X200 ram upgrade - which brands are known to be compatible?

Hello all. I've just recently ordered an X200 and am now patiently waiting for it to arrive. In the meantime I am looking for some additional ram to upgrade the thinkpad when it gets here. I was looking at some Crucial ram (see: http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=9A685211A5CA7304) and the company mentions that it is compatible with the X200. Has anyone ried this brand or if there are other brand that have been tested and confirmed definately work? Many thanks

crucial, g.skill, kingston, samsung, etc are all good. Lenovo themselves use third party ram, but are extensively tested for possible faults.
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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X220 8GB Ram Upgrade - which brand?

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The memory on my MAC is full. It holds 4GB of RAM of which 79GB are photos. I would like to back up my photos to an external drive but just don not know how. I do not wish to use time machine. How do I back up my photo library, then delete the them t

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Hi
Just to clarify a couple of points in your post.
RAM (memory) is different from hard drive space. You have 4GB of RAM, but that has no bearing on the amount of drive space you have, of which we know that 79GB are photos.
If those photos are in iPhoto, you should be able to move the entire iPhoto Library, from the Pictures folder, to your external hard drive. You can just drag and drop. Do not have iPhoto open while you're doing this. Once it's done, you can double-click on the moved iPhoto Library file to associate it with iPhoto, so that the app remembers where the library is for next time.
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This is the regular status of the memory of my macbook pro. Do you think I need a RAM upgrade?

