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Apple posts DIY info for new iMac memory installation
If you're looking to do a DIY memory upgrade on your brand-spanking new iMac, Apple's more than happy to tell you how. The Cupertino company has posted info in the Support section of its website telling people who aren't afraid to pop the hood on the new 21.5" and 27" iMacs what kind of memory modules the new machines use and how to install or replace memory modules themselves.While it's not the public's first look inside the machines, Apple lets the world know that the iMac (Late 2009) has four SDRAM slots, where to find them, and what types of modules will and won't fit happily inside.
Would-be do it yourselfers can search Apple's site for support document HT3918. Godspeed – and Godcaution – to you.
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Look said 8:54PM on 10-27-2009
What about an HardDrive replacement/installation? Anyone...?
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wase4711 said 9:16PM on 10-27-2009
replacing memory on an Imac is probably the easiest memory replacement job in the pc industry!
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wilbah said 9:18PM on 10-27-2009
why godspeed and god caution? It looks pretty darn straight ahead to me?
I'm no techie/hardware wizard, but I once took apart my ibook g4 12" to perform the "pressure on the video card" hack to get it to work... I had a few extra screws left over, but it worked! Put a new HD in a iMac G5 (with iSight); basically pulling the machine apart.
Last week I tore down a mighty mouse that was left for dead and virtually uncleanable....
The cool thing is, someone in the world has done it before.. and in these days, they take pictures of everything, and put it on the web.... the brave souls have gone before us, we can travel in their footsteps.
I say, buy the RAM yourself (why pay Apple premiums) and put 'em in yourself!
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mark said 9:20PM on 10-27-2009
Pretty soon the RAM will just be secured with velcro straps on the exterior of the casing. Can't get much simpler than this.
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cernenkatrena said 10:26PM on 10-27-2009
SDRAM? Really? I thought we were out of the dark ages. :3
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Jabbathewocket said 6:08AM on 10-28-2009
perhaps because SDRAM covers every bit of ram ever sold for computers ? methinks your mocking tone should be reserved for subjects you have a clue about?
tabaks said 8:53AM on 10-28-2009
Ha cernenkatrena, you sly dog, you pretend you know nothing about memory just to make us comment on your post. I see your game! Wow, you got me going for a second but then I realized "no one is that ignorant" and it struck me. Wow! props to you and your fine fine joke.
puhsitch said 6:37PM on 10-28-2009
I'm rather curious to hear about what the alternative is that you have in mind...
Adam said 11:08PM on 10-27-2009
Or, you know, you could just download the PDF owner's manual which has been available since the day these computers were announced and contains all of the same info.
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Bruce said 11:59PM on 10-27-2009
Are all 4 ram slots on the bottom of the imac? The guide only shows 2 slots from what I can tell. I could be misinterpreting the sketch, or it could be Apple reusing old drawings.
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jb510 said 1:05AM on 10-28-2009
I think it's just a ploy to get you to void your warranty. Did you read all the fine print.
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Markus said 5:43AM on 10-28-2009
Looks pretty much exactly like memory replacement with all other aluminum iMacs to me?
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pk.glyn said 8:08AM on 10-28-2009
It does. That's probably why the instructions say, If you are replacing a memory module.
Cleanse ProX
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tabaks said 8:18AM on 10-28-2009
Hahahaa, memory replacement wasn't dramatic enough, being the easiest replacement on the planet so a distraught writer adds some "godspeeds" for drama and to justify the wasted time. Wow!
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Tom G. said 2:29PM on 10-28-2009
Can you mix and match capacities? Leave the default 2x2GB sticks and add in 1(2GB) plus 1(4GB) for a total of 4 sticks memory and totaling 10GB?
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AriX said 9:29AM on 10-29-2009
Um... Are you THE Ken Ray? As in, Mac OS Ken?
If so, I love the show!
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