i have a problem -my empty slot has a tab installed in the wrong place lying across the base of the slot so when I try an insert the RAM SO DIMM it can't make contact and does not fit in- has anyone else had the same problem?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Iphoto 11- v 9.1.5
If the tab is blocking the DIMM contacts, I would say this is a manufacturing error, unless your machine has been stripped down and rebuilt incorrectly.
I would contact Apple Tech Support and ask their advice.
The tabs are there for the removal of DIMM cards and should not interfere with the contacts.
If your machine has been away for repair and has been rebuilt incorrectly, the repair centre which carried out the repair should be your port of call. If you get no luck from them, then contact Apple Tech Support.
Thanks- when you look at it with a torch you can see that it is affixed to the wrong side of the slot so it lies across the contacts so that the DIMM can't connect. So my instinct was that it is a manufacturing error. So will contact Apple support and trek into my nearest apple store. Very tedious!
PS- the machine has never been repaired-it's as it came out of the box!
I thought I would just say that I went to th genius bar and we realised that the ribbon in question is a double ribbon that is stuck to itself- with no DRAM in the slot it had opened out-hence covering the slot. The man at the genius bar found some long tweezers and managed to get the two bits of riboon stuck together again and all is now well and 4GB dram now in place.
problem inserting RAM SO DIMM
