Mac: MacBook Aluminum (Late '08) 2.0GHz
RAM: 2 x 2GB DDR3 PC3-8500 1066MHz 204Pin SO-DIMM, Hynix chip
RAM Model #: 525T by 18004memory.com
Reported by member: ahblu3

Remarks:
Bought thru eBay, Seller stated the item is using Micron chip but I received Hynix chip instead.
Currently no freeze occurs yet *touch wood*
Will try overnight sleep to check whether will freeze during wake up like some users reported for similar value ram.





EDITED: No freeze issue occurs for overnight sleep. Thank god.

This post has been edited by ahblu3: Apr 22 2009, 11:29 PM

Hi,

May I know where can I get the eSATA card for my Mac Pro? Can I get it in Low Yat? Are all eSATA card compatible with Mac? Thanks

find a guys sell SONNET product
his name is sonnet something also

Hey guys,

I am selling off my 160GB Hitachi hard disk that came with my aluminium macbook and i am intending on upgrading to a 320GB hard drive. I am thinking of either:

1. Hitachi 5K500.b hard drive
2. Hitachi 7K320 hard drive
3. WD Scorpio

I am leaning towards the Hitachi as I have had no problems with mine, and I love the fact that it is very quiet and does not produce too much heat.

Between the 5400rpm and 7200rpm, which should i choose, price diff is negligible? My concern is additional heat, noise and vibration. I was told that battery life sacrifice would at most be 10 minutes? Is this true?

If we are looking at 7200rpm, between the Hitachi and WD, which would you choose? I need to decide quick as someone has expressed interest in buying my current hard disk.

Cheers.

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Added on April 25, 2009, 1:37 pmMac: MacBook Aluminum (Late '08) 2.0GHz
RAM: 2 x 2GB DDR3 PC3-8500 1066MHz 204Pin SO-DIMM, Nanya chip
RAM Model #: not sure, got it via www.ramcity.com.au
Reported by member: n20nine

Remarks: No problems at all so far...running smooth. Did an extended Apple Hardware Test and it did not detect any problems at all.

This post has been edited by n20nine: Apr 25 2009, 01:37 PM

hi guys...i got a ibook g4 with the following spec:

G4 PPC 933mhz
640mb ddr ram
currently using mac osx panther 10.3.9

I know that this model can have a ram up to 1.25GB if not mistaken...so my question is, where can i buy these ram modules? must i use the apple certified modules? or can i just get the ordinary brands such as kingston etc?

second is regarding the operating system....im hoping to install macosx leopard but since i dont have a dvd drive bay(mine is just ordinary CDROM drive), i find it impossible...is there any way around this problem?

thanx...

Hi, I'm thinking of upgrading my RAM because I want my macbook to work faster and want to upgrade the HDD because I download a lot of stuff especially music and movies, currently using 250gb hdd but I have a feeling that it's gonna finish space anytime soon. Anyways what's the maximum amount of RAM I can install into my notebook and how much space of HDD can I get? 4 gb RAM or 6 gb RAM and how much GB for HDD? 500 GB? 1TB? Thanks in advance.

Btw mine is the 13inch aluminium macbook 2.4ghz.

This post has been edited by -Paragon-: May 2 2009, 09:37 AM

impossible to make your internal drive to 1TB

500GB also seem got difficulty, i not sure is there any 2.5 500GB drive
Macbook can install max 4GB (Alu model, currently)
i dont tink there si any 3GB module

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Added on May 3, 2009, 3:39 amhunt you ram in ebay. DDR333 (maybe older) is hard to find now.

This post has been edited by cRazYee: May 3 2009, 03:39 AM

2.5" 500GB hard drive is available in the market widely nowadays.
Anyhow, just out of curiosity... is there any capacity limitation to be used for internal HDD on MacBook ?
does it support up to 1TB 2.5" HDD (if available) ?

I want to know the exact same thing, my hdd is 250gb and I'm thinking of upgrading it soon, no point upgrading to just 320gb cause that's not much difference, thank god for 500gb then, but wish there was 1gb hdd for laptops thou.

1TB perhaps...
as for now... I only see 500GB, which you can purchase it from computer shops.
So far I only see 1TB available for those ext. HDD one.

nah there is not 1tb 9.5inch hdd yet, i think...
500GB ones are quite widely available. get the hitachi 5k500.b 500gb version, although its a 5400rpm disk, it supposedly gives comparable performance to a 7200rpm disk.

also, its very very quiet and does not produce much heat. no vibrations/noise that u can hear.

i got the 320gb version for my alubook and its amazing...

as far ram, u can go 4gb + 2gb. not officially stated by apple, but some claim its possible. btw, one 4gb stick is gonna cost u a bomb. i upgraded mine to 2X2gb, really improved my performance.

Oops typo, my bad.

Oh I think I'm just gonna get another 2gb for the RAM (total to 4gb) and thinking of getting 500gb hdd for my macbook later on, but is it possible, because on the apple website, at the place where you wanna buy the laptop you can only seem to customize the hdd to 320gb only. I feel like not much difference if I get 320gb since I'm using 250gb, that's why I want 500 gb cause it's like double storage.

there is not 1TB 2.5 hdd yet
this one i confirm

in the market, all are 3.5 for 500GB above 750Gb onwards

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Added on May 3, 2009, 8:09 pmone thing i can tell you about the ram

Since you're just using MacBook, you're machine wont hunger for as much as 6GB

my MacBook Pro running 4Gb seem never fulling use of it yet

This post has been edited by cRazYee: May 3 2009, 08:09 PM

You can use a 500GB hard drive, people on other forums have done it. Apple probably does not offer a 500GB drive because their options are costly and in turn not many people would choose them.

You cant add another 2GB. The RAM in your laptop is 1X1GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM. You need to buy new 2X2GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM. RAM is so cheap nowadats.

Ok thanks for the info, btw should I do it myself or is it safer for me to ask the people at the shop to do it for me?

if you go normal shop
better do yourself, later the screw up your screws, go to ifixit.com the see the steps

It is not difficult to change by yourself.

READ the manual that came with your macbook. It is there for both memory and hdd.
2gb ddr3 is about RM100 each
500gb is about RM300+.

My personal opinion,
If you need portability, you should get a 2.5" external HDD (Maxtor basic only RM344) which is a bit more only. For that price you can get a 3.5" 1TB external.

The reason is simple, 250gb is a large HDD already. Replacing it would be a waste.

You can have 2x 500GB inside your MacBook by removing the optical drive if you don't need it or occasionally need it.

Just upgraded 4gb mushkin ddr 3 rams.
Got it from a forumer, his thread is here for those of you who are interested
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=908762&hl=
he sells ddr3 as well, though the topic only posts the availability of ddr2 rams

So, how is it so far?