Guide with Pictures?

[canes960]

Im thinking about buying a Macbook pro 15" and i might upgrade the ram to 8 gb. Is there a Guide to changing that with pictures?


Also do the new MBP 4 gb have one chip of ram with 4 or 2 chips with 2 apiece

Thanks,
Peyton

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Im thinking about buying a Macbook pro 15" and i might upgrade the ram to 8 gb. Is there a Guide to changing that with pictures?


Also do the new MBP 4 gb have one chip of ram with 4 or 2 chips with 2 apiece

Thanks,
Peyton

First: Don't type like this. It is annoying.

Apple probably has one somewhere. If not, try ifixit.

 

[canes960]

First: Don't type like this. It is annoying.

Apple probably has one somewhere. If not, try ifixit.

My bad, But thanks

 

[5280m]

try macsales.com. they have memory at a good price and video guides for installations.

 

[geoffreak]

iFixit hasn't released a guide yet. They have the best pictorial guides.

 

[canes960]

Also do the new MBP 4 gb have one chip of ram with 4 or 2 chips with 2 apiece

Do you get what im saying

 

[r.j.s]

They should have 2x2GB chips in them.

 

[canes960]

They should have 2x2GB chips in them.

So i would have to buy 2x4gbs ram

 

[geoffreak]

So i would have to buy 2x4gbs ram

Correct. You can sell the old RAM, or you can keep it.

 

[spinnerlys]

So i would have to buy 2x4gbs ram

Yes.

As for replacing the RAM sticks: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270 -
EDIT: the guide for the 17-inch model (Early 2009) should apply for the 13-inch and 15-inch model as well.

found via http://www.google.com/search?client...ook+pro+17+inch+replace+ram&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[geoffreak]

As for replacing the RAM sticks: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270
found via http://www.google.com/search?client...ook+pro+17+inch+replace+ram&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

That guide doesn't have the newest MBPs.

 

[canes960]

Correct. You can sell the old RAM, or you can keep it.

Should i keep it just for warrenty?

 

[geoffreak]

Should i keep it just for warrenty?

Many people do put the Apple RAM back in before taking it in for repairs. Having non-Apple RAM won't void the warranty, but it will stop coverage on the RAM.

 

[spinnerlys]

That guide doesn't have the newest MBPs.

One can use the guide for the MacBook Pro 17-inch model (Early 2009), as that method should apply to the 13-inch and 15-inch model, as they share the same innards and setup.

I should have stated that in my original post.