I have ordered two single sticks before and they arrived as one high-density and one low-density. I bought the"matched set" to ensure both ram modules would be double-sided and low density. Sounds like the IT was feeding garbage to a technophobe. Lol at the apple support page comment haha.ĭamaged swap space? Sounds bizarre because swap space is temporary and would not be used for saving files.ĭamaged capacitors? Also sounds strange because the only way I know to fix a damaged capacitor is to replace it which requires a person that can perform board level repairs. I am sure the difference will be also known when one does photo or video editing, etc. Save your money, and get something better." Do not buy it, it is garbage, and its warranty service is garbage. I contacted manufacturer who wants me to ship it to USA from Geneva, costing somewhere along $100, at my charge. IT was able to repair the capacitors, but damaged sectors in SSD is gone for good. Further more, it damaged SWAP space in my SSD and a few capacitors in the motherboard. Upon arrival in London, laptop started failing, over in Geneva, my institute's IT was able to trace the defective RAM and took it out. I didn't have too much time to test it, and it seemed to work. "I upgraded my laptop Lenovo T430 with this from 8gb to 12gb setup before going on an overseas work trip. I did see this one review though, and I am not sure how that happened: I think the RAM I have now is GSkill but I could be wrong haha. Definitely is cheaper than the Crucial one. They don't even have to be the same brand, just the same speed. Never heard any complaints from the buyer too.Īny low-density (8 chips per side) 1600 ddr3L sodimm should work. If one chooses to keep many applications open, then additional RAM can be useful, but note that is under the users control.Ĭlinton, regarding the 'average user', you can take it any way you want to, I simply will keep that point confidential.Yes, it worked flawlessly for the month that I used it.
'Normal' users might have one or two items attached (I usually have none) which suggests that there would be less demands on the MBP. Since it is very rare that I use more than 8 GB RAM, an increase would have been fiscally unsound two years ago, but at current prices the increase can be justified far more easily.īased on what Clinton has described over time, his MBP installation looks like an octopus with the various paraphernalia attached to it. A couple of years ago the cost would have been over $1000. I too have 16 GB RAM in the 2011 MBP so that gives me bragging rights, but the important point is that the cost was about $90. If in the process of swapping the RAM you damage the MBP, then that damage will not be covered by the warranty.
Mac pro mid 2012 ram upgrade 16gb manuals#
Since I do not have the latest one I can only reference mine and all the manuals for the three MBPs that I have give instructions on RAM replacement which indicates that it does NOT void the warranty (200, 2010, 2011) but only on the RAM. I was not referring to any RAM manual, but your Macbook Pro manual. Just wanted owners to know, because you can feel really good about owning these laptops knowing that upgrades with quality components should be very easy to do and should work really well, extending the life of the laptop and giving better performance from the next boot-up. The whole job took 10 minutes and made a HUGE difference to the performance cf. I sense already that they will run a lot faster.Ī little while ago, I replaced the original spinning hard-drive (which was operating too slowly for my liking) with a 500Gb Samsung 850, and that worked perfectly, too.įull of enthusiasm for the above, we've just replaced another original drive from a friend's mid 2012 MacBook Pro, with a 1Tb Samsung 850 and that worked perfectly, too. It even boots up faster but I haven't used heavy applications yet. Just letting people know that I've successfully upgraded the RAM on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro - from 8Gb (2 of 4 Gb Hynix sticks fitted ex the factory) to 16Gb (2 of GSkill 8Gb sticks) of DDR3 1600 RAM.
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