Confused - 2 types of ram

dobbsy · 21 May 2012 at 22:08

Hi there,

Really confused:

There are two types of ram - they are identical bar the fact one has 'dual channel' ticked, and also has 1.5v listed as the voltage while the other has n/a.

The RAM listed as dual channel and 1.5v is 'mac' ram while the other is pc ram.

Specs as follows - pc 8500, 1066mhz ddr3 ram

I have foolishly purchased the pc ram by mistake and have been experiencing infrequent lock ups on my macbook aluminium (random and not very often but cause me to have to reboot)

Is it likely that the ram is incompatible or could it just be faulty? memtest is showing no errors.

Deleted member 77746 · 22 May 2012 at 08:56

If memtest is showing no errors likely be there's no errors. Can you poiint us out both ram module links please?

lamboman · 22 May 2012 at 08:56

Provided it meets the requirements there shouldn't be any issues, but you'd have to tell us about your machine and the memory to be sure.

dobbsy · 22 May 2012 at 09:16

I'll get a screenshot of both links - unfortunately it's a competitor site so will have to edit them.

My machine is a MacBook aluminium late 2008 5,1.

FreeStream · 22 May 2012 at 09:19

try apple hardware test. google for instructions, it is on one of your restore disks.

dobbsy · 22 May 2012 at 15:11

PC RAM (THE ONE I PURCHASED)

MAC RAM (THE ALTERNATIVE)

Deleted member 77746 · 22 May 2012 at 17:55

What is the price difference?

dobbsy · 22 May 2012 at 17:57

Think they are exactly the same price!

Deleted member 77746 · 22 May 2012 at 17:59

ah strange then must be compatibility! Why didn't you go for the Mac Edition?

dobbsy · 22 May 2012 at 18:04

mrbell1984 said:
ah strange then must be compatibility! Why didn't you go for the Mac Edition?

To be honest I didn't see the mac version - just googled the spec I required and went for it.

Think I'll order some crucial 8gb kit and sell this on an auction site!

Thanks for your help!