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iMac 8,1 2008 8gb ram upgrade

This morning I upgraded the memory on my 2008 IMac 8,1 20" 2.66ghz on OS X 10.6.8. I was doing some researching before purchasing the 2 x4gb kit and found not luck as to the success of this process, only the unofficial maxing out to 6gb of ram. I've been running my computer all day with no errors or suddenly crashes yet. I mostly use applications such as Avid Pro tools and Reason 6 for music production. When processing Vst/ Rtas plug-ins, pro tools reminds you that your system is running at low ram (2gb originally). But now with the upgrade, So far so good with no messages. I thought this post will help out with others trying to do this upgrade. I will also post a YouTube video later this week! :p

Ram currently using:

Mushkin 2 x 4gb kit 8gb total

PC2-6400 DDR2 sodimm 800mhz

2008 IMac 8,1 20"

Intel 2.66ghz

8gb DDR2 sodimm ram

OS X 10.6.8

Pro tools 10

- Nevel88

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Memory ram upgrade

Posted on Mar 12, 2013 10:56 PM

109 replies

Oct 8, 2015 7:49 AM in response to Gonzalo.Martinez

Hello,

I have finally ordered the SSD Samsung 850 Pro 512GB.

Any idea on what should I do with the HD THERMO connector wires? Should I use a jumper?

JohnEO

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Nov 22, 2016 7:32 AM in response to Nevel88

Hi, I'm coming to this chat very late. I have a simple question. I have a 24" early 2008 iMac with 4GB of RAM (2 x 2GB), as when bought.

I just bought a new DDR: Komputerbay 4GB DDR2 SODIMM (200 pin) 800Mhz PC2 6400 / PC2 6300 CL 6.0 that I want to install.

Simple question: does it matter which slot I put the new 4GB board in? Left or right?

Many thanks

Best

John

MacProTX

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14 points

Dec 3, 2016 2:17 PM in response to JohnEO

Although I don't think it matters, I installed my 4GB chip on the right (as viewed with the screen face-down and the support arm up), and had no issues, so for sure the right slot works. Much as I'd like to know for sure, I'm not going to bother swapping slots. :-)

Nov 27, 2017 9:32 AM in response to Gonzalo.Martinez

Just transfer them to the same area they came from(on the drive). Use double sided tape if you need a new adhesive to keep it there.

iMac 8,1 2008 8gb ram upgrade