DDR2-800 on MacBook 5,2 (Early 2009)

Hi,
I just installed 4 GB of DDR2-800 RAM even though the manual says I have to install DDR2-667.
I heard a lot that Apple limits otherwise capable hardware to reject upgrade options different to those specified in the manual.
Will the computer rebel against it? What can I expect?

Hi stedman1,
Like I said, the computer does start-up, recognizes the memory as DDR2-800 and passed the Apple Hardware Test extended test.
My question is: Will it cease to work after some time? Will it work more slowly than when I had the 667's in?
I was hoping to get a little performance boost because of the 1066 MB/s difference in peak transfer rate between the two...

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I think I finished installing Mountain Lion, and am at the "log in" page with the Mountain Lion icon, but I cannot do any of the functions on screen. That is, I cannot log in, sleep, restart, or shut down. I am running it on an Early 2009 Macbook Pro, which is said to have the capabilities of running Mountain Lion.

BrettGoudy wrote:
...Is there any way I can install a partition that runs snow leopard on my early 2011 MB pro with what I have (new SSD, New RAM, Current version Lion running, no external drive, lack of original snow leopard disks [I lost them ] and the general 10.6.3 snow leopard boot disks)...
As the last post suggests, call Apple and order a replacement original disc for about $17. They will ask you the model and serial numbers.
Your retail version of Snow Leopard OS 10.6.3 will not work on that Mac as it requires a minimum of OS X 10.6.7 to boot and operate.
Another alternative is to again borrow another Mac to install your retail Snow Leopard into an external HD or partition, upgrade it to 10.6.8 and then clone it back to a partition on your MBP.

DDR2-800 on MacBook 5,2 (Early 2009)

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