Macbook Pro (2010) 16gb memory

I gave up on the 16GB upgrade as many here have also done. I did notice a BIG bump in performance going from 4GB to 8GB. I guess doubling the amount of RAM is still better than nothing at all.

I used this RAM kit for my mid 2010 Macbook Pro: Crucial 8GB Kit

You can read through the reviews to match up other Macbook years/models compatible with this memory. I believe 2009 and other years may also be compatible.

Thanks eveyone for your feedback in this thread. It saved me a lot of time and headaches! 😀

I had Crucial 8GB in my MacBook Pro (13", Mid 2010) and 4GB in my son's MacBook (13", white, late 2009 I believe).

I moved the Crucial 8GB Sodimms to the MacBook (it runs happily with 8GB now 🙂) and installed Mushkin 997019 (2 x 8GB) to my MBP (13", Mid 2010) and it runs perfectly too. That particular SODIMM is discontiuned and is no longer available on the Mushkin's website. I bought it from here last week.

Good luck!

Yes, this has been established. It's the 15 and 17 inch versions that are limited to 8 gb ram.

Does anyone know if they updated it with mavericks and created it so you can now use 16gigs of ram?

Hey thanks for the info!

Couple months ago I bought a kit of ram from eBay and those didn't work for my macbook pro mid-2010 13" 2.4ghz

I didn't want to try OWC because of the higher price.

But I might give it a try to the Mushkin 997019

But before I do that... Did you notice any improvements more than just placebo effect? I mean, is it worth the upgrade from 8gb to 16gb in performance/cost terms?

16gb/$153 xD

cheers!

I did not notice much improvements over 8Gb when running applications with low-ram footprint. However, it runs much better with apps such as Vmware Fusion with Windows or other apps that use a lot of Ram. Since my mbp runs on an SSD, the amount of RAM might have a smaller effect. Btw, i purchased 16gb at around $120 before the price hike due to a fire in SK Hynix.

+1

+1!

I've already installed Mavericks on my MBP mid-2010 Core 2 Duo and plan to order 16GB kit from Mr.Memory in the UK. It's around £154 with delivery. EFI is updated.

I need bigger memory for audio software processing.

Anyone has tried it yet?

Has anyone tried the 16gb upgrade on a 15 or 17" mid 2010 MBP running Mavericks?

Hi guys, I have the same question for 15" MacBook Pro 6,2 (Mid 2010) : is it working with 16gb and Mavericks? Regards.

I've got a 17" mid-2010 Macboook Pro (model identifier is MacBookPro6,1) with Mavericks installed and I tried putting in two 8GB sticks that I had from another system.

I got a kernel panic while booting.

The specs on the memory I used are here:

http://www.corsair.com/us/memory-by-product-family/laptop-memory-upgrades/corsai r-memory-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr3-sodimm-memory-cmso16gx3m2a1333c9.html

Anyone else have any luck?

Thanks

HI guys. Just to share my experience. I bought this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-vengeance-16gb-ddr3-sdram-memory-module/5036 594.p?id=1218601980504&skuId=5036594

And I tried in my Macbook Pro 15" mid 2010 (model 6,2) with no luck. The system boots, but after some minutes it gets kernel panic. Using Maverick.

Of course you have a kernel panic, you can not use memory with default speed of 1600MHz on a stocket 1066MHz.

In a normal PC perhaps is possible to adjust the speed automatically, but not a mac.

For your macbook pro 6.2 only works DDR3 1066MHz.

Hi rbrizola,

I'm quite intrigued about the part you say that you could boot your Macbook Pro 15" with 16gb but only having kernel panic after some minutes... So can you actually log in/start with Mavericks?

Have you experement booting your system with one 8gb and one of your old modules? I'm, guessing 2gb ou 4gb, as they have the right "speed", this may force your faster 8gb to run at a lower clock matching the slower ram module. Mind that this may not work!

The 16gb ram you are currently using is too fast. 1066MHz is the correct

Also which of the graphic cards is your Macbook Pro using when it boots up? Intel or nvidia?

Hi @Bfer!

Sure. Sorry, but how do I get those logs?

I tried to boot with 12gb (the new 8gb and my old 4gb) as you said and I got the almost the same behaviour: before the kernel panic, the system shows artefacts (like when you have problems with the video card). Mine video card is Intel HD Graphics.

Im attaching some photos/prints of the memories and my tries.

@Jay_or , as you can see in the pictures below, my "original" memories (2x 4gb) have 1333mhz clock, buy they are adjusted to 1067mhz when running in my machine. The new 16gb would not have to follow the same principle?

My mac with the new memories.

My old/current memories, 1333 mhz.

The box of the new memories.

Kernel panic after a while.

After install the new memories. They are running at 800 mhz (???)

When I tried the old and new memories together. Still 800 mhz.

Back to my current memories. Note, although they are 1333 mhz, they are running at 1067 mhz.

Thank you very much! =)