Hi there,
I'm hoping to seek the expert views of the community here.
I have a MacBook Pro, Late 2011, 17 inch. Running latest version of Mavericks. Speed seems to have slowed somewhat, perhaps since I upgraded to Mavericks, but not certain about that. Based on my research of the Apple communities, I suspect that I may benefit from a RAM upgrade.
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More RAM is always a Prudent move...
Kerrod wrote:
Will additional RAM help the speed and performance of my MacBook Pro?
It will certainly help with Performance.
Macs can be very Fussy about RAM...
You can use these Links to check which RAM is suitable for your Mac...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
http://www.crucial.com
It is Important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
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Greetings Apple Discussions:
The Sawtooth is freezing, especially with DVD burning and GarageBand or other heavy task. The machine first started freezing every once and a while when I added the video card and started running two monitors at one time. Now it freezes more often. I was wondering if this stock power supply needed upgrading, but most of my additional devices are externally powered. The two cards and two internal hardrive upgrade and additions are internal. Here is a list of the relevant info from the System Profiler. I edited some of it to be direct and simple.
I basically need to know which QuickSilver can except the video and PCI cards I have added.
I would appreciate if someone could help me with this issue.
HERE IS THE INFO:
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)(Sawtooth)
Machine Model: PowerMac3,1
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.4 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.8f1
Serial Number: XB0070N3HSF
Sales Order Number: M7628LL/A
ATA Bus:
WDC WD1200JB-00GVA0:
Capacity: 111.79 GB
Model: WDC WD1200JB-00GVA0
Storage 120 66:
Capacity: 111.66 GB
Available: 21.54 GB
ATA Bus:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D:
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D
IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI:
Model: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI
EXTERNAL DVD BURNING
MAD DOG MD-16X3DVD9-8X:
Firmware Revision: 1.F0
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
FireWire Bus:
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
MAC MAIN DRIVE:
Capacity: 111.66 GB
Available: 26.34 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s10
Mount Point: /Volumes/MAC MAIN DRIVE
Mad Dog DVD Burner
MD-16X3DVD9-8X:
GRAPHICS/DISPLAYS
ATI Radeon 8500:
Chipset Model: ATY,R200
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-A
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x514c
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-85710-123
Displays:
HMD-A440:
Resolution: 1344 x 1008 @ 85 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
IBM P260:
Resolution: 1600 x 1200 @ 70 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
MEMORY
DIMM0/J21:
Size: 512 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC100-322S
Status: OK
DIMM1/J22:
Size: 256 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC100-322S
Status: OK
DIMM2/J23:
Size: 512 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC133-333
Status: OK
DIMM3/J24:
Size: 256 MB
Type: SDRAM ECC
Speed: PC100-222S
Status: OK
PCI CARD
ACARD,6280M:
Name: ACARD,6280M
Type: scsi
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-C
Vendor ID: 0x1191
Device ID: 0x0009
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1191
Subsystem ID: 0x0009
Revision ID: 0x0007
PARALLEL SCSI
SCSI Parallel Domain 65536:
Initiator Identifier: 7
ATA Maxtor 6L250R0:
Capacity: 233.76 GB
Manufacturer: ATA
Model: Maxtor 6L250R0
Tiger:
Capacity: 233.64 GB
Available: 142.77 GB
ATA SAMSUNG SP2514N:
Capacity: 232.89 GB
Manufacturer: ATA
Model: SAMSUNG SP2514N
Samsung 250:
Capacity: 232.76 GB
Available: 170.68 GB
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 60
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 180
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 45
Sleep On Power Button: Yes
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On LAN: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: Yes
PRINTERS
(Its only a HP All-In-One)
Adobe PDF 7.0:
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 10.4
Default: No
URI: pdf700://distiller/
PPD: Adobe PDF 3016.102
PPD File Version: 1.0
PostScript Version: (3016.102) 0
psc 2400 series:
Status: Stopped
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 2.2.9
Default: Yes
URI: usb://hp:psc 2400 series/MY3BMG237B6T
PPD: psc 2400 series
PPD File Version: 1.0
PostScript Version: (3011.104) 0
psc 2400 series (Fax):
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 6.2.2
Default: No
URI: CommApp://
PPD: hp fax
PPD File Version: 1.0
PostScript Version: (3011.104) 0
psc 2400 series-1:
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 2.7.2
Default: No
URI: usb://hp/psc 2400 series?serial=MY3BMG237B6T
PPD: hp psc 2400 series
PPD File Version: 1.0
PostScript Version: (3011.104) 0
USB DEVICE TREE
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x0019
PCI Revision ID: 0x0000
PCI Vendor ID: 0x106b
Bus Number: 0x08
Ozone:
Version: 1.00
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: M-Audio
Product ID: 0x2008
Vendor ID: 0x0763
Ozone:
Version: 1.00
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: M-Audio
Product ID: 0x2008
Vendor ID: 0x0763
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x0019
PCI Revision ID: 0x0000
PCI Vendor ID: 0x106b
Bus Number: 0x09
Hub:
Version: 1.10
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Product ID: 0x1446
Vendor ID: 0x0451
PGMFHUB - SCSI Port:
Version: 1.33
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Xircom Inc.
Product ID: 0x0026
Vendor ID: 0x085a
vend_device:
Version: 2.12
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Product ID: 0x8025
Vendor ID: 0x085a
Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version: 1.22
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Mitsumi Electric
Product ID: 0x1002
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Apple Optical USB Mouse:
Version: 1.06
Bus Power (mA): 100
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component
Product ID: 0x0302
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version: 1.22
Bus Power (mA): 250
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Mitsumi Electric
Product ID: 0x0204
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
psc 2400 series:
Version: 1.00
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: hp
Product ID: 0x3611
Serial Number: MY3BMG237B6T
Vendor ID: 0x03f0
PGMFHUB - SCSI Port:
Version: 1.33
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Xircom Inc.
Product ID: 0x0026
Vendor ID: 0x085a
vend_device:
Version: 2.12
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Product ID: 0x8025
Vendor ID: 0x085a
Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version: 1.22
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Mitsumi Electric
Product ID: 0x1002
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Apple Optical USB Mouse:
Version: 1.06
Bus Power (mA): 100
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component
Product ID: 0x0302
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version: 1.22
Bus Power (mA): 250
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Mitsumi Electric
Product ID: 0x0204
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Apple Optical USB Mouse:
Version: 1.06
Bus Power (mA): 100
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component
Product ID: 0x0302
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version: 1.22
Bus Power (mA): 250
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Mitsumi Electric
Product ID: 0x0204
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
psc 2400 series:
Version: 1.00
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: hp
Product ID: 0x3611
Serial Number: MY3BMG237B6T
Vendor ID: 0x03f0
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Greetings Rodney:
Thank you for your time and information.
Your saying 133MZ ram will work on 100MZ and 133MZ machines and but 100MZ ram will only work on 100MZ machines?
Is the 133MZ noticebly faster than the 100MZ machines? The Power Macintosh G4 "Digital Audio", tends to be a lower priced (used) machine, than the QuickSilver.
I forgot about the processor. Thanks for pointing that out. I contacted OWC and they gave me these compatible models for this particular processor:
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• Power Macintosh G4 "Gigabit Ethernet" 100MHz Bus, Available in G4/400MHz, Dual G4/450MHz* or Dual G4/500MHz* speeds
• Power Macintosh G4 "Digital Audio" 133MHz Bus, Available in G4/466MHz, G4/533MHz, G4/733MHz, or Dual G4/533MHz* speeds
• Power Macintosh G4 "QuickSilver" 133MHz Bus, Available in G4/733MHz, G4/867MHz, or Dual G4/800MHz* speeds
• Power Macintosh G4 "QuickSilver 2002" 133MHz Bus, Available in G4/733MHz(Education only), G4/800MHz, G4/933MHz, or Dual G4/1.0GHz* speeds
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Wich ram and which SSD would people recommend me to upgrade to?

