RAM installing problems!

hi everyone,
i just got my new imac and i´m trying to install the extra 1GB into it. whatever i do: it just doesn´t go all the way in! i´ve started off trying really carefully not to break anything. then i apllied more and more force and still nothing. i double checked with the seller that it´s definitely the right RAM. they told me that in fact on the new imac you have to be quite brutal to fit it in. but there´s only so much force you can apply to a highly sensitive chip, isn´t there?! the other strange thing is: the other RAM is stuck! i cant get it out no matter what i do! has anyone had the same problem?
thanks,
j*

It took me two tries to install my 1 gig memory chip from Crucial. The first time, I didn't press hard enough. I was afraid that I would damage the chip. Anyway, when I rebooted the iMac, I got the dreaded "3 tones every 5 seconds." I had to remove the memory cover, remove the chip, and reinstall it.
The "Everything Mac" booklet's instructions on inserting new RAM said that you would hear a "slight click" when the memory was seated. That was NOT my experience--I heard a quite noticeable click on my second attempt. (On my first attempt, I'd imagined a slight click.)
I inserted the chip straight in, with no downward pressure. I pushed it in with two thumbs, one one each side of the chip, increasing pressure until I heard the noticeable click.
Hope this helps.
--Rich

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Hi amoeba23,
I know its too late now, but in your position I would have imported 8GB RAM modules from OWC rather than buy them from Crucial.
Otherwise, I would have waited until Kingston started selling 8GB System Specific RAM modules for 2009/2010 Mac Pros instead.
To the best of my knowledge there is nothing on either the Crucial USA or Crucial UK websites stating that their modules incorporate Apple Specified Thermal Sensors, which probably means that they do not have them, and I would have avoided them for that reason alone.
In contrast the OWC website states that their modules confirm with Apple's specifications in that respect:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory#1333-memory
Also, there was no benefit in buying 1333MHz modules from Crucial, instead of 1066MHz ones from OWC, because of the limitations of the memory bus speed of your Mac Pro model.
For anything smaller than 8GB RAM modules I always advise UK enquirers to buy Kingston System Specific memory for 2009/2010 Mac Pros, because their modules are manufactured to Apple specifications, including thermal sensors. Personally, I use nothing but Kingston RAM, which has been 100% trouble-free for me, and because I know that their System Specific range of memory has been thoroughly tested for compatibility before being released for sale. Plus there are numerous resellers of Kingston System Specific RAM in the UK.
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I have an iMac/Intel Core 2 Duo/2.8 GHz/RAM 2 GB/800 MHz,(Anodized Aluminum) 1st Generation - Summer 2007 Family, and has many others here I bought an extra 2GB module in hope to boost the memory from 2GB to 3GB (the new 2GB memory module and the old 1GB).
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sergei63,
It seems you did not purchase the correct memory! The memory for mid 2007 iMac (first generation Aluminum machines) is:
667 MHz, PC2-5300, DDR2 compliant (also referred to as DDR2 667)
Look in your owners manual and you will find this information. As you are finding out your machine will not run if it has incorrect memory in it.
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Dear KarabeLa
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Please be more specific, what do you mean by Firmware? EC Firmware or BIOS update? Please provide some links to this Firmware, that other may use something from your information.
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