Crashing Mac after memory upgrade

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weegrim
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Crashing Mac after memory upgrade

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Ok so Im looking for some help from u guys. Iv been using the latest version of sabnzdb on my Mac mini (mid 2010) with 2gb of ram fine for the past couple of months. Now I bought a new stick of ram to upgrade it adding a 2gb stick to take me to 3gb total. Now everything seems to be running fine except when I start using sabnzdb, the files will start to download and then all of a sudden randomly the system freezes. Now when I take the memory out and use the original config all is fixed. So I sent back the ram thinking it dodgy and today I got the replacement and the same thing happens again! I have no idea whats going on here. Iv tried using Nzbvortex to download files and they download at full speed with out any problems. Any clues as to whats going on? Thanks
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shypike
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Re: Crashing Mac after memory upgrade

Post by shypike »

It's clear that your memory stick is no good.
SABnzbd may be using more memory (or in different patterns) so that it triggers a crash.
Mac's are notoriously picky about memory modules.
Make sure you have one that officially supports your miniMac.
I.e. use the Kingston memory selector: http://www.kingston.com/
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