Upgrading MacBook RAM

Conrad11 · 25 May 2009 at 17:05

I'm pretty sure I am right in saying but I just wanted to check to be sure.

If I upgrade my MacBook RAM I don't void any warranty I have with Apple do I? I've also remember reading that I should keep the original RAM in case I need to send it to Apple to get it fixed. Is that right too?

Is it easy to upgrade the RAM?

Can I use any RAM or is there specific RAM I should use/you recommend? Currently on 2GB and I want to upgrade to 4GB.

Thanks.

Conrad11 · 25 May 2009 at 17:53

Standard white MacBook bought about 2 months ago.

Conrad11 · 25 May 2009 at 21:46

Can you recommend any particular type of RAM? (like a certain speed/type)

...also, I take it that speed and timings don't matter on a Mac as you can't adjust them anyways?

Conrad11 · 25 May 2009 at 21:57

Did realise it made a difference....

Model: MB881B/A

Apple MacBook Notebook Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz 2048MB (2x1024MB) 120GB 13.3 inch TFT WXGA DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/ CD-RW LAN WLAN Bluetooth MacOS X (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M) - White

CPU is P7350 i believe.

Conrad11 · 26 May 2009 at 19:35

So I take it that the speed of the RAM doesn't matter then (as long as its at least PC2-5300)? I swear the FSB on the CPU is 1066Mhz so I need faster RAM...or is my understanding flawed?

Conrad11 · 26 May 2009 at 21:11

Thank you very much for your help, just ordered this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-143-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=936.

Hoping it will speed up Parallels a bit (having 1GB for it instead of 512MB).

Do I need to do a reinstall of the Mac operating system or will it be fine when I put in the new memory? (I remember with Windows you had to reinstall because of the page file or something like that)

Conrad11 · 28 May 2009 at 19:03

yashiro said:
You don't need to re-install when you upgrade the ram. You don't need to do it on Windows either.

I always thought you did on windows (for optimum performance)....something to do with the size of the pagefile.