OT – Additional RAM slowing me down?

[Alex Elkins]

Hi Wayne,

For best performance all RAM modules should be the same size, and preferably the sane brand too. In addition to the new 1GB and the 500MB, what else is installed?

All the best,
Alex

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[Max Frank]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Here is a screenshot of the RAM I have inserted.

Does this help? Should I pull out the 500MB?

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Wayne

[Max Frank]

Oops – wrong image!

Here it is:

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Wayne

[Walter Biscardi]

They’re all mismatched so that could be a problem. Typically I put in all the exact same RAM from the same manufacturer at the same time. I usually order a Mac with the bare minimum of RAM and then replace it all when it gets here with all new RAM from one source.

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[Max Frank]

Thanks Walter,

Any suggestions which, if any, I should remove first?

Thanks,

Wayne

[Walter Biscardi]

I’d start with the 256’s and see if that helps.

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[Chris Tompkins]

I find Newer OS’s like 10.5.x installed on older slower machines to slow things down too…. FWIW

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[Matt Campbell]

I too have had this issue with my old machine. MACs tend to be picky when it comes to installing new RAM. I had 6 gigs and went to 9, once installed everything was sluggish. After contacting tech support, they instructed me to install it in a certain way. I don’t remember what that was but he had me organize them in some weird manner. Whatever that was, it worked. Order and the chip size have a lot to do with it.

OS 10.6.3, Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 16 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Terry Mikkelsen]

I too have misc. RAM modules (BUT ALL PAIRED) on a G5 2chip @ 2GHz. It is running 4GB of RAM and runs well (considering its age). So it isn’t necessary to have ALL the same sized chips. You could run the hardware examiner software to see if you have a faulty RAM chip. (That software may only come on the AppleCare disc, but there are other programs out there that will also work if you didn’t get AppleCare.)

Having said all of that – I just noticed the differing numbers in your chip speeds. They are all 3200 which is good, but I was confused with the “-25440”. Did a google search for it – very interesting result.

https://macosx.com/forums/archive/t-52201.html
So, having read that – I would pull the 512 chips in slots 4&5 and see what that gets ya.

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[Max Frank]

Hi Gang,

Thanks for the replies.

A bit of an update.
I’ve pulled out the two 256MB sticks. I’ve done a bit of work on the machine and I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but it does to be working a bit smoother, if not a teensy bit faster.

I think the OS & software is probably too wieldy for that old machine to handle HDV efficiently, so I’m happy to have bare-bones operation whilst we do a few short things on that machine.

Thanks again for the input.

wayne