I'm gifting a Mac mini and I want to know if I can upgrade the ram before it is ever started up?

I'd like to upgrade the RAM in this Mac mini I'm gifting before it give it away. I don't want to start it up and set it up under my own specs. I'd like them to enjoy that process. Can I just open it up and pop in the new RAM, or would it affect to little guy?

Have you already bought the Mini? If not have the Ram installed by Apple before you pick it up.
If you already have it, you should be able to boot it into Single User Mode without setting up the OS and you can verify if it works http://guides.macrumors.com/Testing_RAM

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