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Ok, I bought mine in December of 2007 but it was a refurb. It had the exact same specs of the new macbook pros that were on apple website...so I'm not positive, is there another way to check if I have santa rosa just to be sure?
thanks eidorian.
You can check your model identifier by going to the Apple menu, and then clicking on "About This Mac". Click on "More Info", and if you have a MacBook Pro with a Santa Rosa (PM965) chipset you will see either "Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1" or "Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1".
Sigh. We've done this many times.
MR Guide to understanding Intel Mac RAM
Apple's developers' note on the machines is quite clear: the memory controller supports up to 16 devices (chips) on the module and a density of 1 Gbit per device. This means that unless Apple has deliberately lied, a 4 GB module will not be recognized because it would either have to have 16 x 2 Gbit density chips on it or 32 x 1 Gbit chips. (8 bits to the Byte)
UNTIL 4 GB modules are tested in the Macs, and Apple is proven wrong, it's pointless to speculate that the Intel chipset spec 'should' support 8 GB.
MR Guide to understanding Intel Mac RAM
Apple's developers' note on the machines is quite clear: the memory controller supports up to 16 devices (chips) on the module and a density of 1 Gbit per device. This means that unless Apple has deliberately lied, a 4 GB module will not be recognized because it would either have to have 16 x 2 Gbit density chips on it or 32 x 1 Gbit chips. (8 bits to the Byte)
UNTIL 4 GB modules are tested in the Macs, and Apple is proven wrong, it's pointless to speculate that the Intel chipset spec 'should' support 8 GB.
OR handicapped the controller, like they did with the CS and CD minis (Calistoga).
Dell just announced a high end notebook with bto option for 8gb RAM. According to Dell, Intel has not validated the SR chipset for 2GBit chips since they were not available at that time. Dell did the validation.
Any way. You could by SODIMMS from Kingston:
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/PartsInfo.asp?root=us&LinkBack=http://www.kingston.com&ktcpartno=KVR667D2S5K2/8G
Jochen
Any way. You could by SODIMMS from Kingston:
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/PartsInfo.asp?root=us&LinkBack=http://www.kingston.com&ktcpartno=KVR667D2S5K2/8G
Jochen
Damn it's so tempting to just go buy that, but for $900 I'd rather get a Blu-ray burner or a SSD drive.
If you find some extra cash, a touch more than $650 I'd say...
http://pc.pcconnection.com/1/1/1614...in-ddr2-sdram-sodimm-kit-kvr667d2s5k2-8g.html
I think this is not a question of the operating system. It's a question of hardware.
