Swad Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hey, for those with an MB or MBP - who is the supplier of the RAM? Crucial? Kingston? None of these? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 according to the link with the images of the MB you posted earlier... Hynix is the supplier of the RAM. and here is a link to their page: HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted May 18, 2006 Author Share Posted May 18, 2006 Lol - I should have seen that. My bad. Thanks! I was just pricing out RAM prices for the MB... crucial was around 100 bucks cheaper to upgrade to 2 gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 There is really no reason to go with brand name RAM. Generic is fine if it is Mac-compatible and it comes with a warrenty of at least say three years or so. This is a good site to check Mac RAM prices: http://dealnews.com/memory/ These guys usually have good deals on Mac RAM and a lifetime warrenty: http://18004memory.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted May 18, 2006 Author Share Posted May 18, 2006 Thanks bofors - those are cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 One more thing... I strongly recommend that people test their RAM upon receipt. "Rember" is good for this in OS X: http://www.kelleycomputing.net:16080/rember/ I actually got some bad RAM once, but did not realize that it was the cause of some infrequent crashs and other seemingly innocuous errors for months. I did not really have a serious problem until I was unable to download a large torrent without corruption. It took me a couple days to track down the source of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 There is really no reason to go with brand name RAM. Generic is fine if it is Mac-compatible and it comes with a warrenty of at least say three years or so. This is a good site to check Mac RAM prices: http://dealnews.com/memory/ These guys usually have good deals on Mac RAM and a lifetime warrenty: http://18004memory.com/ Generic is ok, until you have to replace it seven times to find one set your Mac seems to like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Generic is ok, until you have to replace it seven times to find one set your Mac seems to like. You were not getting Mac-compatible RAM. There is a difference, Apple has a tighter set of specifications. Generic RAM must be designated Mac-compatible or it might not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severnya Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 I would recommed that people use Kingston RAM. Lifetime warranty, and Apple approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind1331 Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 have had great success with gigaram from newegg, real cheap and works flawless in my imac, 2 x 1gig dual channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dippyskoodlez Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 You were not getting Mac-compatible RAM. There is a difference, Apple has a tighter set of specifications. Generic RAM must be designated Mac-compatible or it might not work. Or you just got some crappy ram because generic is just that... generic... I've found apples timings, are usually pretty lax compared to many PC vendors. Get the crucial. or kingston. a 3 year warranty on generic ram is worthless if the company isnt around next month. Crucial has a lifetime warranty, and excellent support. and a guarantee your ram will work. If not, they fix it, and fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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