Ok, I gave up after those 3 hours of testing. Here's whats happening:
I bought 2 of this (Kingston 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 SODIMM, Standard 256M X 64 Non-ECC 1333MHz 204-pin Unbuffered) to upgrade my iMac i3 late mid 2010.
Infos: -I have Lion installed
-I don't use any kind of external hard drive
-I have nothing but the power cord connected
After installing, everything was beautiful. Lion running smooth. The system was 100% better with the 8gb.
I tried to print a document ( I have a Wireless HP Photosmart D110A if that matters ) and the iMac suddenly frozen and started to make those 3 beeps that indicates RAM problem. I booted and in the same printing process it frozen again, with the beeps. Then, I took off 1 of the modules, and I wasn't able to reproduce the problem. Opened a lot of apps, used a lot of ram, printed the document, everything.
I was SURE that I got a bad module, but decided to try with the other one. For my surprise, I couldn't reproduce the freeze ! Then again I tried with the 8gb, and while booting, it frozen and beeped. I Changed the modules positions and the problem remained.
Then I took off all the RAM and tried 1 by 1 (only 2gb) all the 4 modules. And couldn't reproduce it.
I tested all modules with Rember and the Apple Hardware Test. All ok.
So, what is going on? My iMac can't handle 8gb ? I can't think of anything !
HEEEELP ME!!! I have seven days to change my new RAM.
Should I take it to the Apple Care?
EDIT:
Running on 6gb apparently makes it stable, no matter what combination of modules I use. With Prime95 I can easily reproduce the problem using 8gb. With 6gb, everything is fine. Might be my logic board failing to recognize 8gb ?
I bought 2 of this (Kingston 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 SODIMM, Standard 256M X 64 Non-ECC 1333MHz 204-pin Unbuffered) to upgrade my iMac i3 late mid 2010.
Infos: -I have Lion installed
-I don't use any kind of external hard drive
-I have nothing but the power cord connected
After installing, everything was beautiful. Lion running smooth. The system was 100% better with the 8gb.
I tried to print a document ( I have a Wireless HP Photosmart D110A if that matters ) and the iMac suddenly frozen and started to make those 3 beeps that indicates RAM problem. I booted and in the same printing process it frozen again, with the beeps. Then, I took off 1 of the modules, and I wasn't able to reproduce the problem. Opened a lot of apps, used a lot of ram, printed the document, everything.
I was SURE that I got a bad module, but decided to try with the other one. For my surprise, I couldn't reproduce the freeze ! Then again I tried with the 8gb, and while booting, it frozen and beeped. I Changed the modules positions and the problem remained.
Then I took off all the RAM and tried 1 by 1 (only 2gb) all the 4 modules. And couldn't reproduce it.
I tested all modules with Rember and the Apple Hardware Test. All ok.
So, what is going on? My iMac can't handle 8gb ? I can't think of anything !
HEEEELP ME!!! I have seven days to change my new RAM.
Should I take it to the Apple Care?
EDIT:
Running on 6gb apparently makes it stable, no matter what combination of modules I use. With Prime95 I can easily reproduce the problem using 8gb. With 6gb, everything is fine. Might be my logic board failing to recognize 8gb ?
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