 🙄

yes.

Btw your avatar looks like something from a Studio Ghibli film. If it is then I /salute you.

 

[GGJstudios]

OWC53C4DDR2S2GB

OWC53C4DDR2P4GB: that explains why I couldn't find it! 🙂

It doesn't seem faster though--it almost feels slower. should I reset the ram or something like was said earlier in this thread?

Does it just "feel" slower, or have you run any benchmark tests to be sure?

 

[kingshrubb]

OWC53C4DDR2P4GB: that explains why I couldn't find it! 🙂

Ya sry I was typing from my iPhone 😱.

Does it just "feel" slower, or have you run any benchmark tests to be sure?

Well I just ran WoW and the fps seems a bit higher. Maybe like 20 fps higher.

 

[kingshrubb]

Is there someway I can test my new RAM to make sure it is working efficiently and as best as it can? Any program?

 

[GGJstudios]

Geekbench.

 

[kingshrubb]

Geekbench.

How's this score?

http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/75377

According to that how's my memory look?

 

[Eidorian]

Is there someway I can test my new RAM to make sure it is working efficiently and as best as it can? Any program?

I'd be more concerned about Page Outs during application usage then running synthetic benchmarks. 😕

 

[majordude]

It doesn't seem faster though--it almost feels slower.

You didn't upgrade the CPU, just the memory. Your computer will run faster with more memory than less when you start maxing out the memory and it wants to start swapping resources.

Open a bunch of huge files in Photoshop and you can tell that more memory is better!