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    memory question for macbook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by myshkin, Oct 1, 2007.

  1. myshkin

    myshkin Notebook Consultant

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    myshkin, Oct 1, 2007
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    G.Skill is a major brand, and you really won't have any issues with their RAM. Notebook RAM is pretty much all the same anyway, regardless of who makes the chip and who sells it (more or less). You're not going to overclock it.

    If you do get a bad stick, just use the warranty to get it replaced.

    Our resident zadillo swears by G.Skill I believe.
     
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  3. myshkin

    myshkin Notebook Consultant

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    cool i just read a few places that macs were alittle more picky then other laptops
     
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    Err, let me clarify my last statement. It does matter who makes the chip, but unless you get unlucky and get a bad stick, it's not going to make any big difference other than the convenience factor of sending it in and waiting for a new one to get shipped out.
     
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    Actually, not all RAM is equal.
    There's regular and lead-free (no, really!)
    Lead free is marked with PB in a red circle with a line through.
    There seem to be issues when using lead RAM with a lead-free motherboard. I haven't used any non apple RAM in macs, but as this is an issue on all other laptops, I assume it is on the Mac as well.

    I've no real idea why this is (maybe differnece in resistance or something), but it looks like the RAM just installed is dead. You test it in another machine with a different mothereboard, and it's fine. Even testing (using a ram testing utility) the RAM, on the one machine it is really broken, on the other it's fine.......
    I worked at a very small shop where we didn't understand these random failures, then worked at a larger shop where this was demonstrated.

    BTW, I don't know if the MB and MBP are lead-free or not.
     
    arikol, Oct 2, 2007
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