iMAC 2010 - I need your help!

Hi all,

I have a friend who has bought an iMAC and SnowLeopard crashes a lot of times. He bought the computer in an Apple local shop and he upgraded the computer from 4 to 8 GB. I told him that I was almost sure the guys from the shop replaced the Apple memory and put another third party memory. I have heard that Apple always uses in their computers Samsung, Micron, Nanya and Hynix memory. It would be possible to know which memory was taking the computer before replacing the default factory for these new memory modules?

He tested the memory with TechTool Pro 5 and the memory doesn´t pass the test. It is reporting Memory Failure! I would be very pleased if someone could tell me which manufacturer is related with the code 0x855D. It´s impossible to find it in internet.

My Early MacPro 3,1 has 8 GB 800 MHz of Micron memory. Memory manufacturer 0x802C
My MacBook Pro 3,1 has 2 GB 667 MHz of Nanya memory. Memory manufacturer 0x7F7F7F0B00000000

I would really appreciate if all of you could check your memory as I want to create a list of Apple memory suppliers.

Go to about this MAC --> More info --> Memory --> and write down the Memory Manufacturer code:

Thank you very much in advance.

David Irisarri

Mac Pro 2008 / MacBook Pro 2008 / Mac Mini 2009, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on May 17, 2010 5:55 AM

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May 17, 2010 7:57 AM in response to mirko2000

Mac's are NOT manufacturer specific on the memory however the memory specifications that Apple recommends for the model must be closely followed. We cannot tell exactly which model iMac he has so we cannot tell what memory is needed. There are several ways he can tell what memory is recommended, the easiest is to look in the owners manual that came with the machine. If he cannot locate the manual he can download one here.

Regards,

Roger

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