MacBook Pro :: Error In Upgrading RAM To 8GB
Apr 17, 2012
I've been trying to upgrade my RAM to 8 GB from the 4 GB on my MacBook Pro Model 7,1, late 2010. My 4 GB runs smoothly; I can get 6 GB to run smoothly, switching 4 GB PNY to banks 0 or 1 without a problem. All memory tests good in either bank. When both 4 GB RAM modules are inserted, the MacBook Pro hangs a few seconds after the gear starts turning on start-up.
I have now tried two pair of 4 GB RAM modules. Same results every time. I am running all the OS updates from Apple using OS 10.6.8. I am now running 6 GB RAM without a hitch. How to get both 4 GB RAM modules to work together so that I'll have the advantages of the full 8 GBytes?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Mar 17, 2012
An error reading the disc keeps appearing. The disc drive works well otherwise. The software is new right out of the box. Are there any other ways to upgrade to Snow Leopard besides using a disc?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jun 19, 2009
I have a 13" white macbook, which I had partitioned with Bootcamp. When I decided to upgrade to a 500 GB drive I didn't want to reinstall everything, so after ordering and installing my new harddrive, I used super duper to clone my mac volume onto the new drive. [URL]. It worked like a charm for the mac volume, but did not copy my windows volume. No problem, I figure, I will just run the boot camp assistant again, b/c I didn't have that much on that volume anyway. However when I booted up in my new 500 gb mac drive, the Boot Camp Assistant would not work and generated an error message stating. "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
Only problem is, my drive was already formatted as an extended journaled volume. I erased it and reformatted and recloned from super duper just to double check, but still got the same error message. Then I tried to start from scratch, and erased the drive again and tried to install an operating system from the dvd. I got another error message saying that the hard drive could not be partitioned and that I needed to use disk utility to reformat the disk as a GUID partition. However I couldn't figure out how to do that, and couldn't find anything on the disk utility that said GUID. it took a call to mac support (thanks mark!) to figure it out. Thought I would post it here in case anyone else has the same problem. It turned out that the hard drive I'd ordered was somehow not set up the way as my old one.
The solution was:
1. boot from the mac os DVD
2. go into disk utility, select the new hard drive, and choose the partition tab
3. change the number of partitions from "current" to "1"
4. then the 'options' button becomes available, and you can go in and select to format as a GUID drive.
from that point on, I was able to proceed with installing Mac OS x, install all the software updates, and run the boot camp partition.
Once I had the hard drive partitioned properly I used Super Duper to clone my mac volume onto the new drive, and then used Winclone to clone the windows drive. for some reason the main site for winclone is down right now - two canoes - but I got a working copy here: [URL] none of the help info on two canoes was available yesterday or today either so I had a little trouble figuring out how to use it. (though others have said it's super easy...). I wasn't sure where to save the disk image, on a mac or windows volume and on my old or new drive. The way I ended up doing it (that worked) was:
1. open winclone, and in the 'image' tab, create an image and save it on the mac volume of the new hard drive. (I couldn't save it on the old drive b/c there wasn't enough room)
2. then, still in winclone, go to the 'restore' screen and restore from the mac volume of the internal hard drive to the windows volume.
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Jul 2, 2012
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jan 9, 2011
i am going to upgrade the ram and hard drive in my mbp, and i just have a couple questions. I'm sure there are some other topics about this, but i could not find any.
First i have Microsoft Office 2011 installed, and if i just take out the HDD and install the new one and put MAC OSX on it how would i be able to transfer over my Microsoft Office so i don't lose it and have to buy it again.
Also, should i put in the new ram, let it load up and read the new ram, then install the hard drive, or do it the other way, or just do both at the same time?
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Aug 19, 2010
My current setup:
Early 2008 MacBook Pro
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4GB RAM
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Jan 23, 2009
I have my original white macbook from august 2006 with its original 512mb of ram. I am upgrading to 2 gigs (because thats all it can take). Will I notice a big difference in performance?
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And can I use a 500GB 7200rpm drive with the 13" model(heat problems)? because apple only gives you the option to choose between 5400rpm HDD... 5400rpm is fine for me, but just wanna know. Last question, do you guys think Apple will make any kind of updates before next year? This will be my first Apple notebook.
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Black Macbook 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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MacBook
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MacBook Pro
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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I upgraded my MBP 15" (model MacBookPro5,4) from2X 2Gb to 2X 4Gb HYPERVELOCITY DDR3-1066 MHZ everything runs as per normal but under"About this Mac" it states that I only have 1Gb DDR3 -1067 Mhz, and under "more info"~ memory ity states Bank 0/DIMM0 4GB DDR3 1067 MHZ OK Bank 1/DIMM0 4GB DDR3 1067 MHZ OK
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I just went to the Apple store, and my friend (actually she is older than I am, like 15 years in difference. Just got friendly, so I call her 'friend') suggested me 100$ for 4GB upgrade. She told me that it's not possible to upgrade the RAM after the payment, but she is able to do it for me.
I'm always paranoid wether the Apple employees will give me the 'older' RAMs or 'used' ones. Should I be? or just trust the employee who will swap it for me.
If I have a choice, I would like to install the new RAM for myself.
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