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Does this mean my DDR2 4G is no longer good?...........

imapfsr

imapfsr

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Feb 14, 2008
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Hey All,
Due to the fact that my 4 month old MBP is having video issue Apple is replacing my Pro with a new MBP......so happy!!!! My question is that I just bought 4g of ram but its DDR2 so does that mean my ram will not work in my new MBP? or will it make any difference. Forgive me if this is a really dumb question. Thanks in advance.
 
Most likely, although I can't guarantee that. Usually, such a big upgrade (DDR2 to DDR3) would have modules with a different number of pins and so the wrong ones shouldn't fit.
 
imapfsr said:
Hey All,
Due to the fact that my 4 month old MBP is having video issue Apple is replacing my Pro with a new MBP......so happy!!!! My question is that I just bought 4g of ram but its DDR2 so does that mean my ram will not work in my new MBP? or will it make any difference. Forgive me if this is a really dumb question. Thanks in advance.
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i agree it's a new MBP..
but i doubt that it's the Latest MBP..

they'll give you a NEW penryn MBP.
 
I am not 100% on the NVIDIA motherboards but for Intel Montevina platform DDR2 works instead of DDR3 too.
There isn't any performance difference between those anyway, however, there is a small difference on power consumption.
 
Actually your ram may still be good to use. Obviously your ddr2 won't function at the speed of ddr3 if it does work. I've used ram that was slower in a computer than what it could take. You should google it and see if you can get a clear answer.
 
Chrysaor said:
I am not 100% on the NVIDIA motherboards but for Intel Montevina platform DDR2 works instead of DDR3 too.
There isn't any performance difference between those anyway, however, there is a small difference on power consumption.
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Apple could have used DDR2 on the nVidia chipset as well. ;)
 
Just tell them that you have 4gb in it ... sometimes they bump the memory on upgrades when they do a swap to an non-compatible architecture.
 
So you're telling me I should go buy a refurb, overclock it and stress test it for weeks until it breaks and they'll give me a new one?
 
makowb said:
So you're telling me I should go buy a refurb, overclock it and stress test it for weeks until it breaks and they'll give me a new one?
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You think I am lying.......I will attach the invoice to this thread when I get it. Some of you sure are bitter on this site sheeesh.
 
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