Extra RAM

Hi guys, quick question about the 15" Superdrive Powerbook. Is it easy enough to install extra RAM? Would I have to go to a professional or could I install it myself? Cheers!

Here's the link to Apple's instructions on how to add extra ram:
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/pbg4/pbg415fw800mem.pdf
You may want to open it up to see what you have now....1GB may mean that you have two slots filled already....the factory 512 and another 512. If that's the case, then you'll need to remove one, or both, to add one or two 1GB cards.

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Cost of extra RAM for newer MacBook Pro.

I'm considering (checking my budget) buying a new MacBook Pro 15" for my wife. As she also needs to access some Windows programs, I want to bump the 4GB to 8GB. Does anyone know the cost for the extra RAM?
Pete F.

Hi Pete,
4GB RAM modules are still quite expensive.
MacSales sells 8GB (2x 4GB) for USD 277.99 for example with the opportunity to trade-in the 'old' modules.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/AppleMacBook_MacBookPro/Upgrade/DDR3
Regards
Stefan

Satellite U200-181 - How to add extra RAM?

Hi
I've enjoyed my U200-181 very much, but would like to have some extra RAM in addition to 512 Mb installed by default. How can I do that?
How many SO-DIMM slots available? Are there any disassembly instructions?
Thanks in advance

changing the memory is very easy.
1. pull off the black strip above the keyboard (it just snaps in place)
2. remove the 2 screws
3. pivot keyboard forward being careful not to damage keyboard cable
4. remove 2 screws on big metal plate on the right.
5. remove plate to expose 2 x ddr2 200 pin sodimm slots.

Extra ram cause restarting problem on g7-2325dx

I have g7-2325dx with 4gb ram, and when I attach extra 4gb ddr3 sodim ram from best buy, the laptop shows error messages leading to restart. When I restart it, it will work for about 5 minutes and error message will show up again restarting the laptop. So I decided to get rid of it. Is there anyway I can put this extra ram without causing error messages?

Hello Chris,
As mentioned in post #2 (by Pepe) try updating your BIOS first. Btw Could you let me know the error message you were receiving? Also did you try installing the 4GB (new*) memory alone in the slots and did it boot up if you have tried?
Moreover, in order for your laptop to recognize 8GB of memory you need to have a 64Bit of operating system as 32Bit recognizes a memory of 3 - 3.5GB only.
My theory is either the 4GB module maybe defective or it maybe due to the use of generic brands. Sometimes some Generic (OEM) brand memory will not work. In case you need to test the memory, then you can test it using memtest86 (click here).
You can send back the memory to bestbuy and instead try buying from crucial, memorystock, corsair, G skill, OCZ. Kingston.. you can find the memory in the above websites.
Following is the exact specs of the memory which your system supports - 4GB DDR3-1600 MHz, PC3-12800 SODIMM (HP MFG # - H2P64UT#ABA)
Good Luck with the upgrade
Best Regards,
John
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Windows 7 and extra ram

I want to share an interesting experience with fllow iMac users.
I bought a reconditioned mid 2010 iMac 27" a couple of months ago. It came with 4gb of Ram but I decided to mac out to 16gb with four pieces of 4gb Transcend which worked fine. I also upgraded to Lion. With this config, I was unable to install Win 7 Ultimate 64, Win XP etc. (All original full versions). I then tried to revert to Snow Leopard but failed. I was on the phone to the nice Mac folks and they suggested I lug this 27" back to a dealer here in Hong Kong which is a nightmare with all the traffic. I was preapring to do this and thought I better put the old Ram back in so the techs don't fault me for using the wrong hardware. So I replace the ram and then have one more try at reinstalling MacOSX and it worked. I then added Win 7 and the whole family of Office Software. This was going fine. I then decided to add the extra Ram and then Win 7 would not boot again - MAC OSX was working fine with all kinds of combinations of RAM. I tried to repair it and inserted the original Ram but it did not work. I am now thinking of trying to add one piece at a time and see what happens.
The thing I can't work out is why MAC OSX accept the ram and not Win 7.
I saw a lot of old posts about this but nothing current so I thought I had better put something here for folks to consider.
If you have a similar iMac and upgraded with OEM (non MAC) ram and you are running fine let me know. Perhaps Win 7 in bootcamp can only accept MAC ram or needs new drivers for OEM ram.
If you know about issues and solutions, please share.