I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2010. 2.66ghz intel i7. And I am about to upgrade my ram from 4 to 8, and changing my hard drive to SSD. Wich ram and which SSD would people recommend?

I like both Crucial RAM and Crucial SSDs. Maybe because that's what I own and have never had any problems with either. Some people like OWC but I find that they are overpriced for the same, or similar, products from Crucial.
Visit the Crucial website and click on the System Scanner tab. Download, unzip and run a small app that will report your model # information back to Crucial and you'll be presented with recommended upgrades for your particular model.
Note that you can sometimes find the same Crucial items for a couple of bucks cheaper on Amazon.
Good luck,
Clinton

Which configuration of iMac 27" ? Fusion drive or not ? RAM upgrade ?

I'd love to get a new 27" iMac for my Mother, but cannot decide if the higher i7 processor (3.5) is worth the price, and cannot decide if the 3TB "Fusion" drive is worth the extra $350.
The retail Apple stores stock the i7 only with the 3TB Fusion drive, the better graphics card, and stock 8GB of RAM, but one can configure the machine if ordering on-line via the link below. Her husband will reimburse me or it will be a gift. Money is not the issue.... just whether or not the money is worth spending.
One last thing: The apple store rep said that the "Geniuses" have to do the RAM upgrade, say from 8GB to 32GB because the 21" unit has to be opened. So the consumer doing the RAM upgrade will void the warranty. Yet I see website indicating that the 21" has a nice convenient door to open and the RAM is user-upgradable without voiding the warranty. Which is true ?
Apple wants to charge $600 (parts and labor) for the RAM upgrade to 32GB. But Crucial has 32MB of this RAM for under $300 with a lifetime warranty. Is there a reason to use the RAM from Apple ?
LINK: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac?product=ME089LL/A&step=config

1. 27" iMac with 3.4Ghz i7 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 775M with 2GB video memory is just $200 more than 27" iMac with 3.2Ghz i5 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M with 1GB video memory. How much is her time worth per hour? If it's for business use, it pays for itself quickly. Same opinion for the 'build-to-order' upgrades in speed and video available on the 27" i7.
2. Fusion drive is a hybrid combining 128GB SSD with either a 1TB or 3TB rotating platter hard drive.
Analysis and review of Fusion drive in a 2012 iMac: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6679/a-month-with-apples-fusion-drive
Conclusions and performance are on pages 5 and 6 of the review.
3. 27" iMac RAM is "user-replacable", quoting from the 2013 'Important Product Information' addendum to the manual:
"Do Not Make Repairs Yourself
Your iMac doesn’t have any user-serviceable parts, except for memory, which is user-replaceable in 27-inch models only. Do not attempt to open your iMac. If your iMac needs service, contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple for service.
If you open your iMac or install items other than memory in 27-inch models, you risk damaging your equipment. Such damage isn’t covered by the limited warranty on your iMac."
quoted from http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1662/en_US/imac_late2013_ipig.pdf
OWC video of the 27" RAM upgrade installation: http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_27inch_late_2012_mem_m/
4. If it's for business, go for the i7 and the video upgrade.
5. I'd do the upgrade myself, purchasing from a reliable vendor of Apple RAM such as crucial.com or macsales.com. I have no experience with the other vendor you mentioned, RAMfinder.com. Factory-installed RAM offers the pricey convenience of having a machine configured by you online and shipped directly to your mother in a few days with no one else needing to be involved. I'd avoid any Apple salesperson who apparently doesn't know the 27" iMac product well enough to give you the truth about user-installable RAM upgrades. OWC (macsales.com) will purchase system-pull original RAM allowing you to recoup a small portion of the cost of the upgrade, though nothing close to the resale price of the RAM.
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[SOLVED] Which packages are installed as dependencies when upgrading?

Hello,
When upgrading, I'd like to know which packages are upgraded and which ones are installed as new dependencies.
How can I do that?
The problem for me here is that I'd like to know which package is triggering an install of mariadb (which I don't need nor want).
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by lilorox (2014-04-30 07:14:03)

mpan wrote:
This will warn you about which package can't be installed because of mariadb not being installed
pacman --your_usual_options --ignore mariadb
Exactly what I needed
This way I get the entire dependency tree so I know I can blame nepomuk-core.
I knew the mariadb dependency came from KDE (baloo precisely) but I had no idea which package needed it.
$ sudo pacman -Su --ignore mariadb --ignore mariadb-clients
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace shared-color-profiles with extra/colord? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies...
warning: ignoring package mariadb-5.5.36-1
warning: ignoring package mariadb-clients-5.5.36-1
warning: cannot resolve "mariadb-clients", a dependency of "percona-server"
warning: cannot resolve "mariadb", a dependency of "akonadi"
warning: cannot resolve "akonadi", a dependency of "kdepimlibs"
warning: cannot resolve "kdepimlibs", a dependency of "baloo"
warning: cannot resolve "baloo", a dependency of "nepomuk-core"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
nepomuk-core
:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N]

MacBook Pro 1 GB RAM upgrade...which type?

