Macbook RAM capacity

[darthdarragh]

heya everyone
i was wondering if my macbook C2D bought in mid 2007 would be able to be upgraded to 4 GB of Ram i know the more recent ones can, but would it destroy my mac book if i did install 4 gigs of ram?


and on another note shall i just go for macbook pro and forget about the RAM issue.

both answers would be appreciated!

cheers guys

gregory H

 

[blakintosh]

but would it destroy my mac book if i did install 4 gigs of ram?

nope, your mac just would not recognize it and will recognize only the ram it can handle. It is most likely it can have 4 gigs of ram but if it doesn't it will only show up as 3 gigs.

hope this helps

 

[CanadaRAM]

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If you check under the Guides tab at the top, you will find Guides written for this and many other commonly asked questions

Guides : Hardware : Understanding Intel Mac RAM

 

[SFStateStudent]

Which MB are you concerned with 2.16GHz?

 

[macDonalds]

The max is 3gb. I just went out tonight and picked up a 2gig stick and my Macbook flys. Max it out!

 

[JNB]

My mid-2007 2.16 has, shows, and acts in every way I can see that it's got 4GB (Activity Monitor, System Info, iStat, all of it sees all 4GB). I know that only 3.3 is supposed to be addressable, but I haven't seen anything yet that indicates a "missing" 700MB. Worst case, I spent $80 for 3.3GB, and no problems. Loading up as much as I could (about 25 or so apps simultaneously), I showed about 3.6GB used at one point.

So, I guess the answer is, you can load 4GB into it, and it won't create any problems, but you may not be able to access it.

 

[xxjuicymintxx]

I believe 3GB is the max that it will tolerate.