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Alu Macbook memory upgrade: OK to DIY?

Jimmy*

Jimmy*

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May 19, 2008
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Brighton UK
Wanting to increase the RAM on my new Macbook 2.4 from 2gb to 4gb.

Been quoted £170 ($250). Is that too expensive? sounds it.

Read about people having issues with the new Macbooks upgrading themselves.

Is this true?? Anyone added RAM to their macbook?

had a look on crucial.com and they charge £60 ($85) for 2x2gb

what to do???
 
Jimmy* said:
Wanting to increase the RAM on my new Macbook 2.4 from 2gb to 4gb.

Been quoted £170 ($250). Is that too expensive? sounds it.

Read about people having issues with the new Macbooks upgrading themselves.

Is this true?? Anyone added RAM to their macbook?

had a look on crucial.com and they charge £60 ($85) for 2x2gb

what to do???
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I have had no problems with the crucial sticks. A fine-pointed phillips screwdriver is really all you need for RAM.
 
Although I haven't done it myself, I heard that the self-installation of RAM, in the new MBs, is fairly straightforward.

I'm sure there are a bunch of guides online or here on MR, so all you have to do is find one and go.

I've heard good things about Crucial, so it looks like you're all set.
 
SteveMobs said:
Although I haven't done it myself, I heard that the self-installation of RAM, in the new MBs, is fairly straightforward.

I'm sure there are a bunch of guides online or here on MR, so all you have to do is find one and go.

I've heard good things about Crucial, so it looks like you're all set.
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There's also instructions on how to do it in your user manual and on the Apple site.
 
Don't pay £170 mate, that's extortionate. I upgraded my 2.4 Ghz Unibody macbook from 2GB to 4GB and all you need is a 00 Phillips screwdriver. Most good tool shops will do them. I reinstalled Mac OS X afterward though, I was getting slow boot times. After the reinstall the slow boot times stopped, but I think it was something to do with a process running in the background that I couldn't identify.
 
Take off battery cover via the latch and what not.

The rest is pretty similar to the previous generation Macbook. Just unscrew a couple of things, pull the levers *don't worry if it takes quite a bit of force*, and make sure you put them in the same manner that they came out.
 
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