Alright well the smallest screwdriver I have is just a little big for the screws but i found a set for 6$ at a hardware store near me that will do the job. So I'll get that probably over the weekend. I won't be able to comment on if your problem occurred or not until probably Sunday.
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It was just some security updates, but it did fix DFU mode on the newer MacBooks!!!
It was just some security updates, but it did fix DFU mode on the newer MacBooks!!!
So are you still having problems with the sleep mode or did the update fix the problem?
So have you gone to your old RAM setup or have you just dealt with the new one until you can find a solution?
No matter who you buy RAM from, you can still get dead RAM. It's important to deal with a dealer who will replace defective RAM. So much RAM goes through that it's inevitable that some of it will fail and need to be replaced, so be sure you deal with a reputable company and ask if they will replace if it doesn't work.
I have read OWC's return policy and they have a lifetime warranty if the RAM becomes defective.
The OWC catalog I get every time an order comes to me is the next best thing to free porn, My musicians friend catalog comes in third on the list LOL
I had a stick go bad back in the G4 days. They replaced it without hesitation.
Once they sent me the wrong capacity RAM a few years ago back in the G5 days. One email is all it took to get things straightened out.
Sorry for anyone who's had a bad experience, but I've never had an issue in many, many years.
Even bought from them a 1.7GHz G4 processor for a G4 Cube I was rebuilding last year. Everything was great.
Most people have this same experience with OWC from what I have heard. I hope I do too if I ever have a problem with one of their products.
Just got my Crucial RAM to replace my crappy OWC RAM. It only took 23 hours from ordering to delivery and it had to come from Germany to Ireland. NO problems at all when compared to my OWC sticks.
Just got my Crucial RAM to replace my crappy OWC RAM. It only took 23 hours from ordering to delivery and it had to come from Germany to Ireland. NO problems at all when compared to my OWC sticks.
My OWC sticks are here but i still have to get the screwdriver to open my macbook. I will comment if it works later
Just got my Crucial RAM to replace my crappy OWC RAM. It only took 23 hours from ordering to delivery and it had to come from Germany to Ireland. NO problems at all when compared to my OWC sticks.
Strange they came from Germany and not the UK as they clearly have stock here, may be a euro thing.
Mine came next day, sequential serial numbers, no problems so far.
Just got my Crucial RAM to replace my crappy OWC RAM. It only took 23 hours from ordering to delivery and it had to come from Germany to Ireland. NO problems at all when compared to my OWC sticks.
I installed the OWC sticks that I ordered and I have put my computer to sleep and woken it up several times without problems. I hope it remains this way. Installation was very easy and only took about ten minutes.
Very happy with OWC will definitely use them again. I found a MacBook repair manual that may be very helpful but can't upload it. I'll be happy to email it to you. We also found some instructions on Youtube that were very helpful in updating hardware on our system.
good luck!
Kim sawyer
MacBook Ver. 10.5.5
2 GHz Intel Core Duo
2 GB Ram
good luck!
Kim sawyer
MacBook Ver. 10.5.5
2 GHz Intel Core Duo
2 GB Ram
I went with OWC and so far no problems. I've had the new RAM in for a few weeks now. At first, it would take a good 20 seconds longer for the MB to go to sleep after I put the new memory in, but after installing the 10.5.7 update, that issue seems to have ben resolved.
The increased time is because the more memory you have, the longer it takes to write the hibernation image to the hard drive. This is normal behavior.
There's a little control panel called Smart Sleep that will alter this behavior based on battery charge - sleep without hibernation safety image if there's greater than X% charge (I have mine set to 25%) and sleep with hibernation image if below. Or you can turn off sleep altogether and have the machine hibernate each time - saves battery, especially if the machine wont be used for a long period of time.
That makes sense... However, like I said above, the time decreased again after 10.5.7. So it makes me think there was more to it than just the image, otherwise the sleep time wouldn't have changed.
...Unless Apple changed the memory-image save algorithm for 10.5.7 (just nitpicking).
Good to hear!!
Yeah i have had no problems so far, I do have one question though. I am running iStat menus and so i have been periodically looking at my RAM usage for certain programs. The first thing i noticed is that the amount of wired RAM usage has doubled since i upgraded the RAM and other programs like firefox's RAM usage has increased. Why does this happen? Does it just take more space so it can run faster because more space is available? And does the added RAM usage make the computer run faster?