Macbook freezing

cato988cato988
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
my friends macbook keeps giving him the beachball. The memory is not being overclogged, and all the stats seem to be normal according to the Widget. Hes had the computer for 2 months and this started a week ago and has been getting worse and worse. It is to the point that it freezes after almost any command is given.

He had extra memory added by a third party, but his computer has been working fine for 2 months with the extra memory.



please help



thanks,

Cato

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    smaxsmax Posts: 361member
    Take out the new RAM and see if it still does it.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Problem is very likely the 3rd party mismatched RAM. Sometimes, yes, it starts out okay, but a few months down the line it gets worse, for some reason.



    Take out all 3rd party RAM/ upgraded RAM etc and put back the original Apple RAM. Things should work okay... Check with the Apple reseller, this is not normal for the MacBook.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    cato988cato988 Posts: 307member
    thanks guys



    i assumed that was the problem, but i wanted to get some other opinions before i told him that he should take out his ram
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