GeForce 7300 GT with more than 2GB RAM?

I had a lot of crashes with my MP and had original 2x512MB & Kingston's 2x1GB installed.
I contacted Kingston's support when Rember caused kernel panic every time I tried to test memory with it.
They said that it is "known issue" that 7300gt does not work with current drivers with openGL applications and more than 2GB memory installed.
But my MP kept having kernel panics with rember (and with lots of other applications)without any openGL involved. I even ran Rember with Finder closed.
With only 2x512 or only 2x1 installed everything seems to be fine, except that there's not enough memory to use FCS efficiently.
Anybody had same problems?
Is this really "known issue"?
If it is, when is solution available?
MP+GF7300gt have been on the market over half a year now.
Any links and references would be appreciated.
I didn't find anything from apple's website and will be calling apple's support tomorrow...

I have 4 GBs installed in my Mac Pro w/7300 card. No problems whatsoever.
For best performance from quad-channel interleaving you may want to install either six additional 512 MB DIMMs (four in Riser A and four in Riser B) or two more 512 MB DIMMs (in Riser A) and four 1 GB DIMMs (in Riser B.)
In your current configuration I believe you should have two 512 MB DIMMs in Riser A and two 1 GB DIMMs in Riser B.
See Memory (FB-DIMM) Replacement Instructions.

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Mac Pro 2.66 crashing with more than 2GB ram

I curently have a base config of 1GB ram (2 512MB chips), the systems runs fine, I then added memory in various configs and it always kernel panics when I exceed 2 GB. System runs fine until i try something memory intensive like Aperture or Photoshop.
tried
4 x 512MB chips (2GB) = perfect
6 X 512MB chips (3GB) = crash
2 x 512MB and 2 x 2GB (5GB) = crash
2 X 2GB (4GB) = crash
I have tried only riser 1, still crashes even with only the 4GB running. All memory is genuine apple and passes the hardtest CD.
Any help much appreciated
cheers

Agreed.
If you cannont get the memory to fail when only one or two pairs is in a given riser then it will be very difficult to diagnose and you'd have to suspect either a riser or mainboard problem.
You do know that memtest will only test up to 2GB unless you buy the $0.99 version 4.14 though right? Lower versions shouldn't KP though, should just allocate 2GB and test.
If it fails in both the following combinations:
Riser A - 2x 512
Riser B - 2x512, 2x 512
Riser A - 2x 512, 2x 512
Riser B - 2x512
then I suppose I'd be suspecting hardware failure on the motherboard. BY the way, both risers boards are identical, you can swap Riser A for Riser B and still have a working system if it helps in your tests.
I just went through the same thing, fortunately I had only 2 pairs (2x1GB) to work with...so I labelled the chips ABCD and worked the combinations through the risers A and B to determine that failure followed a given FBDIMM....after I'd done all this and found the suspected FBDIMM, I powered up the machine with the cover off for a change and found the red lights...did I feel silly then

Adding more than 2Gb RAM to MacBook Pro

Do you guys know of any way to put more than 2Gb RAM in an Intel 17" MacBook Pro?
Model Name: MacBook Pro 17"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,2
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Total Number Of Cores: 2
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That's possible...actually likely. I'd love for that to be the case because I could fix it. ::Grin:: It's been this way since I first got it. When it arrived with just 1 Gb RAM, it was virtually unusable. I have a few apps as startup items, but they're just Firefox, Entourage, iNotepad, Linotype Font Explorer (with very few fonts activated), and Stickies. That shouldn't affect things much.
My needs are to use Photoshop, Illustrator and GoLive at the same time, with MSWord, Firefox and Entourage open as well. After the first bit of usage, I end up with 4-6 pageouts and a VERY slow computer. While it's doing the pageouts (which take quite a while), or switching between apps, it's very slow. And it's also extremly slow when Spotlight is indexing, so I disabled that.
I'm just not sure what it might be...nothing in Activity Monitor seems like it would be a culprit. Even in Safe Mode the problem is very evident.
I'll keep exploring and hopefully find something that will make this machine more viable for my use. I really appreciate the input greatly.

More than 2GB RAM 1st gen Macbook

Is there any way possible to get more than 2GB RAM in a 1st gen macbook? I have one 2GB stick in right now but if I try to put even the old 512MB in the other slot I get no video. I also tried two 2GB sticks as well. I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but it doesn't hurt to ask and have hope
I have a dell inspiron with Core2 and it wouldn't see 4GBs until I pulled the battery on it. maybe there is a trick for the macbook like that?

I was hoping since it sees one 2GB stick it may like 2? It was a long shot. I just got this one used, so I'm stuck with it for a while. It runs fine with 2GB though.

