New memory from fixit not detected
After working from home for a few months and seeing my late 2015 iMac (17,1) struggle a little bit I began looking into upgrading the memory. Apple’s website says the max capacity is 32gb, but I see ifixit, owc, and a couple other places showing that 64gb is possible as well, using 4 x PC3-14900 16 GB RAM chips. I purchased this memory here at ifixit and when I tried to upgrade to it the memory is not detected.
I have tried all four sticks of memory I purchased in different combinations of slots, but the only memory that shows up when I go into About This Mac are the OEM sticks that came with the iMac. If I only have the new memory in the computer it doesn’t turn on at all. I get a single beep once every five seconds, which the apple support article says means “no ram is installed.”
Is this just incompatible ram, even though it’s being sold as compatible, or might I have another issue I need to address to make the ram work?