{"id":517,"date":"2009-03-10T18:55:49","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T23:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=517"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:42:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:42:06","slug":"rtfm-may-not-always-be-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/517-rtfm-may-not-always-be-right\/","title":{"rendered":"RTM: May Not Always Be Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple may seem perfect to all of us, but every\u00a0once in a while, a little gremlin creeps into your life.<\/p>\n<p>We found a possible little bug in the new Mac Pro manual on installing RAM.\u00a0If you have 2 chips the manual says to put them in slots 1 and 2. Apple&#8217;s Memory Slot Utility, however, contradicts that and says slots 1 and 5 are correct. The manual appears to your right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/macpromanp564.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-525 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/macpromanp564-300x286.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/memoryslotutil309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-521 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/memoryslotutil309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, the manual says one thing and the Memory Slot Utility indicates another. We&#8217;re working to confirm which is right and which is wrong, but our bets are on the Memory Slot Utility winning this combat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple may seem perfect to all of us, but every\u00a0once in a while, a little gremlin creeps into your life. We found a possible little bug in the new Mac Pro manual on installing RAM.\u00a0If you have 2 chips the manual says to put them in slots 1 and 2. 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