Problems deploying Windows 7 x64 computers with more than 8GB RAM

SCCM 2012 R2 CU1
Windows 7 x64
We have a weird problem after upgrading from SP1 to R2 CU1. We have built a Windows 7 64 bit image with the latest updates (currently September 2014 updates). It deploys fine to all computers. But after some days – don’t know exactly – guess after 4-7 days
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The error shows in 3 different ways – depending of the computer model.
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I made a copy of the production TS and started testing. I created a new driver package for M93p/M83. It contains only the NIC drivers. Now M93p an M83 successfully finishes the TS. Adding sata or chipset or MEI/SOL drivers to the package I get the 0x87D00269
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Investigating the smsts.log on a computer with the 0x87D00269 error.
Policy Evaluation failed, hr=0x87d00269 InstallApplication
25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
Setting TSEnv variable 'SMSTSAppPolicyEvaluationJobID__ScopeId_654E40B7-FC55-4213-B807-B97383283607/Application_d9eea5a0-0660-43e6-94b8-13983890bae2'=''InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
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m_hResult, HRESULT=87d00269 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\client\osdeployment\installapplication\installapplication.cpp,1080) InstallApplication
25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
Step 2 out of 2 complete InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
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Sending error status message InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
Setting URL = http://mp1.mydomain, Ports = 80,443, CRL = false InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
Investegating the 0x87D00269 error on the siteservers Status Messages Queries is weird.
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you have not previously used.
Hopefully this is a bug in translating the errorcodes? Just to be sure I checked all the SCCM serviceaccounts and none of them have expired passwords. And again why only on computers with more than 8GB RAM.
Anyone else had problems rolling computers with more than 8GB og RAM?
Why does this happens after a few days? To begin with, it runs just perfect and then starts failing on all machines with more than 8GB. Without a change in TS, image and driverpackage. We have seen this pattern for the last 3 month after
updating our image with the latest Windows Updates. It all started after updating from SP1 to R2 CU1.
Why does it only affect machines with more than 8GB RAM?
How to get rid of the 0x87D00269 error?
Seems to be somehow related to driver installation mechanism in SCCM in combination with Windows 7 64 bit, +8GB RAM and SCCM 2012 R2 CU1 or perhaps just R2.
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Thanks
Anders

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Firefox uses more than 2GB RAM

Hi,
I'm using HP laptop with OS Windows 7 Professional edition.
I observed in the task bar that firefox consumes more than 2GB of ram just with 3 or 4 tabs.
Could you please let me know what are the memory tweaks or steps to reduce the memory consumption???
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards,
Kathir

Memory usage is influenced by the type of site you use and the additional software Firefox may be using
* see [[high memory usage]]
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PeterA

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Successful install of 8.1.7 on Solaris 8 with more than 256Mb RAM

To all who have struggled with this one, like me. You owe me a bottle of Rogaine.... but I will accept a bottle of Jack instead.
It appears that the kernel parameters published in the Install Guide are only good for Solaris 8 with up to 256Mb RAM
If dbassist craters at around 80% in OUI with a "Can't connect to Oracle" and you have more than 256Mb on board
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shmmni = 200
shmseg = 20
semmns = 400
semmni = 200
semmls =200
semopm =200
touch /reconfigure (they don't mention that in the Guide)
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Anyway to get more than 2GB Ram in my MDD Dual 867?

Didn't know if there was a workaround to get my MDD G4 to recognize 1GB memory modules.
I know that there are some workarounds for other issues like big HDs on the pre MDD Powermacs, so I was hoping there might be a workaround for this.

For typical use, yes-2 gigs is plenty. There are certain factors,though, that would necessitate a higher volume of memory, such as using Final Cut Studio or other pro level applications. Of course the more non-pro apps you a running, the more memory you will use but most apps only use a few megabytes each and there is a portion of your hard drive that is allocated for virtual memory anyway.
I hear that the Mac Pro needs more memory to run smoothly. In the Mac Pro thread there are those who constantly complain about how slow their Mac Pro's run with only 2 gigs of memory while 4 gigs is considered the "sweet spot". Maybe it's a hardware thing?
I am currently only running 756 MB and everything seems fine, FCE would probably run a little more smooth (I hope) when I eventually get around to upgrading to 2 gigs, but outside of that every works fine.

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I tried to install 4GB Ram on an G20-106 but not even the BIOS would load. Newest BIOS-version (v1.40) is running. Is there really a 2GB Limit on this machine, and if so, why?

Hi mate,
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and checking the "Technical Documents" where the Datasheet states also a RAM limitation of 2GB.
Hope I was able to clarify your mind. :)
Greets

P67A-GD65B3 won't post with more than 2 RAM sticks/P

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2 separate orders of 2x4GB
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No POST with more than 2 RAM slots?

Hello community! Yuu are my last hope.
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Please Help :( iMac 20" refuses to boot up with anymore than 1gb ram?

