Macbook air 8GB Ram upgrade?

I am interested in Upgrading my macbook air 13" 2011 to 8GB ram. I know it's soldered to the mother-board or w.e, but if ill have to replace the motherboard to upgrade I will. Any options of doing so?

They may do that some point within the return window or as a "one-off" they will switch out a logic board with 2GB for one with 4GB and hold the 2GB in spare parts.
An 8GB logic board does not exist...at least not one that's available to you.  To upgrade to 8GB you would have to desolder the RAM chips and Serial Presence Detect (SPD) chip and resolder them in.  And then...MAYBE...if the RAM capacity passes as valid by the EFI.
They're Ball Grid Array (at least the RAM modules) and de-soldering and re-soldering is not possible to a home user...or even a repair shop.  You'd basically need a re-flow oven...and even then if you manage to upgrade the modules you'll just wreck the rest of the board anyway.
The only way it'll happen is if Apple makes a logic board with 8GB from the start.  They don't, so you can't.

Similar Messages

  • Kann man auf einem MacBook Air (8GB RAM) flüssig mit Photoshop und InDesign CS4 arbeiten? Oder dann doch lieber das MacBook Pro?

    Es sind nicht nur einfache Bildbearbeitungen gemeint sondern auch das ein oder andere anspruchsvollere Projekt. (große Plakate, Filter, Effekte etc)

    Vielen Dank für deine Antwort!
    Ich habe es versucht aber leider noch immer das selbe Ergebnis .
    Nun ja ich meinte die neuste Version von CS6 aber inzwischen habe ich mir
    mal die Testversion von CC runtergeladen um zu schauen ob da dieser Fehler auch vorhanden ist
    und Ja auch dort ist es genau so wie in CS6. Wie es ausschaut scheint Photoshop bzw.
    die Adobe Programme noch nicht wirklich auf Retina zu laufen. Schade eigentlich.

  • Webcam not working for Macbook Air 2013 after upgrading to OSX Mavericks? Yahoo/ Google/Skype cam chats not working. Facetime works though. Any updates of Mavericks released to fix this?

    Webcam not working for Macbook Air 2013 after upgrading to OSX Mavericks? Yahoo/ Google/Skype cam chats not working. Facetime works though. Any updates of Mavericks released to fix this?

    I have a MacBook Pro Retina display: 15.4-inch late 2015 with OS X Mavericks install, only on second week. 
    Insight works on FaceTime, Skype, but yahoo program does not show insight cam in dropped down.
    Now when I got my new MacBook Pro, I down loaded all new Skype (worked tested), FaceTime (Worked Tested), Yahoo (not worked)
    Fix:
    With the new Maverick you have to use there messager program Version 8.0 (4218). Once I add my yahoo account video works again.
    It also supported AOL, AIM, Google Talk, Jabber.
    Guess I miss it frist time... hope this helps...

  • Where is the cheapest place to buy 8gb ram upgrade for my early 2009 iMac?

    Where is the cheapest place to buy 8gb ram upgrade for my early 2009 iMac, I have bought before but current upgrade is causing mac to crash randomly!? Need to know a place I can buy Ram which is confirmed to work my my mac model, the current upgrade is working but Mac is very unstable.

    I meant more reasonable priced than apple
    That'll be almost anywhere else then!
    Yes, if it is made by Crucial and confirmed as suitable for your model of mac you will be fine. You can also buy direct from Crucial:
    http://www.crucial.com/eu/?cpe=pd_msn_uk
    which is what I would do (did).

  • Macbook air: should i upgrade Ram or Processor?

    Looking at getting a macbook air 13 inch 256gb ssd. I am able to upgrade either the processor from an I5 to an I7 or the Ram from 4gb to 8gb.  I dont know which one to upgrade. I can only do one. This will be used for school, music, and games like Simcity. What do you think?

    lol, Im gonna go against what John said, and recommend you to go with the processor upgrade.
    RAM is something you will ONLY notice when it fills up, and most applications on a Mac, including most most games, do not ever use more than 4GB RAM, and since the new Macs will have 1600mhz ram you will get a higher memory bandwith as well, making the size of the RAM even less important.
    For most people the only time they will notice the difference between 4 and 8 gb ram is during video editing.
    on the other hand, the 2.0ghz i7 will be approximately 27% faster than the i5, you also get 1 more mb of l3 cache. You will notice this much mor often than you will notice the RAM upgrade.
    but, that's just me.

