I have a 20" Intel iMac 2.0Ghz with 1GB of RAM. I just bought a 2GB stick of GB Micro matching RAM, popped it in, and it worked great - for about 12 hours. I was using Parallels when I got a the "your computer crashed, you need to shut it off" screen. After this, I can't boot with the new RAM installed anymore. I get 2 beeps followed by a repeating set of 3 beeps. I've read that this means "incompatible RAM" followed by "no good banks." I tried re-seating the RAM, switching slots, etc. I've got the original RAM in the opposite slot now so I know both slots work.
Is this RAM bad or is it truly incompatible? The specs appear to match exactly (GB Micro "AE" 2GB DDR2-667 CL5, PC2-5300S-555) and it worked great for a while.
If you can't boot with the new ram and when you take it out you can then it's almost certainly bad ram. Would contact the seller and have them send you a new stick.
If you can't boot with the new ram and when you take it out you can then it's almost certainly bad ram. Would contact the seller and have them send you a new stick.