So does 8gb ram work with an July 2009 unibody MBP or not?????![]()
I don't think its supported, so I can't be sure. But 6GB isn't supported either and people use that
So does 8gb ram work with an July 2009 unibody MBP or not?????![]()
ok i cant figure out how to post my question, so sorry for ticking everyone off, but now that the new iMacs have what up to 16gb ram now, could the newest MacBook Pro support 16 gb since its the same size/ kind of ram?
I don't think its supported, so I can't be sure. But 6GB isn't supported either and people use thatI'd say it would, but you never know...
ok i cant figure out how to post my question, so sorry for ticking everyone off, but now that the new iMacs have what up to 16gb ram now, could the newest MacBook Pro support 16 gb since its the same size/ kind of ram?
Since noone replied to my post, I went to my local shop to purchase a single 4GB memory piece to test it on my macbook5,1 (2.4 Ghz). I upgraded to 6GB running snow leopard 10.6.2. My system has been running now for about 4 hours since I installed the RAM and I have not experienced any problems at all.
When I tried this a few months ago, my system would crash shortly after login in.
Has your system been stable with the 6GB upgrade?
... 3 occasional crashes? Do you mean kernel panics, where the screen goes dark and the message displays that you need to reboot in a bunch of different languages?
Have you been "exercising" your laptop, i.e. opening enough stuff to use >4GB of RAM? It sounds like you have the problem, to me. You shouldn't have crashes at all unless you are sure they're from something else (i.e. you used to get crashes this often before).
How many slots do the macs have? I have a late 08 aluminum macbook.
2 slots.
Well, I for one haven't been able to upgrade my Late 2008 MacBook Unibody 2.4 GHZ 13" beyond 4 GB RAM even with Snow Leopard installed. I ordered 2 4 GB RAM modules from OWC and have tried all possible combinations of 6 and 8 GB along with the original 2 GB modules without success. I even tried a clean installation of Snow Leopard from a USB drive and neither the 6 GB nor the 8 GB configuration completed the process without my having to perform a forced shutdown. Does anyone know if there's a preferred slot for the 4 GB module in a 4 + 2 (6 GB total) configuration?