Hi guys,
Me and my friend are going to upgrade our black MacBooks with more RAM. Mine is the first generation Core 2 Duo, that is the 2.0GHz with 1GB of RAM stock. My friend's is the latest Santa Rosa based black MacBook with 2.2GHz C2D and 1GB of RAM.
I have two questions for you and I ask them mainly because I want to be hundred percent sure before ordering. I've read some guides on the topic including Macrumors' own.
1) The old model can only utilize 3.3GB of the 4 that can be installed using 2x2GB sticks is what I've found out. But other than that, it should be no problems using two 2GB sticks in an old model, right? Will it be able to use the dual channel technique even though it can't address all of the memory?
2) I'm using Corsair Value in my desktop computer and have had no problems whatsoever with them, but before I choose a particular RAM I'd like to ask you if it's possible to use this kind of stick in both our computers.
Corsair Value DDR2 SO-DIMM PC5300 2048MB ,Unbuffered,Non-ECC,2x128Megx64,CL5,667m
Thanks in advance!
Kind regards,
Michael
Me and my friend are going to upgrade our black MacBooks with more RAM. Mine is the first generation Core 2 Duo, that is the 2.0GHz with 1GB of RAM stock. My friend's is the latest Santa Rosa based black MacBook with 2.2GHz C2D and 1GB of RAM.
I have two questions for you and I ask them mainly because I want to be hundred percent sure before ordering. I've read some guides on the topic including Macrumors' own.
1) The old model can only utilize 3.3GB of the 4 that can be installed using 2x2GB sticks is what I've found out. But other than that, it should be no problems using two 2GB sticks in an old model, right? Will it be able to use the dual channel technique even though it can't address all of the memory?
2) I'm using Corsair Value in my desktop computer and have had no problems whatsoever with them, but before I choose a particular RAM I'd like to ask you if it's possible to use this kind of stick in both our computers.
Corsair Value DDR2 SO-DIMM PC5300 2048MB ,Unbuffered,Non-ECC,2x128Megx64,CL5,667m
Thanks in advance!
Kind regards,
Michael