My iMac has become very very slow. System info shows 1 go of ram in bank 0 and an empty bank 1. The computer is supposed to have its origninal memory. Is the ram defective or something else?
What OS X are you running?
It would help us to help you if we could have some more technical info about your iMac.
If you so choose, please download, install and run Etrecheck.
Etrecheck was developed as a simple Mac diagnostic reporting tool by a regular Apple Support forum user and technical support contributor named Etresoft.
Etrecheck is a small, unobstrusive app that compiles a static snapshot of your entire Mac hardware system and installed software.
This is a free app that has been honestly created to provided help in diagnosing issues with Macs running the new OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
It is not malware and can be safely downloaded and installed onto your Mac.
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Copy/paste and post its report here in another reply thread so that we have a complete profile of your Mac's hardware and installed software so we can all help with your Mac performance issues.
Which iMac do you have..? see > How to identify iMac models
You either have an unseated module or one of the early Intel models that only came with a single module.
To order more RAM, go to either > OWC Certified RAM or > Crucial Memory for Macs
Thanks for your replies. I have downloaded the diagnosis software and will run it. In the meantime here are screenshots from the Apple system info about the iMac model.
Thanks
If two RAM modules are installed but only one of them is recognized, then you have a hardware fault. Try switching the positions of the modules to see whether the fault is in the module or the slot. Be careful not to touch the gold contacts.
It looks like my iMac came with only 1 gig of ram and that it started running very slow as more and more data was added. I found out that there was only one stick of 1 gig ram in my computer. I installed it in the second slot and the computer recognized it. The ram is OK. I don't understand how my iMac was able to run Snow Leopard at an acceptable speed for several years. I just ordered 4 gigs of ram.
Thanks for the support and sorry for the inconvenience.
laudou wrote:
It looks like my iMac came with only 1 gig of ram and that it started running very slow as more and more data was added. I found out that there was only one stick of 1 gig ram in my computer.
That is correct. The Mid 2007 only came with 1 1GB module.
See > iMac (Mid 2007) - Technical Specifications
I don't understand how my iMac was able to run Snow Leopard at an acceptable speed for several years. I just ordered 4 gigs of ram.
Snow Leopard is pretty tame. It will run OK on 1GB of RAM, as long as you have plenty of free space on your Hard Drive. Sounds like maybe your Hard Drive is getting full and Snow Leopard is struggling to find enough free space to easily swap files in.
Thanks for the support and sorry for the inconvenience.
No problem. We are all here to share, help and learn. 😉
My iMac has become very very slow. System info shows 1 go of ram in bank 0 and an empt bank 1. Is the ram defective or something else?
