**Upgrading RAM on My Mac Pro**
As I sat down to work on my Mac Pro, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. This was going to be an easy upgrade, and one that I had done before, many times in fact. The installation process was straightforward, and I was eager to get started.
**The Initial Upgrade**
I began by removing the two Riser cards from my Mac Pro. One of them was already upgraded with 1GB of RAM, while the other remained empty. I carefully lifted out the one-gigabyte RAM stick from the card, and set it aside. Next, I took the second Riser card and removed its one-gigabyte RAM stick as well.
**Dusting Out the System**
As I worked on upgrading my RAM, I couldn't help but notice that there was a lot of dust accumulated inside my Mac Pro. I decided to take this opportunity to give it a good cleaning. With the system unplugged, I carefully pried open the side panel and let out a cloud of dust. It was a bit disconcerting, but also quite satisfying to see all the dust and debris that had been accumulating over time.
**The Upgrade Process**
With my Mac Pro now clean and dust-free, it was time to upgrade the RAM. I took the empty Riser card and inserted one two-gigabyte RAM stick into its slot. Next, I moved on to the other card, which already had 1GB of RAM installed. In this case, I needed to install a second one-two-gigabyte RAM stick.
**Optimizing the Upgrade**
One of my initial mistakes was installing the RAM sticks in an unoptimized configuration. This wasn't really an error per se, but rather just not optimized. To rectify this, I swapped out the two one-gigabyte RAM sticks for new ones with 2GB of RAM each. This should provide a nice boost to performance and overall system efficiency.
**Reinstalling the RAM**
With my upgrades in place, it was time to reinstall them into their respective slots. For both Riser cards, I simply pushed them in until they snapped into place. The whole process took mere minutes, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction at having completed such an easy upgrade.
**The Final Result**
Once I had finished upgrading my RAM, I popped the two Riser cards back into their original positions. With everything plugged in and the side panel closed, my Mac Pro was now fully upgraded with 2GB of RAM on each card. The system should run much more smoothly than before, and I couldn't wait to put it through its paces.
**A Close Look at the Side Panel**
One thing that struck me as I looked at the side panel of my Mac Pro was how simple yet elegant the design was. Made entirely out of aluminum, it was both heavy and solid in feel. The big Apple logo on the front was a nice touch, and I particularly enjoyed the subtle curve of the frame.
**A Quick Check**
Before booting up the system for the first time with my new RAM upgrades, I decided to give the side panel a quick glance over again. On the back of the panel, there was a helpful graphic illustrating the location of the RAM upgrade instructions. This was a nice touch, and one that I was glad to have discovered.
**Final Thoughts**
Overall, upgrading the RAM on my Mac Pro was a breeze. It's an easy task that anyone with even basic computer hardware knowledge can accomplish. And while it wasn't exactly rocket science, there was still something satisfying about getting everything sorted out and back in working order.
**Conclusion**
And that's it for this video - I hope you enjoyed the process of upgrading my RAM, and that it will be helpful to others who may be considering doing the same thing. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to reach out. And if you're interested in learning more about computer hardware and upgrades, be sure to check out my website at TheCreativeOne.tv.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys how are you it's May 19th 2008 there's a slight complication with my Mac Pro um my very good friend Alfred you know him on youtube.com/ blassi he has very good video uh videos check him out um Alfred pointed out to me that I installed my Ram not incorrectly but it's not optimized the way it should be and then I L found out that other viewers of mine have also told me about this now the main problem is I installed my new Ram cards on the typ Riser card as opposed to the Bottom now apparently it's better to install um pairs on each Riser card on their own and then go back up to the first Riser card on my next RAM upgrade so for instance right now it should be dual 512s on the top and then my dual 1 gigs on the bottom still adding up to 3 GB and basically this just optimizes my Ram performance better and it makes my Mac Pro run the way it should be so this is a quick update video just to show you the install process um it isn't anything special but it's more computer footage and to me that's always a good thing so enjoy okay so here we have the almighty Mac Pro again um as I said I installed the RAM on the wrong card not the wrong card technically but it's just unoptimized like I said so so let's take this out everything's unplugged obviously there's the ram card that I did before put this up here and then I'll take the other one out which is my first time doing this so there you go oh a lot of dust came out I'm have to dust this thing too and yeah I can actually see back there now very cool all right let's pop them in and this cat's not part of it I'm sorry this is Smokey all right Smokey yeah here we have the two Riser cards the left one is the one I filled up and the right one is the one I've yet to put Ram in but that's going to change in a minute or so so let's take out the two one gigs and as my friend offer noted the ramp sticks go in the front of the new one well technically the back or the front I don't know I guess you can call the front cuz the pins are up here same as last time very easy apply Force done these out for people watching this for the first time rather than the first part of this video series um I said last time and it still stands installing memory is probably the easiest upgrade you can do Hardware wise inside of a computer so there you go that easy and so for my next R upgrade it would be on this card and then vice versa on this card to finish it up but I see myself eventually replacing these 5 12s with two one gigs or even two two gigs but we'll see and that'll be another video maybe in the summertime maybe around Christmas who knows but yeah let pop them back in let's put the one with the 512s in first since that's how it was in the beginning again very simple procedure you just push until it snaps into place then we take the second Riser card with uh let me just make sure yep one gigs each and by the way I almost used up 3 gigs of RAM as it is between Photoshop and Dream Weaver so I'm definitely going to be upgrading to probably at least five gigs before the end of summer so that'll be another video to look forward to something I haven't done yet on camera is show you guys what the side panel looks like I mean I'm sure I'm sure the majority of computer users SL Geeks out there know what it looks like already but here's the side door as you can see it's very simple