bigfame Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Please view my signature. I currently have 4GB of 800mhz but would like to max it out with 8GB of RAM, are there any issues with doing this? I remember seeing a thread saying if you had more than 4 it could cause problems but not sure, I would prefer to max it out but if it causes problems I can get by without doing that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenn0X Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 well current leo would not use more then 3.3 gb anyways, if i'm correct. i've seen setups here with 8gb with no problems. but that depends on the hardware. but what is the reason for 8 gb? power hungry virtual machines maybe, for the rest 4 gb should be more then sufficient. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-863678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbb Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 well current leo would not use more then 3.3 gb anyways, if i'm correct.You are not correct. Leopard can support up to 4TB if the hardware supports it.i've seen setups here with 8gb with no problems. but that depends on the hardware.I have a very similar motherboard to the OP (GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P) with the maximum 8GB that the motherboard supports & it works fine with Leo 10.5.4 with 9.4 vanilla kernelbut what is the reason for 8 gb?Because we can:-) RAM is so cheap why not? Multiple VMs or hevay useage of intensive applications like Final Cut Pro are all good reasons to max out the memory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-863840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsweeting Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Using 4Gb+ can cause issues if you are using the JMicron.kext. Can cause random KP's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-863845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacProUser83 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Im using 6gb of ram + jmicron.kext.... no problems at all :S.... Im running iatkos v4i on a Intel DG35EC motherboard with a Intel Core2Quad Q6600 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-864193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Im using 6gb of ram + jmicron.kext.... no problems at all :S.... Im running iatkos v4i on a Intel DG35EC motherboard with a Intel Core2Quad Q6600 If you want kernel panics then connect an IDE device or at least that is how it works with my machines, otherwise the Jmicron works fine with SATA drives in AHCI mode set for the controller in the BIOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-864262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacProUser83 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 If you want kernel panics then connect an IDE device or at least that is how it works with my machines, otherwise the Jmicron works fine with SATA drives in AHCI mode set for the controller in the BIOS. Have one ide DVD burner and one ide DVD ROM ... without any problem..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-864299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Have one ide DVD burner and one ide DVD ROM ... without any problem..... Well I did say with my machines ... I have seen others say they have no problems either but for them posts I must have seen at least hundred more with them. The solution that has worked for them me included is to not use IDE devices sometimes it is necessary to disable the controller entirely. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-864313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 I use very few windows only programs and right now have dual boot setup but would love to max out the RAM and run paralells flawlessly but just concerned about kernel panics. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-864556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacProUser83 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Well in my experience and in my case.... everything is working smoothly with 6GB of ram.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-864677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 cool Im gonna go for it. However I tried to install iatkos v4i since thats what you used and it didnt detect my hard drive for some reason. Install works fine with kalyway so I dont know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-864714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj100 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Great to here this. I've already order an extra 4 GB. Maxing out my system :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-865778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
birhunter_99 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 i have 8GB RAM in my Hackintosh.. but i didn't find any application that's supports more than 4Gigs of RAM it's not possible, to setup in FinalCut pro more than 4 Gigs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-866425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 what about parallels? Will it allow you to give windows xp/vista 4gb? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-866713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacProUser83 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 what about parallels? Will it allow you to give windows xp/vista 4gb? if it is a 32 bit operating system no way... 32 bit operating systems can only address 2^32 bytes of memory which is 4gb.. but from that limit u have to substract memory for the video sub-system, audio sub-system etc. thus windows only reporting from 3.2 to 3.5 GB ram available Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122043-8gb-of-ram-any-reason-not-to/#findComment-867807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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