Late 2006 Macbook - Ram problem

[Ih8reno]

I recently purchased a macbook sold as for parts. The issue was that the screen would only stay on if you opened it at a certain angle. Well That was a quick fix reseating the cables connected to the display. After that I attempted to upgrade the ram from 1 1gb stick installed to 2 sticks of 1gb. When I put ram in the unused slot the mac wont chime. I've tried putting the original ram in that slot and same results. Oddly enough when i try a working 2gb stick in the 1 working slot it registers it as only 1gb. Anyone have any suggestions not revolving around me buying a new macbook?

 

[JTToft]

According to Apple's specifications, that machine can only do 2 GB in total (2x1GB). They're known for understatements, and it should really do 3GB in total (2+1GB).

You have a defective RAM slot.

 

[Ih8reno]

According to Apple's specifications, that machine can only do 2 GB in total (2x1GB). They're known for understatements, and it should really do 3GB in total (2+1GB).

You have a defective RAM slot.

Any idea why my 2GB stick only registers as 1GB?

 

[JTToft]

Any idea why my 2GB stick only registers as 1GB?

- Nope. I suppose two defective slots (one entirely and one partly) is a bit far-fetched. And I don't believe there's any limitation to which of the two slots can take the 2GB module.