it's totally made out of aluminum so it's heavy very solid very cool sounding too I guess um and then there's a big Apple logo right there very simple apple design very traditional which I love and then on the flip side flip this around it's upside down um hopefully you can see in the frame cuz I'm not looking at my camera right now but there's Ram upgrades I mean ram upgrade instructions right here a very easy um graphical I mean graphic tutorial I guess you could say yeah um I didn't see this until after I installed the RAM but no big deal like I said the error I made was very minor and it technically wasn't an error it just wasn't optimized so this is how it goes on one you slide this into the slot if I get into the slot this thing never wants to slide in the first time there we go very simple then spin it around let me see if that's in the frame real quick yeah you can kind of see it let me lift it up for you guys then you do this done and it's locked in place and the door is locked very cool very simple and there you have it another easy ram upgrade on my Mac Pro technically it's the same ram upgrade but this time I did it totally right it's totally optimized for performance which is always a good thing this time I'm not going to show the boot up process because there's really no point in showing it since you saw it last time and we all know what the Apple logo looks like by now so that's it thank thanks for watching and if you have any questions just feel free to post them in the comment section or email me at David DeFranco gmail.com also check out my website at the creative one.tv a link will show up right here like right about now thank you apple and yeah um and again a big thank you to those who gave me the heads up regarding the uh Riser card placement and RAM and all that stuff um especially to you offer thanks all right thanks for watching peace PEhey guys how are you it's May 19th 2008 there's a slight complication with my Mac Pro um my very good friend Alfred you know him on youtube.com/ blassi he has very good video uh videos check him out um Alfred pointed out to me that I installed my Ram not incorrectly but it's not optimized the way it should be and then I L found out that other viewers of mine have also told me about this now the main problem is I installed my new Ram cards on the typ Riser card as opposed to the Bottom now apparently it's better to install um pairs on each Riser card on their own and then go back up to the first Riser card on my next RAM upgrade so for instance right now it should be dual 512s on the top and then my dual 1 gigs on the bottom still adding up to 3 GB and basically this just optimizes my Ram performance better and it makes my Mac Pro run the way it should be so this is a quick update video just to show you the install process um it isn't anything special but it's more computer footage and to me that's always a good thing so enjoy okay so here we have the almighty Mac Pro again um as I said I installed the RAM on the wrong card not the wrong card technically but it's just unoptimized like I said so so let's take this out everything's unplugged obviously there's the ram card that I did before put this up here and then I'll take the other one out which is my first time doing this so there you go oh a lot of dust came out I'm have to dust this thing too and yeah I can actually see back there now very cool all right let's pop them in and this cat's not part of it I'm sorry this is Smokey all right Smokey yeah here we have the two Riser cards the left one is the one I filled up and the right one is the one I've yet to put Ram in but that's going to change in a minute or so so let's take out the two one gigs and as my friend offer noted the ramp sticks go in the front of the new one well technically the back or the front I don't know I guess you can call the front cuz the pins are up here same as last time very easy apply Force done these out for people watching this for the first time rather than the first part of this video series um I said last time and it still stands installing memory is probably the easiest upgrade you can do Hardware wise inside of a computer so there you go that easy and so for my next R upgrade it would be on this card and then vice versa on this card to finish it up but I see myself eventually replacing these 5 12s with two one gigs or even two two gigs but we'll see and that'll be another video maybe in the summertime maybe around Christmas who knows but yeah let pop them back in let's put the one with the 512s in first since that's how it was in the beginning again very simple procedure you just push until it snaps into place then we take the second Riser card with uh let me just make sure yep one gigs each and by the way I almost used up 3 gigs of RAM as it is between Photoshop and Dream Weaver so I'm definitely going to be upgrading to probably at least five gigs before the end of summer so that'll be another video to look forward to something I haven't done yet on camera is show you guys what the side panel looks like I mean I'm sure I'm sure the majority of computer users SL Geeks out there know what it looks like already but here's the side door as you can see it's very simple it's totally made out of aluminum so it's heavy very solid very cool sounding too I guess um and then there's a big Apple logo right there very simple apple design very traditional which I love and then on the flip side flip this around it's upside down um hopefully you can see in the frame cuz I'm not looking at my camera right now but there's Ram upgrades I mean ram upgrade instructions right here a very easy um graphical I mean graphic tutorial I guess you could say yeah um I didn't see this until after I installed the RAM but no big deal like I said the error I made was very minor and it technically wasn't an error it just wasn't optimized so this is how it goes on one you slide this into the slot if I get into the slot this thing never wants to slide in the first time there we go very simple then spin it around let me see if that's in the frame real quick yeah you can kind of see it let me lift it up for you guys then you do this done and it's locked in place and the door is locked very cool very simple and there you have it another easy ram upgrade on my Mac Pro technically it's the same ram upgrade but this time I did it totally right it's totally optimized for performance which is always a good thing this time I'm not going to show the boot up process because there's really no point in showing it since you saw it last time and we all know what the Apple logo looks like by now so that's it thank thanks for watching and if you have any questions just feel free to post them in the comment section or email me at David DeFranco gmail.com also check out my website at the creative one.tv a link will show up right here like right about now thank you apple and yeah um and again a big thank you to those who gave me the heads up regarding the uh Riser card placement and RAM and all that stuff um especially to you offer thanks all right thanks for watching peace PE\n"
