IMac RAM Doesn't fit

I ordered 2 new modules for an iMac 11,3. They won't seat in the bottom slots. I removed the original and put the new in the top slots. They fit normally. The originals don't fit in the bottom slots either. Any known issues with this? It is way out of warranty.

You could schedule an appointment at your nearest Genius Bar as hardware issue diagnosis is free - they could actually look at it which would make it much easier than trying to guess.

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I recently purchased a 512 MB RAM from apple.com for my powerbook G4 17" 1.67 that I bought a year ago. I currently have a 512 MB RAM on my powerbook, trying to upgrade it to 1 G by adding one more RAM to it.
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This RAM was purchased from apple.com, it couldn't be wrong, but why it can't fit in the slot??? Please help...

Welcome to the Apple discussions.
There are two 512MB modules for the PB 17", and they are different. M9595G/A (DDR333 PC2700) is for the PB 17" prior to October/Nov 2005, and MA219G/A (DDR2 PC2-4200) is for the post-Oct 2005 high resolution screen, dual layer DVD systems. Maybe check the memory against those numbers to see if you have the incorrect memory, or if you look at your system profiler (click blue apple, about this mac, more information, memory) it will tell you what you currently have in your system.

RAM doesn't fit?

I have a two-week old Penryn BlackBook. It came with 2GB of RAM, but I immediately ordered a 4GB upgrade kit (This one from Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134560)
I looked up the memory replacement guide on the Apple website and followed it. I ran into problems, however, when it came to replacing the stick closer to the hard drive (the inner slot, if you will).
The old RAM popped out of the slot just fine. But when it came to putting the new stick it, I encountered much more resistance than I did with the first (outer) slot.
After pushing as hard as I could without feeling like I was going to break something, I thought I had gotten it in far enough. However, the stick was still sticking out of the slot an almost imperceptible amount further than the one of the first slot. Trying to boot them machine produced the three beeps indicating a memory error.
I tried seating the RAM twice like this. After the second try, I broke out a flashlight and tried it inspect the inside of the interior slot. In trying to seat the RAM stick, it almost felt like there was something providing some friction that was preventing it from just snapping into place like the first one; like a piece or rubber or something.
My inspection of the interior slot showed that it was different than the first; there was a piece of clear tape holding down something towards the front of the slot, and what appeared to be a small gray ribbon cable towards the back that heads towards the back of the slot and (slightly) upward.
So I strongly suspect that the ribbon cable (or whatever it is) is preventing me from successfully installing my RAM. This suspicion is reinforced by looking at the two original sticks of RAM that came included with my system (which was a refurbished system, by the way). They are not the same brand, labeling, or configuration; the stick from the outer slot is branded Samsung, and the inner is Hynix. And even more interestingly, the outer Samsung stick has two rows of actual memory chips on them, while the inner Hynix stick only has one.
I don't know whether it's "normal" to get mixed and matched RAM in a refurbished Macbook, but what the characteristics of these two sticks seems to indicate is that when fitting my Macbook with RAM, it was noticed that a stick with more memory chips on it wouldn't fit all the way in, so a stick with fewer chips had to be used.
Just wondering if anyone else out there has encountered this with their Macbooks, and if they have, what luck they've had confronting Apple about it. I am planning to take my Macbook to an Apple store sometime in a few weeks, as the nearest one is almost a 2 hour drive.

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I recently got a Toshiba L20-197 laptop. It's brilliant so far but I wanted to fit another RAM Module.
So I set out and got myself a DDR2 533Mhz PC4200 512Mb RAM module. Just like it says on the site.
However, on opening the module cover, the slot is about half the size of the module itself...
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I got 2 pages, mostly foreign-language sites via a Google search. Which is why I came back to ask.
UPDATE: --
Never mind now. I managed to get what I wanted...
Just incase anyone else is looking here are the specifications:
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Most likely that's why you got the wrong modules.
My interpretation of your sig leads to a 2 x 2.66 Dual-Core Mac Pro from late 2006 / early 2007
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1. According to this KB doc, "mid-2006" iMac memory should be upgraded in pairs "for best performance." That much I get; however, it also says that "The iMac (Mid 2006) ships from the factory with at least 512 MB of DDR2 SDRAM, in two 256 MB DIMMs; one in each of the memory slots." But according to the Apple Store, current iMacs still ship with one stick. We are in mid-2006, aren't we? So is the article wrong, or the spec page? My brother just ordered a 17" iMac, and we need to know what the RAM makeup really is before ordering more.
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