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So I just swapped in a PNY 240gb SSD into my Mac Mini and also replaced it with Crucial RAM (two 4GB sticks). When I turned it on, the Mac started beeping. (1 beep every 5 seconds). I read around saying it was the RAM, I swapped the standard back into the slots, and nothing. Is there anyway to tell if it was because I screwed up the SSD install?
Hi Derek ! You have been well informed. A bac beeping that way on startup means that the ram was not correctly inserted. Beware, removing RAM is pretty easy to do but to replace it correctly, you need to press it firmly so it is well connected. I had the same problem the 1st time I changed RAM in a mac, just had to insert it again with a more significant amount of strength and it did the job. In addition, I would suggest to try this after inserting the new ram : Unplug your computer, and press the start button for 10s, plug it back inStart your computer and immediately press simultaneously alt+cmd+r+p which resets the PRAM Hope this helps!
I have a 2007 or 2008 mac mini and we installed just a little more ram than the 2GB of ram already in there and we tried we seems like almost everything if you have any tips please let me know
