Memory Slot Utility Notification Problem

[-BigMac-]

Hi guys.
Mac Pro 2010 2.8 Quad stock.

Upgraded the 3gb stock ram to 16gb 1066 ecc last week.
On first boot there is meant to be this popup confirming correct installation of ram modules.

However, this is appearing at every single boot. Which is annoying, as its delaying boot time.

I checked to see whether the ram was infact registering.

I have removed the RAM, re-installed one at a time, changed order etc. Nothing seems to be making the notification disappear.

Anyone have any idea how to fix this? Returning the ram isn't an option as i bought it from a friend, who i know it was working perfectly for.

Thanks a lot

 

[Vylen]

Memory slot utility keeps popping up: Mac Pro 2009 quad on the Apple Support Community...

Dunno if it'll help.

 

[-BigMac-]

Memory slot utility keeps popping up: Mac Pro 2009 quad on the Apple Support Community...

Dunno if it'll help.

yea i automatically sign in as administrator. Im the only user on the Mac Pro, and set as admin. Would making a new admin account, signing into it, and then deleting it help?

Update: Creating new admins, signing in as admin, deleting admins, shutting down, restarting isnt fixing it.

 

[Sharpey76]

i had this problem, you need to make a root user account and sign in on that just once to clear it

 

[-BigMac-]

i had this problem, you need to make a root user account and sign in on that just once to clear it

root user account?

 

[Sharpey76]

look here - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528

 

[MacTech68]

root user account?

Follow the appropriate instructions here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528

Just remember to 'disable' the root user after you've logged in and logged out once as root. Detail at bottom of above article.


EDIT: Sharpey76 - you beat me to it!

 

[-BigMac-]

Follow the appropriate instructions here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528

Just remember to 'disable' the root user after you've logged in and looged out once as root. Detail at bottom of above article.

YES! this worked
Thank you very much guys for all your help!

 

[bkomanet]

I fixed the Problem on my System!

After reading many posts about people having this problem, I decided to try a crack at this to see if I could fix it.

1) I enabled root access on my Mac (OSx Lion)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528

2) I logged off of my Admin account, logged in with root (click Other when login window appears and type root and the password you assigned). I got the memory is installed in the correct slots message, as usual.

3) I logged out of Root and logged back in with my usual admin ID. The message did NOT appear.

4) I shut down the system (powered it off), powered it back on, logged into my normal admin account (the one that was always getting the message), and like magic - No more memory message.

5) I went back in and disabled root (the opposite of enabling it in step #1) after the restart.

I did NOT have to fix permissions or reset anything. But, it seems that there must be some sort of permission thing going on if log gin in with Root fixed the problem.


I hope this helps others - this can be very irritating.