Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

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hubka.net — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:06:51 GMT

microsoft man with macbook? wow blaaaaaaaaa

re: Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

Andy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:29:39 GMT

Hi Keith,

Thanks for sharing. REALLY COOL!!!

Do you plan to test these 4GBx2 SODIMMs with a Dell D630? I have a D630 and wanted to make sure that it will work before I buy the SODIMMs.

I pinged Kingston and asked them if D630 was supported. They said no. I was a bit surprised/shocked by the response since (as I understand it) the Dell D630 is also a Santa Rosa based laptop.

-Andy

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Keith Combs — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:21:54 GMT

Regarding the Dell Latitude D630, I don't have access to one so I won't be testing. I have a D820 that was made a couple of years ago before the Santa Rosa machines came out. I know it won't work.

You could always buy the memory fron someone that has a 30 day return policy and no restocking fees (if they exist). If they don't work (doubtful), send them back.

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Robin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:54:57 GMT

I'll be testing with the 630 and 830 shortly and will post my findings. ;) Keith knows I was one of those begging to borrow his but I should have my own soon. :)

re: Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

Andy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:54:32 GMT

Hi Keith,

Thanks for the follow-up.

Hi Robin,

Yes, let us know how it goes with D630/D830 test.

Can you list what your BIOS rev is at and whether you had to do any updates to make the 8GB visible?

Can you also let us know if your test uses same SODIMM model # as Keith's?

Thanks,

Andy

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Brandon Paddock — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:24:52 GMT

Cool! Now you just need to run Windows on it so you can actually address that much memory ;)

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John — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:17:18 GMT

Hi Keith,

I have just purchased a MBP, I assume therefore that it would be able to take advantage of 8GB ? What are the dependencies in terms of the chip, should it be Penryn ?

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Keith Combs — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:40:20 GMT

John, the latest and great MBP should work. The dependencies are listed above (the intel mobile chipsets) and a 64 bit OS.

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Trevor — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:02:36 GMT

> Cool! Now you just need to run Windows on it so you can actually address that much memory ;)

?? Uninformed comment of the day

OSX has supported 64-bit memory addressing for years - you could have 16 GB of RAM in a 2005 model PowerMac G5 and 32 GB in a MacPro today.

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Keith Combs — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:58:53 GMT

FYI, the memory sticks I tried are the ones at http://shop.kingston.com/partsinfo.asp?ktcpartno=KTL-TP667/4G. They are back in my ThinkPad now.

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Robin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:26:48 GMT

Just got email saying my RAM was delivered by UPS and I am stuck in Houston at Microsoft WPC :( I will post Tomorrow when I get home (I tried to switch to an earlier flight and get home tonight how sad it that)

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Keith Combs — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:33:50 GMT

Robin, do you have a blog address?

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Robin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:34:05 GMT

Sorry for the Delay. 8 week old daughter and a lot of work has flooded me.

My corporate Blog is supposed to come online next week :)

So Far I have tested the RAM on both of my D630's and It won't boot with Both Dimm's but it will boot with 6GB (@GB DImm and 4GB Dimm)

I am using the latest A12 BIOS and that's where it stands. I have a call in to my sources at Dell and will see if they can address it with a BIOS upgrade. Due to the chipset I would assume that with it accepting 6GB it's possibly a BIOS issue. But you know about assuming :)

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Andy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:06:27 GMT

Hi Robin,

Are you using these SODIMMs:

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=37240&mfr=Dell&model=Latitude+D630

-Andy

re: Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

synriga — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:25:26 GMT

I've been holding off on getting a MacBook Pro because there is no 8GB mem option. My shop is a Linux/Solaris/Windows development house and I need the 8GB for running VMs simultaneously when on the road.

If your tests are truly valid. Then I'm sold.

re: Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

Keith Combs — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:38:09 GMT

Although my tests failed, it's probably just a matter of the memory makers and Apple figuring out what is needs for things to be compatible with the current Macs.

The future Macs will most likely be based on the Montevina chipsets and thus have quad core, 8-64GB of ram supported, etc.

What Apple decides to certify and sell is an entirely different matter.

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synriga — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:40:29 GMT

Your tests failed?

From your earlier posts it seemed that you had succeeded.

re: Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

Keith Combs — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Ah, I see you aren't reading my blog but only a single post.

See http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2008/07/09/pity-os-x-doesn-t-like-8gb-of-memory-in-my-macbook-pro.aspx

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synriga — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:05:47 GMT

Your right. I was reading only this post. Thanks for the redirect.

Looks like I'll be getting a Mac Book Pro anyway, I'll just have to live with memory starved VMs until apple offers an 8GB model.

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marco_bicca — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:55:22 GMT

Hi Keith,

I'm willing to try these out:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231202

I will let you know the results. Maybe different brands might have different behavior. We never know until we try.

Thanks,

Marco

re: Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

Erlend Viddal — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:47:46 GMT

Both the Dell D630 and D830 works like a charm with 8GB of ram, so does the D531 although the BIOS reports 4GB installed and 8GB available ;)

You need the A13 BIOS for the 630 and 830 to use 2x4GB.