15" MBP late 2008 unibody: 4g --> 8g RAM upgrade

[e.ayala]

Hello as stated in the title I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade my RAM from 4gigs to 8gigs.
15" MBP Late 2008
Processor: 2.93
Memory: 4GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M
Software: Mac OS X Lion

 

[-tWv-]

Yes, your MBP will support 8GB

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3

 

[bielen]

8G in Late 2008 MacBook Pro

I have a late 2008 MacBook Pro as well. I bought the 8GB Crucial upgrade from Amazon. Installed and was up and running within 15 minutes. Make sure you have the latest Boot ROM as noted in the link posted earlier.

 

[Apple 26.2]

I have a late 2008 MacBook Pro as well. I bought the 8GB Crucial upgrade from Amazon. Installed and was up and running within 15 minutes. Make sure you have the latest Boot ROM as noted in the link posted earlier.

Can you post a link to the link you're referencing?

 

[tcphoto]

I received my 8GB upgrade a few days ago for my Late 2008 MBP and it is something that I'd recommend to anyone. Between Lion and the 8GB I feel like it's a new computer.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PS9UKW

 

[-tWv-]

Can you post a link to the link you're referencing?

Its my link in the post above

 

[msalman]

I received my 8GB upgrade a few days ago for my Late 2008 MBP and it is something that I'd recommend to anyone. Between Lion and the 8GB I feel like it's a new computer.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PS9UKW

I have also ordered this right now. I could certainly make use of extra ram

 

[msalman]

So I tried it but mine didn't recognize 8GB - it still reads only 4GB . I have late 2008 macbook pro with latest firm running Lion. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[DrivenDaily]

So I tried it but mine didn't recognize 8GB - it still reads only 4GB . I have late 2008 macbook pro with latest firm running Lion. Any ideas? Thanks

Under System Information - Memory does it say there is a DIMM in both slots?

 

[msalman]

Under System Information - Memory does it say there is a DIMM in both slots?

nope - it was indicating that one of the slots was empty. So I reopened it right now and found out that one of them was bit loose - DOH . I fixed it and now the system recognizes 8GB. yaaaaay, I'm going to love the extra ram

 

[lindstedt56]

You should have bought the ram off of newegg for half the price.

 

[DrivenDaily]

msalman - glad you got that sorted and it wasn't a doa stick.

You should have bought the ram off of newegg for half the price.

I'm all for recommending Newegg but let's be a bit serious here....its basically a 10 dollar difference on that Kingston kit. Hell, Amazon is 10 cheaper than the Egg on the Crucial kit.

The take away is to shop around...

 

[msalman]

You should have bought the ram off of newegg for half the price.

ummm...which one are you talking about? Kingston is about $16 cheaper on newegg.ca but that wouldn't have saved me much with $10 shipping.