Jesseeeeee

Q: 8 GB RAM works in Macbook 5,2 Early 2009

Just in case anyone is wondering, I got 8GB of RAM to work on my Macbook 5,2 under

Snow Leopard 32-bit
Leopard
Windows 7 x64

Pic: http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=271079&d=1297445434

I Googled this extensively and hadn't found anyone else who was able to get this to work. So I thought I'd be the first to tell everyone.

Macbook 5,2 Early 2009 White
2.0GHz Core 2 Duo
RAM: 2x 4GB PC2-5300 667MHz SO-DIMM 200-pin

Macbook 5,2 Early 2009 White, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo

Posted on Feb 11, 2011 9:47 AM

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  • by Lyssa,

    Lyssa Lyssa Feb 11, 2011 3:36 PM in response to Jesseeeeee
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    Feb 11, 2011 3:36 PM in response to Jesseeeeee
    Hey Jesseeeeee & welcome to the forums.

    This is very interesting! What brand of RAM are you using?

    Please keep an eye on how your computer is performing & let us know if any issues arise. I'm quite curious!

    ~Lyssa
  • by Jesseeeeee,

    Jesseeeeee Jesseeeeee Feb 11, 2011 11:17 PM in response to Lyssa
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    Feb 11, 2011 11:17 PM in response to Lyssa
    I bought the Crucial 2x 4GB pack. If I have any issues, I'll be sure to post them to this thread, though I don't anticipate any.

    It's great to be able to run 3 VMs, iTunes, MSOffice, XCode, compile, and rsync all at the same time, without any paging.
  • by shanodean,

    shanodean shanodean Feb 12, 2011 10:16 PM in response to Jesseeeeee
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    Feb 12, 2011 10:16 PM in response to Jesseeeeee
    I just tried this with my 2009 2.13GHz board. I too get 8GB working. This is a macbook logic board that I have installed in an Apple G4 Cube enclosure. I'm currently running it with a 128GB SSD drive as my boot drive and an internal 500GB hybrid as a built in backup on the optical drive SATA connector. The internal Superdrive is connected via USB. Everything can be powered either the MagSafe or original MacBook battery which I also installed in the cube.

    Very snappy with 8GB of RAM!
  • by 7heM4cM4n,

    7heM4cM4n 7heM4cM4n May 24, 2011 8:40 PM in response to Jesseeeeee
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    May 24, 2011 8:40 PM in response to Jesseeeeee

    Has your battery been much worse since you installed this 8gb of ram, though? It must have been eating up your battery like crazy.

  • by freddyhm,

    freddyhm freddyhm Aug 30, 2011 11:43 AM in response to Jesseeeeee
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    Aug 30, 2011 11:43 AM in response to Jesseeeeee

    Your success story motivated me to do the same to my early 2009 macbook. I just got the exact same memory today from newegg.ca and I'm glad to report that it works like a charm! The 8GB is detected and can be fully used. Woot, no more excessive paging! Now I can run two virtual machines, xcode, photoshop and two browsers seamlessly. Thanks for the post!

  • by samuelfromsantiago,

    samuelfromsantiago samuelfromsantiago Nov 4, 2011 1:54 PM in response to Jesseeeeee
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    Nov 4, 2011 1:54 PM in response to Jesseeeeee
  • by freddyhm,

    freddyhm freddyhm Nov 6, 2011 1:55 PM in response to samuelfromsantiago
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    Nov 6, 2011 1:55 PM in response to samuelfromsantiago

    Yea that's the one. You can probably get it cheaper on other sites if you look around. I've had this memory in my computer for a while now and I'm glad to say that it's been working like a charm. The battery life does drain faster if the full memory is being utilized, but it hasn't been too dramatic (30% decrease maybe). My battery is about to die anyways so I don't care. I'm curious to see the effects on a brand new one. Hope that helps anyone.

  • by samuelfromsantiago,

    samuelfromsantiago samuelfromsantiago Nov 6, 2011 2:24 PM in response to freddyhm
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    Nov 6, 2011 2:24 PM in response to freddyhm

    Excellent, I'll tell you how it works for me.
    Many thanks Fred!

     

    Sam
    Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • by GeraCh,

    GeraCh GeraCh Dec 9, 2011 8:01 AM in response to Jesseeeeee
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    Dec 9, 2011 8:01 AM in response to Jesseeeeee

    Hi, I am very interested in upgrading my macbook to 8GB too, but I just have a question ...

     

    Have you tried to re-install/install snow leopard or lion with this memory?

    and don't you get occasionally any corrupted files, whether files/photos/videos/downloads etc?? ...

     

    I asked becuase I have tried to upgrade my memory before with other brands and I have had troubles, memory is recognized and the computer apparently works fine, memory passes all hardware tests... but in some tasks, in my case specifically when re-installing the OS or when working with files over 3GB (photos or videos) then files get corrupted and I get error messages....I know this is a memory issue because if I go back to the original memory then everything works fine.  So I am just curious to find out if you really haven't had any issue using this memory.

     

    Thanks,

     

    (Macbook 5,2 Early 2009 - Lion 10.7.2 - 2GB Original Memory)

  • by David Bedford,

    David Bedford David Bedford Dec 9, 2011 9:02 AM in response to GeraCh
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    Dec 9, 2011 9:02 AM in response to GeraCh

    I've had 8Gig in my 2.4G Intel Core 2 Duo Ali Unibody MacBook5.1 late 2008 running 10.7.2 for 6 months plus now without a single issue.

  • by freddyhm,

    freddyhm freddyhm Dec 9, 2011 2:56 PM in response to GeraCh
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    Dec 9, 2011 2:56 PM in response to GeraCh

    Hi Gera,

     

    I haven't tried reinstalling the OS and I haven't upgraded to Lion yet. I don't think it would be an issue since I don't  get any corruption errors at all. I use vmware virtual machine and Xcode daily and they both take a substantial amount of memory. I haven't had any problems yet and it's been several months now. I would suggest giving crucial memory a try.

     

    Cheers,

     

     

    Freddy HM

    Waterloo, Canada

  • by GeraCh,

    GeraCh GeraCh Dec 11, 2011 1:23 AM in response to freddyhm
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    Dec 11, 2011 1:23 AM in response to freddyhm

    Thanks David, Thanks Freddy... this is all what I needed to hear... it sounds like it really works great and without any issue at all. I will follow your advise and give it a try.

     

    Best regards

  • by freddyhm,

    freddyhm freddyhm Dec 12, 2011 6:15 AM in response to GeraCh
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    Dec 12, 2011 6:15 AM in response to GeraCh

    No problem, Gera. Good luck and keep us updated!

  • by amn_pie,

    amn_pie amn_pie Jan 7, 2012 4:40 AM in response to Jesseeeeee
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    Jan 7, 2012 4:40 AM in response to Jesseeeeee

    Still working guys? It's a bit of an investment for some of us. It hasn't yet been a month yet, but can anyone report on any issues you may have had? I'd like to upgrade too. Thanks.

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