elenore19 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I have a 15" macbook pro. I'm wondering how do I know which ram will work with it? I would like to buy and install it myself to save me money and not deal with apple. I was looking at this harddrive. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148307 and then I'm not sure which ram. I want top notch ram in terms of speed. I want 4 gb (2xdimm) Anyone have any suggestions? I'm sort of looking at this ram.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.as...t+Laptop+Memory Thanks! I'll say my specs if you need, just let me know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112909-how-do-i-figure-out-which-ram-to-put-into-macbook-pro-will-this-harddrive-fit-in-my-macbook-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForTiLLiaN Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I too have the 15" macbook pro. I put in 4gb of ram. It must be DDR2-5400/667mhz. I tried using 800MHZ ram, but for some reason the macbook cannot correctly underclock it, and so it WOULD NOT boot. I used Kingston ram. Doesnt matter if its for the mac or not. As for the hard drive any Sata hard drive will work. I replaced mine with a Western Digital Scorpio 320gb drive. I used a program called Super Duper 2.1 to clone the original mac drive onto the new drive. You must have a sata to usb drive enclosure to do this. Then i replaced the drive once it was cloned and it booted right up. It will not close a windows bootcamp partition. Only the mac partition. So if you have windows installed via bootcamp you must install it again. Hope this helps. http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/Sup...escription.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112909-how-do-i-figure-out-which-ram-to-put-into-macbook-pro-will-this-harddrive-fit-in-my-macbook-pro/#findComment-803965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_bon Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I upgraded my MBP to 4 gig RAM. I used the free download program at www.crucial.com. The software scans your mac and tells you whats installed and what upgrade you need. Much cheaper than Apple and highly recommended. Good Luck - andy_bon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112909-how-do-i-figure-out-which-ram-to-put-into-macbook-pro-will-this-harddrive-fit-in-my-macbook-pro/#findComment-807361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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