Please Help iMac 20" refuses to boot up with anymore than 1gb ram? It was fine 4 days ago and had been working with a 1gb stick in one slot and a 2gb stick, which had replaced the orignal 1gb stick that I got it with, in the other and it had shown 3gb of ram and was working just fine with that since November? It went to sleep briefly 4 days ago while I was waiting on a customer and I came back to try to wake it up and it never would forcing me to hard boot it. When I did that it would only go to a black screen with a solid white light on the power indicator. Over and over again and same thing. I read and tried every suggestion I could possibly find in this and a few other mac forums to no avail.
I finally after reading about RAM issues etc. I decided to power off and take out the ram sticks and try them one at a time in each slot. So I took out the 2gb stick and did the SMC reset and it would boot up and work just fine with the 1 gb of ram. So then I went through the same process with the 2gb stick and it would not boot up only go to a black screen with white solid light again (NOT flashing). So then I tried the other original 1gb I had replaced with the 2gb and it worked just find like the other 1gb. So then I tried just 1gb stick in the other ram slot (back facing one) and with just the 1gb strip it booted up and worked fine. Tried it with the other 1gb stick and once again that one too worked just fine. So I determined it wasn't the slot itself I thought? I then tried the 2gb in the back slot and it would not boot only go to the black screen white solid light deal like before. So I thought well ok it's obviously the 2gb ram must have somehow went bad (even though I have only had it since November) and I thought well I will just use the (2) 1gb sticks in each slot and then that will at least give me 2gb because only 1gb really ***** LOL. So I proceeded to go through the same shut down process installed both sticks (I always push them to I feel them click and my fingers have a nice indention on them) reset the SMC and turned the power one and.... It would only go to the black screen with white solid light on power indicator???? I went through the same above process at least 3 times and again today a few times and I can't figure it out and I tried to search and search and I couldn't find anything like what I am experiencing.....What happened? Please help this slow Imac is killing me. It will work with 1gb ram only nothing more? Here are the specifics of my Imac.
It is a 20" Late 2006 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB graphics card and Ram with now only 1gb (did have 3gb) and I am running OSX Lion 10.7.5
When I go to system report and go under memory it shows this:
BANK 0/DIMM0:
Size:          1 GB
Type:          DDR2 SDRAM
Speed:          667 MHz
Status:          OK
Manufacturer:          0xCE00000000000000
Part Number:          0x4D342037305432393533435A332D43453620
BANK 1/DIMM1:
Size:          Empty
Type:          Empty
Speed:          Empty
Status:          Empty
Manufacturer:          Empty
Part Number:          Empty
Serial Number:          Empty
Any help I can get would really be appreciated. Thanks in advance
ALSO...Here is also a pic of the system log right before it happened. It even changed the date to 07/2014????
I have some more if needed???????????????
<Personal Information Edited by Host>

The Memtest just completed and came back like this? It only test the single 1gb chip because anything more in this computer it won't go past the black screen with solid white power light.
Memtest version 4.22 (64-bit)
Copyright (C) 2004 Charles Cazabon
Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tony Scaminaci (Macintosh port)
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 only
NOTE: No command-line arguments have been specified
Using defaults: Test all available memory, one test pass, no logfile
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) running in multiuser mode
Memory Page Size: 4096
System has 2 Intel core(s) with SSE
Requested memory: 250MB (263086080 bytes)
Available memory: 250MB (263086080 bytes)
Allocated memory: 250MB (263086080 bytes) at local address 0x0000000101000000
Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
Partitioning memory into 2 comparison buffers...
Buffer A: 125MB (131543040 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000101000000
Buffer B: 125MB (131543040 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000108d73000
Running 1 test sequence... (CTRL-C to quit)
Test sequence 1 of 1:
Running tests on full 250MB region...
Stuck Address       : ok
Linear PRN          : ok
Running comparison tests using 125MB buffers...
Random Value        : ok
Compare XOR         : ok
Compare SUB         : ok
Compare MUL         : ok
Compare DIV         : ok
Compare OR          : ok
Compare AND         : ok
Sequential Increment: ok
Solid Bits          : ok
Block Sequential    : ok
Checkerboard        : ok
Bit Spread          : ok
Bit Flip            : ok
Walking Ones        : ok
Walking Zeroes      : ok
All tests passed! Execution time: 362 seconds.
logout
[Process completed]
Seems Okay I guess?

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I need something that can run iTunes, MS Office, and iLife reasonably well with a minimum of freezing or crashing. I am a music student finishing up my doctorate and need these programs to work well! Perhaps it's just time to upgrade to a new computer? My 2006 Macbook is still plugging along, so I'm hesitant to upgrade unless I have to...
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Is this a hardware limitaion of the motherboard/Processor?
OR
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You can now easily run modern mini's at 64 bit:
http://blog.leanopen.nl/2010/04/23/doesnt-your-mac-mini-want-to-boot-in-64-bit/
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Most of the Minis are limited to less than 4GB and that is a hardware limitation. The newest Mini with the nVidia video can access more. Apple only supports 4GB because they use matched DIMMs, which on paper have a slight performance improvement over unmatched DIMMs. For whatever reason, Apple doesn't yet support 4GB DIMMs in the Mini. (I suspect that the power requirements or prices for the larger DIMMS may have affected Apple's decision.)
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