JKatzman Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 For the Holidays I got 4 GB of ram, and tried to install in my P55 i5 Hackintosh however, after installing it I turn the computer on, says I have 8 GB but won't let me boot into OSX 10.6.2, it goes to the loading screen the shuts off instantly Then once I take out the extra 4 GB, I can boot into OSX. Anyone know whats the problem? Just made this topic, and realize wrong forum. Sorry if a mod could move this thanks? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202173-upgrading-ram/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKatzman Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 bump can anyone help me? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202173-upgrading-ram/#findComment-1364669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
delphinus87 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Have you tried booting into 64-bit mode? 32 bit will only support up to 4GB RAM. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202173-upgrading-ram/#findComment-1367790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKatzman Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Yes, I added the kernal flag to my boot.plist and still when I boot, it will go to the booting screen then immediately turn off when there is 8GB of ram Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202173-upgrading-ram/#findComment-1369613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eject Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 run a diagnose tool to test your ram. i can boot -x32 and x64 with 8gb, it doesn't matter, but osx is more sensetive to faulty ram (and overclocked cpus) than windows is Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202173-upgrading-ram/#findComment-1369632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKatzman Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Try -force64 -v flags at start I used the MemTest and it returned all my ram passed then when I used these flags, it would boot successfully. So what can I do so I don't have to put in those flags every time? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202173-upgrading-ram/#findComment-1369758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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