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CSilver
Feb 20, 2010, 05:54 PM
I think I've heard once about some people saying 6GB is possible but what about the 8GB? Can someone confirm on this please? Thinking of upgrading the Ram and the Harddrive on my Macbook...

Thanks, have a good day.

-Chris-


ayeying
Feb 20, 2010, 06:42 PM
6GB works. 8GB doesn't. It's a firmware issue.

8GB will boot, but it'll kernel panic pretty fast when trying to access higher than 4GB.
celticpride678
Feb 20, 2010, 10:37 PM
The official support is for 4 GB. However, you can add up to 6 GB.
JAWWC
Feb 23, 2010, 04:37 AM
Does anyone know where you can get 6GB of RAM for a MacBook? I've looked everywhere and can't find 3GB sticks of DDR3 at all.
Bengt77
Feb 23, 2010, 07:11 AM
That's because there aren't any 3GB sticks. You can only go up to 6GB with disparate numbers: one 2GB and one 4GB stick.
JAWWC
Feb 23, 2010, 07:48 AM
That's because there aren't any 3GB sticks. You can only go up to 6GB with disparate numbers: one 2GB and one 4GB stick.

I don't have a clue why I didn't think of this... it didn't even cross my mind!

Well I feel stupid.......
Bengt77
Feb 23, 2010, 08:43 AM
Don't. I'm sure many, many people have, at one point, been wondering about this, too.
WhiteShadow
Jan 25, 2011, 08:29 AM
I have the Limited Edition Aluminum MacBook as well. I always heard mismatching Ram was not ideal. Any thoughts? Have any of you tried 6GB? How was the performance?

My next mod is going to be replacing the optical drive with my HDD and adding an SSD, but that is a bit more costly. The ram would be a quick cheap performance enhancer.
GGJstudios
Jan 25, 2011, 10:42 AM
I have the Limited Edition Aluminum MacBook as well. I always heard mismatching Ram was not ideal. Any thoughts?

Matched RAM on Intel Macs (http://guides.macrumors.com/Matched_RAM_on_Intel_Macs)
kierennyc
Jan 27, 2011, 01:41 PM
8GB ram DOES work in the Alu-macbook.

Im using Crucial.
ranviper
Aug 20, 2011, 01:23 AM
It works fine. I have 8 and have had not one issue. Running lion as well.
knarzie
Aug 22, 2011, 03:27 PM
8GB ram DOES work in the Alu-macbook.

Im using Crucial.

same here. just installed it, am delighted!
Montymitch
Aug 23, 2011, 06:08 PM
Can a moderator make this a sticky? It seems every other thread is asking if 8gb works in the 5,1 macbook. It does.