Can I put 8Gb of RAM on my old Imac 2008?

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Can I put 8Gb of RAM on my old Imac 2008?

I have an old Imac 2008 and I have now 6Gb RAM on it, but I'm wondering what will happen if I'd put 8GB RAM on it. Could you give any advice?

iMac (20-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.5.8), 6Gb RAM

Posted on Mar 20, 2013 2:19 PM

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Answer 1

mende1

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Mar 20, 2013 2:20 PM in response to fabiofromqc

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities

Unfortunately, the Early 2008 iMac only supports 6 GB of memory. If you try installing 8 GB of memory, your Mac will only detect 6 GB of memory, but nothing should happen with your computer if you are using the correct memory type

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Paul_31

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Mar 20, 2013 2:21 PM in response to fabiofromqc

This link should tell you the amount of RAM the Mac is guaranteed to work with and whether 8gb is an option:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac

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stedman1

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Mar 20, 2013 2:21 PM in response to fabiofromqc

If you attempt to install 8gB, it will most likely not boot.

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MichelPM

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Mar 20, 2013 2:22 PM in response to fabiofromqc

6 GBs of RAM is the Max.RAM you can install.

Sorry.

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