Problems installing new RAM

Hi guys,
I have a 17" G5 imac (built in isight) i recently bought a 2gb RAM chip for it. I have tried to carefully follow the instructions to install it, but the chip does not seem to "click" into place as suggested in the manual and if i close the machine up again the new RAM is not recegnised. So, my question is, am i being too gentle with the chip? or is there some special trick to this? i installed ram on my macbook easy enough before however this attempt is proving difficult. anysuggestions would be really appreciated.
thanks

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*_Crash Report:_*
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 55868 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: AEEF5666-4C4E-4FC1-AC7A-5A500F952BF9
Sat Jan 22 00:00:25 2011
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2aab55): Kernel trap at 0x8b042474, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x8b042474, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x09947100, EBX: 0x09ad4a00, ECX: 0xe15f0000, EDX: 0x0a133800
CR2: 0x8b042474, EBP: 0x5294bb68, ESI: 0x08bd7f40, EDI: 0x0085f838
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x8b042474, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x03450010
Error code: 0x00000010
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5294b968 : 0x21b50c (0x5d42fc 0x5294b99c 0x223974 0x0)
0x5294b9b8 : 0x2aab55 (0x59616c 0x8b042474 0xe 0x596336)
0x5294ba98 : 0x2a09a8 (0x5294bab0 0x246 0x5294bb68 0x8b042474)
0x5294baa8 : 0x8b042474 (0xe 0x48 0x52940010 0x230010)
0x5294bb68 : 0x1854f8f (0x9ad4a00 0x0 0x5294bbf8 0x60)
0x5294bb88 : 0x4ff5ae (0x9ad4b00 0x85f838 0x1 0x0)
0x5294bba8 : 0x50f6e0 (0x9ad4b00 0x85f838 0x5294bbd8 0x4ff931)
0x5294bbd8 : 0x50f854 (0x8bd7f40 0x0 0x1 0x0)
0x5294bbf8 : 0x4ff5ae (0x8bd7f40 0x0 0x1 0x1)
0x5294bc18 : 0x4ff5c9 (0x8bd7f40 0x0 0x5294bc48 0x4ff5ae)
0x5294bc38 : 0x531e12 (0x8bd7f40 0xffff 0x8bd4f84 0x4ff5c9)
0x5294bc58 : 0x531e45 (0x8bd4f80 0x246 0x5294bc98 0xb18e540)
0x5294bc78 : 0x4ff5ae (0x8bd4f80 0x0 0x1 0x1e)
0x5294bc98 : 0x4ff5c9 (0x8bd4f80 0x0 0x5294bce8 0x0)
0x5294bcb8 : 0x2844eb (0x8bd4f80 0xb18e540 0x1e 0x5294bce8)
0x5294bd08 : 0x21d8d1 (0xa088398 0xb2555a0 0x997aa24 0x1)
0x5294bd48 : 0x210a3a (0xa088300 0x12 0x5294bda8 0x20f45c)
0x5294bda8 : 0x21dda0 (0xa088300 0x10000 0x0 0x2107c2)
0x5294bdd8 : 0x23f567 (0x5294bdfc 0x24 0xa4289e4 0x0)
0x5294be28 : 0x214f6f (0xb18e540 0x1 0x1 0x221bb4)
0x5294be78 : 0x215581 (0x7fc7420 0x33303 0x43dfe330 0x8f1e1f4)
0x5294beb8 : 0x22c521 (0x7fc7420 0xc971640 0x5294bf08 0x47a0f3)
0x5294bf08 : 0x47ab28 (0x8f1e1f4 0x0 0x0 0x2ea2)
0x5294bf58 : 0x47ab56 (0x8f20000 0x0 0xc971684 0x0)
0x5294bf78 : 0x4f0f7d (0x8f20000 0xc971640 0xc971684 0x0)
0x5294bfc8 : 0x2a0ef8 (0xa1916c0 0x1 0x10 0xa194964)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.digidesign.mbox2.driver(8.0.0f1)@0x184e000->0x1871fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.7.9fc4)@0x90c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(4.1.7)@0x1232000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub(4.1.5)@0x1292000
dependency: com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib(1.3)@0x908000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x948000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite(3.9.0)@0x1266000
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Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.5.0: Fri Nov 5 23:20:39 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.17~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBook7,1 (Mac-F22C89C8)
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AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.1)
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.8f7, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
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