Macbook Pro (2010) 16gb memory

Hi rbrizola,

VERY interesting!

right! can you do a bit more testing?

Boot your system with the stock ram and instal this

http://gfx.io/

shut down, swap your ram, instal the 16gb and once on osx Mavericks use gfxCardStatus to force the nvidia graphics.

See if the system is able to keep on without any panics.

Again this may not work since your ram is 1666Mhz

Regarding your 1333Mhz ram, possibly the system is a bit more tolerante with them and not with the 1666.

Report back your findings and thanks for contributing!

Hi bfer!

I tried what you said, but with no luck. After a few tries getting kernel panic in the boot, I finally got to force use nvidia graphics, but after a while the system crashed again.

=(

Anyway, thank you very much!

I don't understand, you have a Intel Core i7 of 2.8GHz in a model of 2010 15in? O_o

which is actually the version of your processor? 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 ?

Your original ram is that? Transcend ?

Are you sure that is the original RAM?

Hi Jay_OR.

Sorry by the noob question, but where exactly do I find de version of my processor?

The information that I have is:

The current 8GB is not the original memory. The macbook came with 4GB 1067mhz (I dont have it anymore).

In 2012 I upgraded to 8GB.

Try www.google.com

You laptop is 15-inch mid 2010 Core i7 of 2.66GHz.

8GB is the maximum. 16GB will give you kernel panic errors.

Hello everyone, I just read through all the posts on this thread. I'm thinking of overhauling my Macbook Pro 7,1 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo. Among other things was upgrading to 16GB of ram. I have 8 working now, but since ram is so cheap I figured bumping it up to the max wouldn't be a bad idea.

All of the confirmed MBPs of my series running 16GB @1066 (PC3-8500) are running pre-Mavericks OS. However I AM running Mavericks, and wondered if anyone here has upgraded and checked?

My MBP (mid 2010 13" 16 GB) runs with Mavericks.

I would like to confirm this as well. I have the exact same model

13.3" Macbook Pro 7,1

2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo

MAVERICKS OS

I purchased the following ram:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170744372389?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m142 3.l2649

The computer did not start, and just made a continuous "beep" "beep" sound until I shut the computer down. (Ram was not passing the self-test). Can someone else confirm they are running the same MBP as mine? Also, what brand/website did you get it from?

@iflookzkill

You haven't been really clear. First you confirm it works and then "beep" "beep" sound - it doesn't!?

So what's it gonna be?

And a general question for the guys that have made it work.

Is it worth the trouble and money? Is it significantly faster?

Thank you.

I have been interested in upgrading my Macbook Pro 17" i5 (2.53) (6,1) to 16GB of RAM, and I have read most of this thread. It appears that the general concensus is that Macbook Pro models 6,1 and 6,2 respectively cannot seem to fluently access 16GB of RAM, however with a quick Google search, I came across this post on ifixit.

I will quote the first comment: Also as an update. with Mavericks installed, I upgraded and ran 16GB on a 2010 17" Macbook Pro (2.53Ghz i5 with nVidia GT330M 512MB) which were all previously software limited to only 8GB!!

So it would seem that under Mavericks it can boot correctly. I would love to test this out if I could, but I'm not in a position to do that. I currently have 4GB installed, which frankly, is not cutting it anymore. I temporarily had 8GB (1333mhz) installed, and it downclocked the chips to 1067. The chips are my brothers, so I had to return them.

I want to officially update to more RAM, so it would be nice to hear a good report on 16GB, or if I'll just have to settle for 8GB.

On a side note, my brothers Macbook 5,1 runs 8GB of RAM clocked at 1333mhz (not downclocked) without a hitch, even though Apple officially supports 4GB at 1067mhz. His computer crashes sometimes, but when I replaced his RAM with mine to see if it was because of the speed difference, it still crashed. However, mine chumped up that 8GB like it was made for it! 😝

And another post detailing more. 🙂

It seems that with Mavericks it gets a lot further than with anything else previously.

Obviously the KP in that post isn't a good sign, but it is interesting how it was able to work up to a point. (Outside of Safe-Mode)

I found this comment at the bottom of the link you just shared (http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/151681/I'm+experiencing+random+kernel+panics) interesting. He mentions "an older controller chip" preventing machines from running 16GB. This would imply a hardware vs. firmware limitation.

I looked up in our equipment DB: The '10 models we have are 13" with 16GB (first units we had loaded up that far). The early '11 15" models is the first models I have that are loaded with 16GB. The older Core 2 Duos we have could only support 8GB and are loaded to 8GB. - It appears the mid '10 was still using the older controller chip (which is why it can't support 16GB). <Sorry>

Dan, Feb 4

But like previously stated, why would a hardware limit only 'sometimes' stop it from working? If it didn't work at all, then I'd be happy and just leave it. A hardware limit would suggest that it couldn't address it, but just the fact that it boots says that it's addressing it, albiet in an unstable fashion.

I'll probably end up getting 8GB anyways, but it would great to know if a little fiddling with the RAM would solve the crashes and whatnot. It's possible his specific problems are caused by latency in the RAM, which from what I've heard, is rather touchy.

Edit: Actually, Mavericks might be more stable because it isn't even using all the RAM due to the new method of compression boasted by Apple. So specifically, it can use the chip, but it can't go above a certain threshold without crashing due to some weird chip thing, and the reason Mavericks boots is because it doesn't use so much RAM. I'm just speculating here, but it makes sense to me.

Edit2: Still doesn't explain why Linux and (with a bit of fiddling) Windows works fine with 16GB.