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Hi everyone, I have 2 ram sticks of 8gb 1600mhz DDR3 each, installed on my MBP but my MBP is showing the following picture

Picture of the problem I swapped the RAM sticks and it is still showing the above. I checked the RAM sticks in an other computer and it does show 8 GB @ 1600 MHz. I waived out the fact that the ram slots from the motherboard could be damaged because it does recognize the presence of ram sticks and it does work. I would appreciate any help on this issue as it seems that I am the only one experiencing such problem… Thank you ! Update (05/06/2018) Hi Dan, Thank you for your reply, much appreciated. Your reply is structured in two parts: 1 - What the system shows is what the system can support. According to your explanation my system can only support what is shown below, despite the fact that I have 2x8Gb in each slots: Memory Tab of my MBP 2 - Please find below a screen capture of the memory report:

“so going with higher speed RAM on the most part won’t gain you anything.” I understand, however I would not mind as long as I could use 2x8gb installed instead of the 2x4gb displayed Below is the picture of what is installed on my MBP:

Again thank you for your response, problem not solved yet. Update (05/06/2018) Hi S W Thank you for your reply. Please find below a picture of what is installed on my MBP

And this is the problem that I am facing: https://ibb.co/ekwyPS

Thank you for your assistance.

ANSWER FOUND Gratitude and long life to: AugustineS WDan A special mention to TimD for his reply email: ‘‘TimD says: You are showing exactly what you have installed. The Corsair model CMSX8GX3M2A1600C9 is a 4GB stick of DDR3 memory. 2 x 4GB is 8GB. Those are not 8GB memory sticks.’’ Should anyone encounter the same issue, please find below some helpful points: This issue is a commercial problem and a lack of research from my side… Thanks again TimD.Manufacturers, in order to push for sales and to minimize the risks of compatibility are manufacturing RAM kits, pairs or double pairs of RAM sticks.To affect the consumer behavior and influence purchasing decisions they now label each RAM stick using the total amount of Ram of the kit itself, instead of labelling the RAM stick according to its individual capabilities.I ended up with two RAM sticks, each one labelled 8G, but this misleading label was just the total kit capability.TimD, simply by googling the label of the RAM found the kit and got back to me confirming that it was indeed 2x4GB, “8G” being the total capability of the kit itself. Here is a screenshot of the kit description as per advertised on a popular online store:

Once again, gratitude, long life and fresh croissants to all ! Voilà voilà, un grand merci à tous !

No, the display is correct! The About This Mac > Memory is only really showing you the requirement and what it see’s for RAM. It will ALWAYS show this exact wording based on what the system is designed to support. OK so how can I see the REAL value of my RAM? You’ll need to go to System Report and there you’ll see a deeper breakdown as an example my 2011 iMac shows the following:

And heres the full report:

In my case I happen to have used 1067 MHz RAM so the value is the same. Don’t forget the running speed of the RAM will be what the system’s memory bus is able to support so going with higher speed RAM on the most part won’t gain you anything. Update (05/09/2018) OK I think I misunderstood what your issue is here. You are trying to increase the RAM but the RAM you are trying to use does not appear to offer the larger size you were expecting. The memory you are trying to use by its label appears to be 8 GB 1600 MHz for each module, so you have 16 GB of RAM (2x8=16). What is the OS version you are running currently? Is the Corsair RAM you are trying to install not showing up? You may need to try a different manufacture.