Andy Machead Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Alright so this machine first off is amazing. 2.4GHz Quad trumps my old 1.66GHz Duo every single day. But I have two 2GB ram sticks and four slots on my machine. After suspecting kernal, graphics card, and just about anything for kernal panics, I removed one of the ram sticks. Im running 2GB single DIMM with perfection, no kernal panics in sight, running everything I possibly can and crushing the chips power to the floor. But when I put that second DIMM in, no matter what the slot, kernal panic when doing something so simple as adjusting a photo in Aperture. I really need 4GB or more of ram in this machine. ANY and ALL help is greatly appreciated! When I ordered parts, I even considered 8GB of ram.... so 2GB is really lacking for what I do daily. Thank you! hackintosh p0wns an iMac of equal or greater value!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 if you really expect help you should post your hardware correctly there are so many threads about this problem - the search engine is your friend Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-840722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenril Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hi, I'm running a core2 E4500 on a DS3R with 2x 2GB memory sticks, and it works like a charm. I even can shutdown, now i have installed the poweroff fix. You should seriously consider burning a memtest86+ bootdisk and check your memory, because i think your SECOND stick is dead. Have you tried to replace the first one with it, and run OSX with only the second stick in? I guess you would have the same problem. http://www.memtest.org/download/2.01/memtest86+-2.01.iso.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-840725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hi,I'm running a core2 E4500 on a DS3R with 2x 2GB memory sticks, and it works like a charm. I even can shutdown, now i have installed the poweroff fix. You should seriously consider burning a memtest86+ bootdisk and check your memory, because i think your SECOND stick is dead. Have you tried to replace the first one with it, and run OSX with only the second stick in? I guess you would have the same problem. http://www.memtest.org/download/2.01/memtest86+-2.01.iso.zip sorry man................ but before you give such s***** answers you should read yourself in the forum. this is a known issue and could have exactly three reasons. he will find tons of postings about that - and believe me : it´s not about the ram itself. if he would have posted his mainboard(instead of what keyboard he´s using) he could have got already a few useful responses. read this http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...c=89659&hl= Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-840734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Machead Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 sorry man................ but before you give such s***** answers you should read yourself in the forum.this is a known issue and could have exactly three reasons. he will find tons of postings about that - and believe me : it´s not about the ram itself. if he would have posted his mainboard(instead of what keyboard he´s using) he could have got already a few useful responses. read this http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...c=89659&hl= jeez man. im just asking for help, and i've read the forums and can't find a fix. at least he's proposing a fix. i thought this was a friendly place, more then actual apple where they know zippo about their own hardware. i have tried the second stick, its fine as far as I know. the computer runs with it, reports 4GB in OS X but the simple things will cause a kernal panic. loading over 2GB of processes will do it, istat in my menu bar so I can see how much RAM im using. so as far as I know, its fine. I was thinking some issue with not being able to split processes among more then a single controller. thanks for the kind responses Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-840760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 sure he wants to help you - go and buy some ram I would help you - but you keep telling the same story again - that´s really annoying don´t you read? what about your specs? what is your mainboard ?? are your disks IDE or S-ATA?? you can´t find anything about it?? http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=87267 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=105848 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=99906 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=90457 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=78836 it took me one minute to find that Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-840793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuildSmart Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 jeez man. im just asking for help, and i've read the forums and can't find a fix. at least he's proposing a fix. i thought this was a friendly place, more then actual apple where they know zippo about their own hardware. i have tried the second stick, its fine as far as I know. the computer runs with it, reports 4GB in OS X but the simple things will cause a kernal panic. loading over 2GB of processes will do it, istat in my menu bar so I can see how much RAM im using. so as far as I know, its fine. I was thinking some issue with not being able to split processes among more then a single controller. thanks for the kind responses Andy Machead, are you really that dense???Post your system specifications or stop posting requests for help, people continually ask you for your specs and you ignore the query. No one can help you or even suggest what your problem might be because know one knows what hardware your using that may have issues. Looking at the stuff you've been buying and selling, it seems your buying the cheapest stuff you can find regardless of OSX compatibility like your BOXDP35 you used for a couple of hours and sold it without cables or anything else, if it was new then you should not have bought it if it wouldn't fit your case, people conclude you sold it because you found it had issues you couldn't deal with or are too dumb to know how to buy the correct hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-842299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 99% likely caused by the jmicron driver. disable it in BIOS or turn off memory remap in BIOS and be limited to 3.2Gigs of RAM instead of 4Gigs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-844259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashack Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 For those with AppleVIAATA: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=127611 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118722-4gb-of-ram-causes-kernal-panic/#findComment-902324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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