MacBook Pro Memory Upgrade Help?

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  1. eowl, Jan 7, 2012

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    Hi all,

    I've just installed the 8gb memory kit that I bought from crucial, but when I go into activity monitor it says I still have 4gb RAM, is this normal or may i have put in one of the modules wrong?

    Thanks
     
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  2. calderone, Jan 7, 2012

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    One is probably not fully seated.

    Open it back up and double check your work.
     
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  3. eowl, Jan 7, 2012

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    Sorted it now, you were right.

    Thanks!
     
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  4. Flares, Jan 7, 2012

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    Not too hard and not too soft

    I had the same problem.....it's hard to know when it's fulling installed. I was scared to press to hard, but you actually can put a little more pressure than you think. I always look to make sure the memory looks parallel to everything else.....tells me whether one side or the other is not fully seated.
     
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