Memory Slot Utility Dialog On Every Boot?

I replaced two 2GB RAM modules with two 4GB modules.

After that I had the same problem: I kept getting a notification from Memory Slot Utility saying "the memory modules are installed in the recommended slots".

I can confirm that logging in as root user and clicking OK on the notification window the notification now has dissapeared.

Strange thing is that I didn't get this notification when I booted from my SSD or other Lion partition (for safety reasons I have a clean system on a partition on a different HD than the one I use for my work).

Ok, so what if you have logged in as root>dismissed the pop up and it still comes up?

You win the prize!

No one has ever reported that before!

Your hilarious... now give me some advise! I read the threads and everyone seems to have had the dialouge go away once logging in as root and dismissing the box. It didn't work for me, so now what?

Ok, just to be sure (don't take this the wrong way), did you actually log in as "root"? Is "root" the actual user id you used? Or are you congusing your admin id with the root id? Some people confuse the two. Again, don't take this the wrong way (sometimes it's hard to do in print). I am just trying to confirm you did it properly.

No, understood, I can see where people could confuse the two. I read through the thread and saw that you needed to log in as admin and enable root user so I followed the step by step instructions for loging in as admin and then inabling root user. I did this when I first booted up and the dialog box was up. Went through the steps to enable root user from the edit menu, clicked "ok" on the box to dismiss it and then disabled root user and restarted. When I did, it came back up again. So I did it again, but this time left root enabled, restarted and it still came back up.

So I did it again, but this time left root enabled, restarted and it still came back up.

And what about the reboot after that?

If you are still getting it then I don't know. If you do a google search for this (not just limited to discussions.apple.com) as GBA said earlier, your case is, I believe, unique.

Maybe there's something unique about that ram you bought. What brand and where did you get it. If you got it from OWC perhaps they could assist you.

Perhaps you wrote your description too quickly.

But once you enabled root, did you then logout, enter "root" as the username, enter the password and literally log in as root?

No, I didn't log in as "root" as in an ID. I just logged in with Root User enabled. And I appologize if you were being sinciere, I thought your comment about winning the prize was a wise crack.

To X423423X, no I still got it after that next log in as well. In all I restarted 3 times. Hence my question here. When I do what the thread said worked, and it doesn't, what then.

This is actually my work machine and I know the RAM was bought through OWC so I will look into that next.

Once you enable root, then log in as root, dismiss the message, and then whatever place that holds that information can be updated (it seems that only the root user can access it now).

Once you have dismissed the message while logged in as root, it should stop. When you know it has stopped, feel free to disable root user again.

Your answer is absolutely worked for issue of memory slot utility window. However, to been root, it is little bit complicated to me. At my case, web page http://www.macosliontips.com/tips/enable-root-account-in-mac-os-x-lion.html was a good reference. (for other language, that app name are possibly translated as your languiage)

Yes, explictly executing Directory Utility without going through all the indirection is indeed much simpler.

This is not something one thinks about optimizing when posting a "fix" considering how often one adds memory to their machine.😉

By the way, the title to that article is a little misleading since it is equally valid for, say Snow Leopard, as well.

I had the same problem. Someone's reply was to log in as an Administrator and once the utility had shown it's message to the Administrator it would finally be haapy and go away. At first I though "but I am the Administrator". What you need to do is enable the "root" account. Log in once (after booting) as root. click OK on the memory utility message and log out. Log back in as yourself and "hey presto" no more annoying memory slot utility messages.

Do a search on how to enable the root account. It's a bit of a faf but worth it.

I just went through the same problem folks are describing - properly-installed 4GB memory modules, and a "Memory installed in recommended slots" warning at every log-in. I finally came across the process of logging in as "root." But, never having done it, I made the same mistakes a few others did here.

First, I am using Mountain Lion, OS 10.8.2. Setting up a root user is identical in 10.8 as it was in Lion as described at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528

I am the only user of my Mac, and am set up as an Administrator. But once I had enabled a "root" user and restarted, the log-in screen showed two users - one, my regular account; the other one was literally named "Other," with a generic "Users" icon (and when I checked after completing a log-in, it did not appear in the normal User Accounts listing in System Preferencees).

Using the "Other" user log-in screen, I was able to log in using my name and the password I had set up for the root user - but I was not able to make the Memory Slot Utility window go away after restart. As others have pointed out above, it was not until I logged in with the user name "root" and the root password I had set up, that I was able to dismiss the Memory Slot Utility dialog box for good. Logging back in as myself, it was gone, and has remained gone.

Then, because I obviously do not know enough about UNIX to be anything but dangerous with root privileges, I logged back in with my own Admin account and disabled the root user, following the instructions in the link.