Hi,
I am interested in the MacBook Pro, but need some advice on RAM upgrades.
What is the difference between the 2 types of RAM offered on the Apple site?
1 GB 667 DDR2 2x512 SO-DIMMS
1 GB 667 DDR2 1 SO-DIMMS
I would only be able to afford one of these above options and would appreciate any insight that anyone could offer.
Thanks much!

A Macbook Pro is only upgradable to 2gb and has only two SO-DIMM slots Ram ie. 2 * 1 GB ram modules.
If you opt for - 1 GB 667 DDR2 2x512 SO-DIMMS - you use up both the slots(each with a 512 mb ram)
If you opt for - 1 GB 667 DDR2 1 SO-DIMMS -only one is used up. and one it still free.
and when you got the bucks for an upgrade, or when the OS is calling for one, you can pop one in. And max it to 2GB
So, a 1 GB 667 DDR2 1 SO-DIMMS is the best deal.

Intel Rapid Start stops working when RAM upgraded

I have a brand new ENVY dv7-7212nr notebook running Windows 8 64-bit.
This machine has Intel Rapid Storage Technology which caches hard disk data (I think on the 32GB SSD) and Intel Rapid Start Technology which stores active memory in the SSD cache (I think) when the computer enters a hibernation state.
The first thing I did was upgrade the RAM from 8GB to 16GB. It works fine, but then I get an error message "your system does not appear to have intel rapid start technology enabled."
HP provides very little information on this, basically none. I assume the memory is being cached on the SSD, but I don't know how to verify this. Also I notice that acceleration is not enabled under the Rapid Storage Tecnology applet for either drive.
I called tech support twice but the techs knew nothing about upgrading RAM beyond the usual and couldn't get it to work either.
Does anybody even know exactly how the SSD is being used in my system? That would be valuable information to me.
Thanks in advance!
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Thanks for reading my reply.
The "little SSD" is still a drive and not a chip, although you are right that it is little and it is attached to the motherboard. It is little because its form factor is not the typical 2.5 inch size but what's call "mSATA". In fact, the service manual for this dv7-7212nr laptop shows you how you can remove and replace or upgrade this mSATA SSD:
Below is a comparison of how small the mSATA form factor is to other drive sizes (from Left to Right: mSATA, 1.8", 2.5", 3.5"):
So if I want to replace the mSATA 32 GB SSD with a 64 GB SSD, I would have to get a mSATA SSD, not the typical 2.5" ones. So for this dv7-7212nr laptop, there can be 3 total drives installed: one in the mSATA slot and two in the 2.5'' drive bays. However, the default configuration as sold by HP only has one mSATA 32 GB SSD and one 750 GB SATA hard drive, with the remaining drive bay empty.
This dv7-7212nr laptop does contain all the latest (and perhaps more complex) technologies and HP probably does not expect the typical user/consumer to go and muck around all the default settings. However, if one is curious and willing to make the effort to learn, the material is just a google search away.
Here are the instructions for setting up Intel Rapid STORAGE Technology (aka Intel Smart Response Technology): http://download.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/intel_smart_response_technology_user_guide.pdf
For this dv7-7212nr laptop, you can ignore steps 1-4 because the BIOS is already configured properly from the factory (unless some changes were made by the end user).
Here are the instructions for setting up Intel Rapid Start Technology:
http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/rapid_start_technology_user_guide_v11.pdf
For this particular laptop, ignore steps 1-7 but it is important to do this first: set up Intel Smart Response Technology as above, making sure to allow enough space on the SSD for a hibernation partition that is equal to or greater than the total size of RAM installed. Then follow steps 8 to the end of the guide. It is important to set up Intel Smart Response before Intel Rapid Start because Intel Smart Response will destroy all partitions and data on the disk (if you set up a hibernation partition for Intel Rapid Start first, it will be removed when you set up Intel Smart Response).
I have successfully ENable and DISable these technologies on my laptop using the above guides (with my modifications). WARNING: back up all data before trying any of this.
In your case, I agree that you can also disable Rapid START and just use the whole SSD for acceleration along with the 16 GB RAM upgrade.
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