Can I put 4GB of RAM in my MB?

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GRN99EX

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• Apr 20, 2008

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My wife decided after a month with her Macbook, that she would rather have the Air. She bought the Air last weekend, and I inherited the MB. I bought a new MBP for work in March, and put the 2GB of ram from that in the MB. Right now it is a 2.2GHz 2GB of RAM MB, but if I can upgrade it to 4 GB, then I might just go ahead and order the RAM.

The build date for my MB says "week 6 (Feb 2008)", and I am wondering if it will handle 4 GB. I appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks!

-Sean

 

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• Apr 20, 2008

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Yes, it will.

 

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quasinormal

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• Apr 20, 2008

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Yes you can. Earlier models could only see 3GB, but yours will see the full 4GB.

 

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fuzzielitlpanda

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yes you can. just make sure to pick up a set of mini screwdrivers to make the installation of the ram easier. i upgraded my mb to 4gb immediately hah (also feb 08 build).

 

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GRN99EX

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• Apr 20, 2008

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Just ordered the 4 GB Kingston Apple kit from newegg for $85.99. NE ships out of Edison NJ, which is only about 45 miles north of me, so even with 3 day select I will have it by Tuesday.

Thanks for you help!!!

 

pagansoul

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• Apr 22, 2008

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For 4GB you need 2x2 and will have to drop your 1x2 if this is how your machine is currently set up.

 

gkarris

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• Apr 22, 2008

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Yes, you have my permission....

 

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BlackThunder

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• Apr 23, 2008

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quasinormal said:

Yes you can. Earlier models could only see 3GB, but yours will see the full 4GB.

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I still suggest with earlier models to put in 4GBs...

That's what I have in mine. You get the added benefit of having a matching pair, plus your system recognizes 3.3gbs (as you probably already know)

If ram weren't so damn cheap now I would agree with you.. but for 70 bucks just get the 4gbs and know that you have maxed it out.

-2.16 ghz MacBook PreSR-

 

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pagansoul said:

For 4GB you need 2x2 and will have to drop your 1x2 if this is how your machine is currently set up.

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The machine originally came with 2 X 512MB, and I swapped that for the 2 X 1BG that came in my MBP. I just added 2 x 2GB which I ordered from NewEgg. All is good now!