  • Battery life diminished from 7Hs to 3Hs after a 4Gb- 8Gb RAM Upgrade. MacBook i5 Late 2011 Os 10.7.5

    I upgraded RAM from 4Gb to 8Gb on a 3 months-old MacBook Pro. Before that, my battery used to last 6-7hs and now it hardly lasts 3.5Hs
    I also noticed that the cooler almost never stops, and the computer feels HOT.
    As a developer, I give the Mac an instensive use, runing an Oracle database within a Windows XP (I'm sorry) virtual machine with VMWare.
    At the same time I run Oracle Reports and Oracle SQL Developer on the MAC side and TeamViewer to connect to my remote customers' servers.
    Before upgrading RAM, the memory usage used to be 100% and the performance was poor. Now the performance is much better, the memory usage is around 75% but the battery is much weaker. Shouldn't be the other way around, as now the hard disk RAM pagination should be less?
    Is that normal???? What can I do, other than going back to 4Gb and see what happens? Will it help if I upgrade to Mountain Lion?
    Thank you!!

    I am worried I am having the exact same problem with my Early 2011 MacBook Pro. I purchased an SSD from Crucial as well as two 8GB RAM sticks, which upgraded my RAM from a total of 4 GB to a total of 16 GB. I swapped the drive and RAM when I received my order in late February. Now, just a couple of weeks later, I am experiencing issues. The fan seems to be running a lot more often, and yesterday my MacBook went haywire. I took some video of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQrcv0iU3Ic I ran the apple hardware test (the basic one, not the extended one) and it did not find any issues. These are the things I purchased: CT5419725 CT512MX100SSD1.PK01 UPGRADE FOR A APPLE MACBOOK PRO (13-INCH, EARLY 2011) SYSTEMandCT3373717 CT2K8G3S1339M.000 UPGRADE FOR A APPLE MACBOOK PRO (13-INCH, EARLY 2011) SYSTEM If the 2011 MacBooks can't handle 16GB of RAM, I'd like to return it and do 8 instead. Before I purchased the RAM, I did some reading online, and it seemed that 16GB would be OK, but now I'm not so sure. kate

  • Macbook Pro 17"  2.66(Early 2009 model) 8gb ram upgrade

    Hi,
    I want to upgrade my early 2009 unibody macbook peo 17" 2.66 to 8gb ram.The problem is in my country they sell hi-level and team brands (2x4gb).The specs of this brands are almost same with apple compatible rams except pin number.I searched on the net and i saw that my machine has 204 pin ram,hi-level and team have 200 pin.My question is this deifference between the pin number may be a problem?
    Thanks.

    I asked them but the answer was not satisfying.In Turkey peoaple like me(apple addicts) have major problems when we want to buy an apple product or apple related products.The reason is there is no Apple Turkey still.So we dont have the option to find the products which people can buy easily and much cheaper in Europe and Usa.
    My nearest Apple Reseller told me that they can import the rams but the price will be nearly twice...For example in Istanbul we pay 2000$ for a 999$ macbook in USA.it is not fair but this is the situation.Our hope(Apple fans in Turkey) is to see Apple Turkey in the future.
    Thanks

  • Macbook Pro 13" (Late 2010, 7,1) 8GB RAM upgrade, boot up error

    Dear all,
         I am currently trying to update my brother's macbookpro7,1 13" to more current hardware with a new 128GB SSD and more RAM (he has 4GB). The SSD was installed successfully and runs perfectly fine, but when I installed the 8GB RAM into my brother's macbookpro7,1, it produces a black screen and a beep with 5 second pauses in between. I had looked up this error code and it indicates that the RAM cannot be found. This is where I am having difficulty understand, because I actually pulled the 8GB RAM from my other Macbook Pro 15" and it runs fine there. After noticing the error, I swapped back in the old RAM and both Macbook Pro's start up and run just fine. (Before I reinstalled the old RAMs to their respectively laptops though, I had attempted multiple solutions, like cleaning the RAM slots, reseating but to no avail, still black screen and beep.) The only difference I noticed on the RAMs are the 8GB are 1 Rank (1Rx8) and the 4GB is 2 Ranks (2Rx8) . Other than that, they are both DDR3 at 1066Mhz. Is the rank causing this problem? Please let me know, thanks!
    Regards,
    Jason

    I'd suggest you look at the manufacturer info on the 8 gig modules, then check their website to see if it's compatible with the 13".

  • Late 2008 Macbook 8gb Ram Upgrade Problem

    I've read thousands of posts about how to identify if my Macbook aluminium unibody late 2008 can run with 8 gb of ram. I decided to buy two 4gb Ddr3 1066 Mhz from Corsair by reading the post from OWC (http://blog.macsales.com/9102-secret-firmware-lets-late-08-macbooks-use-8gb) As soon as i booted the system with 8gb it crashed and it was impossible to get it work. My Macbooks Model ID is Macbook 5.1 and has a Boot ROM version MB51.007D.B03, running on Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.1 (12B19). I tried to leave one the old ram in one slot (1gb) and the new one in the other slot (4gb) and it worked perfectly with  5gb Ram discarting the problem that the new Ram could have failures. Im really confused and i hope to get some help to get this working.

