Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Hi, I would like to add memory to my iMac: mid-2010. Current configuration is as follows:
Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63).
Do I have to install the memory in pairs OR can I just install one 4Gb memory ???
The following does not make it clear for my iMac ( i3: not a quad core):
You must install memory in pairs.
Kappy wrote:
You must install memory in pairs.
Are you sure? mine ran fine for a few days with only 3 (1 was getting itself replaced)
Or then again 😊 it didn't.
Maybe I'll get me replaced.
You can install just one stick. The system will run fine
I found this info, not sure it helped though 🙂
No mention of the i3 though, perhaps it's the same as the i5 and 7? If it is then it seems that a single chip can not be installed in the bottom slots, but can in the top?
I'd just get an even number of chips.
link? Found that on the link the OP posted
So
These computers will not start up if only a single DIMM is installed in any bottom slot; these computers should operate normally with a single DIMM installed in any top slot.
(emphasis added)
So if you only have a single dimm and it is in the bottom slot (only one of the 4 slots populated) it till not work. It will work if either the single dimm is in the top slot or if both top slots are populated and the single dimm is added to a bottom slot (3 slots populated)
But then again the OP has an i3 not an i5 or i7 so none of this matters.
Adding just one 4Gb memory module to iMac mid-2010
