iMac 27" i7 Ram upgrade from 4GB to 16GB, boy, these ram upgrade really gave my thumbs a hard workout! I've had at least a dozen Ram upgrades across PCs and laptops, never had to push the Rams in as hard as I did today. Still sore thumbs after 3 hours!
iMac, Windows 7
Yeah they can be tight!
I've found that popsicle sticks are just about the right size to apply the necessary pressure to insert the RAM sticks. You can use the end or hold them sideways as they just fit over both slots.
Try hard they pop up.
I just insert a 2x$GB in the free slots and it come with 2x2GB so like 12Gb.
Do you know the plastic tabs to remobe the modules?
I saw that one of them is like the paper in the photo,i see you have some experience upgrading ram so because none answer my post i decide asking you directly.
The 2011 imac is working for almost three months and it recognize the new memory modules but now i know that one of the tabs is touching a ram module,is that big problem?I mean no just because the static energy more because if the module become too hot(I even know if they become hot by use) the tab can burn,is something to worry about or just ignore it?
Thank you very much.
Don't think these tabs will cause any harm. I don't know if mine are touching the modules, I just flipped them in once installation was done, looked more like the tabs are against the metal bazel. But shouldn't cause any harm either way, they are not made of paper material, I'm sure they are made from something statically discharged.
I was about to upgrade mine to 16GB. But I am having a hard time pulling the tabs out. do I really have to pull real hard to get the memory module out? I think I'm pulling real hard enough but still, it won't budge. The manual did not really say anything about unlocking anything so I assume it's just amatter of pulling the tabs. Am I wrong?
BTW, it seems the location of the original RAM are on the opposite location as the tabs. The modules are on the top while the tabs seems to be on the bottom (attached to some metal unit). *** The orientation of the imac is screen facing down.
You would probably benefit by watching.http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2011_mem/
@rkaufmann87,
Thank you for the link. It gave me the confidence booster that I needed. I thought it wasn't going to budge. But watching the video proves I wasn't doing anything wrong. I'm just not applying enough force.
Again thank you.
Your welcome.
Sore thumbs from iMac RAM upgrade