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
are the 8GB shown and used in OSX ?
Have you tried running the Apple Hardware Test yet ?
Stefan

Problem installing extra RAM

Hi,
I recently decided to increase my RAM. I have an iMac G5 with iSight ( Power PC ). I bought a memory module from the online Apple Store here in the UK, by clicking on the model ( under Memory ) and selecting the 1 Gb module - 533 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM ( it made no specific mention of the PC2-4200 compliancy but I assumed it was the right one given the route I followed ). It duly arrived and I installed it by following the manual. However, on checking About This Mac the extra RAM was not registering, ie still showing the original 512 Mb RAM. I called Apple Tech Support and we tried a few things like resetting PRAM etc,but no change. Eventually, I was put on to sales and arranged to retunr the module and get a refund. I got the impression by the way the conversation went that this was not the first time this had happened.
So, no extra RAM. Anyone tried to install extra RAM in an identical model?And, if so, did they get their module from Apple? I'm assuming this is nothing to do with the fact that I have a Power PC model and the current models are all Intel?
Any help and/or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Any RAM can be faulty, and I suspect the one you got from Apple was. Go online and Google for PC2-4200 (533MHz) DDR2 SDRAM memory. Kingston is a good brand and should come with a lifetime warranty. Most RAM from sources other than Apple is cheaper as well. The RAM you bought is correct for your model, and make sure that when you instal it, you hear it click into place.
Please post back with results,

Installing 2x1 Gig extra Ram

MSI P35 Neo2- FR
2 x 1 Gig Ram
Windows XP
Video 8000GT one Gig Ram
Intel Dual Core E8500
Bios 1.8
Newbie --
I am thinking about installing 2 x 1 Gig extra Ram, I understand that Windows XP 32 bit, will only recognised a total of 3 Gig. Does this mean that the system only operates of 3 Gig of Ram, all be it 4 Gig of Ram is inserted?

You could buy 2 x 512Mb modules......
You will not really see big increase in performance for day to day tasks. If you edit photos or do media work then yes you will see speed increase.
On a sidenote:- Did manage to acheive 3.5Gb seen buy XP pro, by dropping to a 64Mb graphics card.....

Is Extra RAM worth it?

Hi, I'm Stan, I use my bro's iBook 1.2Ghz (133Mhz bus speed).
It currently has 256MB of RAM which came with the iBook, and I find the labtop a bit slow at times. Garageband becomes a pain to use at around 5 tracks at a time, thus making the program taking a couple minutes to load such files. And also opening simple apps like Safari, or iTunes, can take a little while even if it's the only app being opened.
I want to know if buying a 1GB RAM upgrade (costing $500+) is worth it. I know apps should work more easily, but is it worth it? Will it improve performance for big apps like LimeWire, or Warcraft World Editor?
1.2 Ghz CPU, 256MB RAM, 32MB of VRAM, 133Mhz bus speed is the current stats. I know that memory is the only upgradeable thing on an iBook, so... is a 1GB upgrade worth it, or is a 512MB upgrade good enough? I'm hoping that a 1GB upgrade will show exceptionable improvement, even compared to the 512MB one.
thnx
peace
P.s. plz don't suggest places to buy unless they're somewhere near Toronto, ON, Canada. I don't buy online

Adding extra ram will certainly help improve the performance of the iBook.
$500 sounds very expensive. Is that Canadian dollars?
I know you said you didn't want to buy online but it's useful to see what some of the online companies charge - Crucial offer 1GB for $152 US - I think this is about $185 Canadian dollars.
Where did you see $500 for ram?

Do i need extra RAM to install adobe design standard cs5.5

I have an iMac bought mid 2010 snow leopard 10.6.8. I am looking to buy adobe creative suite design standard CS5.5, will I need extra RAM?
I hope not!
I only really need photoshop, illustrator and indesign, so my other question is can I just install these from the package?
Please help anyone!
Thanks.

No, I am saying the three programs that you want to use in the suite, if you are planning on using all three programs (at the same time) then it is possible your system could slow down, then a RAM upgrade will help. Give it a try it may work out okay.
Yes, I know how to backup separate things on to another external hard drive. Just connect the hard drive make sure it is formatted for use as a Mac hard drive. Open disk utility and click on the hard drive at the bottom of the window it will show you the partition map scheme, it should be GUID Partition Table. If not then you should format the hard drive but clicking the erase tab and the selecting Mac OS Extended (journaled) from the format drop down box. If you are going to use the drive to transfer files from Mac to PC then you should select MS-DOS (FAT) the only problem with this format you will not be able to copy file larger then 4GB. Then just open the find and drag and drop folders and files to the external hard drive.

PSE 11 not recognising extra ram on an iMac

I have an iMac which had 4 gb of ram. Photoshop defaulted the usage to just under 3 gb. I installed another 8 gb of ram but PSE fails to recognise the extra ram
so I can only get it to use 3gb. If I reinstall will it recognise all my ram? Will I still have all my photos on the organiser?

Hi smudger1939,
PSE won't recognize the extra RAM after 3072 MB. As it's the highest which a 64-bit application can use. So even if you install even another 16GB of it. I won't be able to use that one. However, it's a benefit when you are using several applications parallely. The extra RAM will be used by other applications, and will not hamper your PSE performance.
So if you want to increase the performance of PSE, reduce the history states. You can also refer to this kb article for the same:
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/856/cpsid_85658.html

HT1270 Where do i buy extra ram memory? and prices

I need to buy extra Ram memory for my new laptop, from 4 gb I want to go for 8 g. Where do I buy it and who installs it?
Thanks

OWC and Crucial are the best sources for Mac compatible RAM. Process are on their web sites.
RAM can be user installed. Look for installation videos on the OWC web site.
Note that retina MBPs cannot have RAM upgraded.
Ciao.