    Test using only one of the new RAM modules (no other RAM). Then test with the other new module. This will tell you which (if any) of them is defective. Contact the seller. OWC is very good about replacing RAM that is proven defective.
    Best of luck.

  • When should I purchase a MacBook Air, and what upgrades are worth it?

    My MacBook Pro (early 2011) is moving as slow as a dinosaur... we are hoping if I get a MacBook Air for school and we only use one account on the Pro (instead of leaving both logged on and switching back and forth), we can get by for a few years without the cost of a new Pro. (I am a grad student. Money problems make it almost tempting to even get a PC at this point.)
    With a minor "refresh" rumored in the upcoming days for the MacBook Air, and the 12" Retina coming a few months down the road... and with my next school term starting in May-- when should I get a MacBook Air?
    I will be getting the 11" since it is cheapest.
    Also, when considering the question of extending the lifetime of the computer (hoping in 4 years it doesn't slow to a crawl like our Pro has), what is more important-- upgraded processor, or RAM?

    While it may be that the hardware you have is responsible for the slow performance, it is also possible that third party software incompatibility is the cause.  If you run EtreCheck and post the results here, someone might be able to spot something.

  • Will I be able to play skyrim on the macbook air? What upgrades for it should I get?

    I would like to be able to at least play skyrim on medium settings and I would like to be able to play other games like that.

    According to notebook check, if you get the mid 2012 w/ 8GB of RAM and the i7 it should average about 30fps on medium. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Apple-MacBook-Air-13-Mid-2012-Subnotebook.80 041.0.html

  • Can my old 2008 uni body MacBook take 8gb ram

    i have a late 2008 uni body macbook
    2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
    currently  using
    4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
    which i upgraded from the standard 2GB ram to 4gb that apple state is the maximum but reading in forums etc im reading it can take 8gb due to some update with the Boot Rom version
    Mine shows
      Boot ROM Version:          MB51.007D.B03
    one of the forums ive been reading has a link to this  http://blog.macsales.com/9102-secret-firmware-lets-late-08-macbooks-use-8gb
    i have spoke to cruicial who wouldnt confirm or deny as they were saying 4gb is the maximum my machine would take but i could try it and said to look at
    http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/partspecs.aspx?imodule=CT2KIT51264BC1067
    has anyone tried this upgrade or could give me any help
    many thanks

    seems like it can take 8gb: http://blog.macsales.com/9102-secret-firmware-lets-late-08-macbooks-use-8gb

  • I have leopard OSX (10.5.8) on a macbook air. want to upgrade to snow leopard (eventually to ML). how? when no disk drive or mac store. thanks

    I have a macbook air running on OS X 10.5.8. I wish to run on the new mountain lion. I realise that i am currently on leopard which means i have to upgrade to snow leopard or lion before i can get mountain lion. However because i am on leopard, i have no mac store and because i have an air, i have no disk drive. how do i upgrade to snow leopard or lion without these?
    Any help would be greatly appriciated. if i've missed something basic im very sorry

    Apple confirmed the removal of the software this afternoon, and said that customers can still purchase a copy from its online store's telesales agents.[1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753) or Customer Service and Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775.]
    Non-Apple sources for Snow Leopard:
    Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
    Snow Leopard from eBay
    If you call Apple then you should ask about purchasing the Lion USB Flash Drive installer if you want to skip over buying Snow Leopard.
    Be sure your model can run Mountain Lion:
    Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
    iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
    MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
    MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
    MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
    Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
    Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
    Xserve (Early 2009)

  • Retina MacBook Pro 15'' Ram Upgrade

    Hello, my name is Joseph and I have 15'' Retina Macbook Pro.
    Well, recently, I want to upgrade my ram from 8g to 16g, anyone knows how much it cost? how long it take?
    if someone answerss these, it would be appreciated. Thank you! I hope you have a great night!
    Blessings,
    Joseph

    The Retina models can not have their RAM upgraded. It is permanently soldered to the main-board.

  • Macbook Air 11" Flash Upgrade

    I have an 11" MacBook air (128gb) and I loaded a couple of movies into it not releasing it would take up all the space. It's giving me a white screen and won't start up as it saying that the memory is full. I've tried all the methods I could find to no avail.
    I am taking in tomorrow to the Genius Bar, but I do have a question - is it possible to upgrade the memory? Anyone got any suggestions?

    It is not possible to upgrade anything in that computer model. The only recovery from your current problem is to erase the drive and reinstall OS X. You will not be able to recover anything on the disk unless you have another computer to use in order to try using Target Disk Mode to recover your files.
    Install or Reinstall Mavericks or Mountain Lion from Scratch
    Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
    OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X
    OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
    OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X
    Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
                because it is three times faster than wireless.

Maybe you are looking for