How much RAM will be recognized on my Macbook 5,2?

hey guys,
just wondering... i have a Macbook (5,2) with 2GB of 667Mhz RAM currently installed (factory). I was wondering how much the maximum amount of RAM i can install is, and also how much my computer will recognise as i am going to upgrade to 4GB. I was also wondering whether i can only install 667Mhz RAM on it, when the bus speed is 1.07Ghz ?
Specs:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
officially according to Apple the max RAM is 4GB.
However according to this http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/stats/macbook-core-2-duo-2.0-white -13-early-2009-nvidia-specs.html and OWC up to 6GB RAM is possible.
Might be a limitaion of the used logic board / chipset that limits the RAM speed to 667MHz.
Regards
Stefan

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