What are all the extra ram timings in K8N Neo V2.0 H?

I've been having issues with setting up my memory on my MSI K8N Neo V2.0 H mobo. I've 1gb chip of ram with a timing of 3.0-3-3-8. Now in my ram settings there are extra setting that I have no idea how to use. So what are these settings : Trrd, Trc, Trfc, Trwt. And how do i set them up for my ram and where is the command timing setting at? I have the system setup for the settings i know of 3-3-3-8 but it keeps running T1 and I need T2, and the other settings i have left alone due to not know what they are. Any explanations would be helpful.

Well I originally had problems with board, I installed the board, install 2gb of ram, the Athlon 64 3200+, and an ATI Sapphire X1650 Radeon. I got Window XP Pro Sp2 installed on it and began to install the msi drivers. After installing all the drivers, the system was stable and so I started updating using MSI Live Update. It updated all my drivers, then said there was a newer bios version available for my mobo so I downloaded it, created the flash diskette and proceeded to restart to do the flash. Once the program started to flash it then failed. So i had to find my bios for it, which they do not post or put in live update anyway. I had to call MSI and have them email my original bios which happens to be 9.0 due to my board being the K8N Neo V2.0 H (MS 7030 Ver 3.0). I reflashed the original back on with no problem and have had nothing but trouble since. Now everytime I run Prime 95 it will run between 2-5 min then say i have a hardware problem. It will also lock up at random as well. I've at one point gotten the system run it for 18 min. I don't think it sets up the ram timing correctly so i have it partially done. I had to do it on another system that built that is identical to this system but its a Biostar, it gave similar issues until I did manual setting of the ram. Now it is rock solid with no problems at all. My MSI board has more ram settings than Biostar but there a few that I have no idea what to set them at. Like for instance the following - Trrd, Trc, Trfc, Trwt, and MTRR mapping mode. I've looked up what they are but nothing tells me how to use them to setup my ram. This where I am stuck. I hope this better explains the situation I am in now.

Early 2008 mac pro more beachballs with extra ram

I have just installed and extra 8 gig of ram however i seem to be getting more beachballs hangups than i had before. I have installed the ram in the appropriate fashion but i just get more hangups. I have cleaned the system using onyx and all the caches are clear but i still get hangups. Please help

I see more trouble from people using Onxy. Coincidence?
Does it work with just the new RAM?
They are fully Mac Pro FBDIMMs with large heatsink and in paired slots?
Have you run Apple Hardware Test and Memtest (or Rember) with them?

1st Mac purchase: 13" i5 w Extra Ram or 13" i7?

So after years of getting by in PC land, all the while loving life with an iPod & then iPhone, I've decided to make the plunge & get myself a Macbook Pro, as my 6 year old Dell laptop is, well, struggling to say the least.
I've decided on the 13" range for size & portablity reasons, so let's focus on what's available there.
I want to spend a bit of extra money now, to ensure the usable life-span of my new mac is increased as much as possible, rather then have it become a crawling brick in only a couple years time.
With this in mind, what would the experts out there recommend?
My usage is primarily browsing, music playing, video streaming (Netflix etc), a bit of photo editing & down the track, a bit of video editing, but only hobby style stuff, nothing professional or study related.
Would a 2.3 GHz i5 processor with 8Gb of RAM be better suited to the kind of multi-tasking, everything happening at once, fast switching between applications I'll be doing? Or would the 2.7 GHZ i7 with the standard 4Gb RAM still be a 'faster' machine for how I want to use it?
I've asked at the apple store but some of the kids there aren't really able to give a decent answer.
Would it also be worth considering the i7 with 8Gb of RAM? Would that help keep it speedy enough, even when the next range comes in, which I've heard is exected February?
Look forward to your opinions, thanks.

I have never bought used equipment as I am always worried about reliability etc., but that is my own personal fear.
3 - 4 years in computer terms is prehistoric and apps like FCP X have been designed to work best with the latest technology so I would go for a new MBP, especially as you say you need a laptop.
If you didn't require the laptop I would say get an iMac which will give you far more bangs for your buck than a MBP plus a lovely big screen on even the entry model.

Extra RAM installed

I just installed 1 extra GB RAM into my new iMac. I did everything accordingly to the instructions in the manual.
Now, my iMac does not recognize the increase of 1 GB. I am puzzled. What should I do?

Two possibilities;
1. have you seated the RAM firmly, so thay you heasr a click when it's in?
2. the RAM itself may be bad, if it is firmly seated, send it back to the seller and ask for a different stick.

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