The darndest thing...

I have a MP 1,1 that had the original 2x512 and another, newer 2x2G I bought the other day.
I decided I would go for another 4G to make 8 or 9 total. So, after getting some great help here on this forum about whether to use the original 2x512 RAM - I decided against it - and began installing 2x2G I just bought today.
Quick back story: The newer RAM I bought was Crucial brand - purchased the other day locally and added to the RAM the MP shipped with. After reading many posts, I decided that I should go for another 4G for the work that I will be doing on this computer.
Today I go to yet another local store which carries Crucial RAM, and after checking the model numbers 3 times, buy another 4G to install. The only difference between the 2 purchases is that A) they were 2 different stores, and B) the first came in a 4G kit (single box) and the 2nd came in 2 separate boxes - 2G each. Same model - in fact, every number was the same on box and RAM itself. Looks exactly the same too.
I put it in, and only 4G shows up on the bottom card. It was RAM from my first purchase.
I switch top and bottom card and 8G shows up.
Any ideas? Should I just be happy it's there?

For what its worth, My 2007 shipped with 1 G, I bought a 2G upgrade the first month, and prices had dropped enough to afford a 4G upgrade in 2008. I now have 6 dimms totaling a very odd 7 G. As long as the chips meet spec and you install them in pairs, they should work.
You might want to use your install DVD and hold down the D key while booting to run the hardware diagnostics. There is also a RAM test in TechTools (which came on a CD with my AppleCare).

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