Incompatible RAM causing problems

Hi everyone, I went along and visited an Apple Store, because my early 2011 13" MacBook Pro i5 with 8GB RAM and 7200 rpm HDD was getting really slow and sluggish (the guy even admitted that start up was abnormally slow). After some tests, we found the problem to be the RAM (which seems to be incompatible). What problems could arise due to incompatible RAM? Because I did have an issue in the summer, where a USB port was overly sensitive, and the Mac telling me to eject a disk before removing it (I nudged the cable by accident).

Will inserting compatible RAM solve these issues, and do you think my computer will see a significant performance boost?

Thank you very much in advance

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Sep 30, 2012 3:24 PM

17 replies

Csound1

Level 9

60,063 points

Oct 1, 2012 6:32 AM in response to moritzhberg

Buy it from the vendor I linked to and you will have no problems, Crucial are also reliable (although less so in my experience) don't buy anywhere else.

Here's the link again:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade

broda220

Level 1

25 points

Oct 1, 2012 7:24 AM in response to moritzhberg

16GB should be no problem. I run 16GB on my Late 2011 MBP. I did buy Corsair Vengence and that didn't work out well even though all the reviews said it works fine. I picked up Crucial 16GB upgrade kit. Been running with no problems.

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