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2009 macbook pro ram upgrade 8gb install#
2009 macbook pro ram upgrade 8gb mac#

This was my wife's MacBook before we were married and she has long since stolen my 2011 MacBook for herself and no longer uses the old one. I can always try to save the data at a later point if possible. There are backups, they just arent recent. It was only 160GB of mostly photos and music. I don't care about data recovery from this machine.

It makes clicking, whirring, spinny sounds now and will not boot up. 11:42 PM Re: Memory upgrade for macbook pro mid 2009 in response to macdaddysolutions.

However, since reading/learning that I can make these upgrades, the HDD on my Late 2009 Macbook Pro 5,5 10.5.8 (if I remember correctly), 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, has gone kaput. Re: Memory upgrade for macbook pro mid 2009. Purchase Time Machine Ready External HDD for backups.

2009 macbook pro ram upgrade 8gb mac#

Remove the optical drive and replace with a 1 TB HDD for extra storage. 8GB Kit (2x4GB) PC3-8500 DDR3 1067MHz 1066MHz RAM Upgrade for Late 2008, Early/Mid/Late 2009, Mid 2010 MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,006 34.99 34.

Press the power button and wait a few minutes for it to boot up. I believe this model will support Yosemite For the RAM upgrade, follow Apple’s instructions.

Purchase Snow Leopard then upgrade to the latest OS this machine will run.

*For the information of anyone who might be considering an upgrade to their trusty MBP mid-2009s using the RAM types mentioned.I have a late 2009 MacBook Pro to which I was planning some significant upgrades for. Your info, however, helps a lot towards my decision. I was worried that seller's laptop broke perhaps due to the RAMs being 12800s (without his knowledge) and subsequently was disposing of the memory modules relatively cheaper than market price, and that it could do some damage to mine but.

"PC3-12800" is the name used in the memory industry - 12800 indicates a peak transfer rate of 12800 MB/s (of course, the actual performance in your case would be brought down to 8533 MB/s, matching PC3-8500).Īs I'm almost locking a deal on a pair of Hynix 4gb 2Rx8 PC3-12800s (<- image reference) for my trusted mid-2009 MBP 15" A1286, the pair taken by seller from his busted unit of the same specs.

"1600" is the data transfer rate per second specified in millions (the technical term is "clock frequency") - "1600" here means it supports up to 1600 million transfers per second - in your case, it will be slowed down to 1066 million transfers per second since that's what your Mac is designed for.

"DDR3" is the type (and must be the same as what your computer has).

The 'Mid-2009' and 'Mid-2010' MacBook Pro models support 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs and officially and unofficially support a maximum of 8 GB of RAM with one odd exception.

2009 macbook pro ram upgrade 8gb install#

Still noticing the performance changes today though so thought I would give it a r. Apple formally recommends that you 'fill both memory slots and install an identical memory module in each slot' for all of these systems.

If you think you may need more memory in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, because memory cannot be upgraded later in this model. However, your system will operate at the speed of the slowest memory module. This a video from my old channel I upgraded my Macbook last January 2012. Apples Buy page for a Macbook Pro said: Note that MacBook Pro with Retina display comes with 8GB of memory built into the computer. Memory is designed to be backward-compatible, so generally speaking, you can safely add faster memory to a computer that was designed to run slower memory. Capacity: PC3 8500SColor: Green 2x4GB DDR3 1066mhz SodimmCompatible with: Late 2008-Mid 2010 MacBook Models: MacBook (Late 2009) (October, 2009)Model ID: MacBook6, 1( 2.26G hz) MacBook (Late 2008) (October, 2008)Model ID: MacBook5, 1( 2.0GH z, 2. Upon power on, two (2) beeps come out of the laptop along with more frequent than regular pulses of the "sleep" light. Re: Memory upgrade for macbook pro mid 2009ġ1:42 PM Re: Memory upgrade for macbook pro mid 2009 in response to macdaddysolutionsĪfter a test installation, I confirm that the Hynix 4gb 2Rx8 1600Mhz PC3-12800S (actual photo of the items below) with tech specs here ,are NOT COMPATIBLE with Macbook Pro mid-2009s: