its currently abt rm300 for 2 pieces of 2GB

its generally feels more smoother/responsive..

general guidelines for myself is, when there is pageout occurs.. meaning there is not enough RAM for ur mac to work with

i upgraded my mbp 13" (mid 2009) from 2GB to 4GB ram (regular ddr3 corsair sodimm sticks), and under process/activity viewer macos has access to 3.75GB out of 4GB of ram of which 0.25GB is for use with 9400M

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 7 2009, 11:48 PM

ummm.. in LYP??

MBP 13" uses DDR3 not DDR2

DDR3 2GB SODIMM currently is RM150-RM155 per stick

i dun think intel/nvidia based MBP are picky on ram..

as long as its jedec compliant, it should not be a problem...

i won be suprised epicentre will oso use standard ram for the upgrades

last i check.. apple compatible ram 2GB DDR3 SODIMM costs rm180 a pop

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 8 2009, 03:28 PM

i agree bigger resellers would use KTA or other certified RAM for apple to avoid any complications but i do know of some smaller reseller/retailers that would use normal kingston/etc rams

but i think most of the ram problem with apple are on ddr2, where else i've oledi tested 3 macbooks pros that uses standard ddr3 and they works well , touch wood

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 8 2009, 03:40 PM

my bad

but not anymore in LYP AFAIK

i saw cycom selling qimonda based kta

it works best when 2 slots are using the same module

if ur running 1 x 4G and 1 x 1G, dual channel will onli work with the first 2G rams(1 x 1GB stick and the first 1 GB boundary of the 4GB stick) and 3rd GB onwards its on single channel

most likely will be kingston KTA rams, or other apple approved/validated ram

i'm using scorpio black and, damn... the intellipark is annoying

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 13 2009, 01:43 PM

when 8 sec the hdd is idle, the hdd parks its head to save power. and unpark again when there is read/write request, that act if load/unload makes a faint click sound.

if you have SMART reader, you can see the "attribute load/unload cycle" increment by one whenever u hear that click sound.

my 3 days old scorpio scores abt 670 on the counter for that load/unload cycle.. which avg abt 220 per day, which i use onli abt 4-5 hours.

after 1 year, the counter will increase to 80k+ and 5 years will be over 500k

but scorpio has a design of 600k cycles so its not a problem.. but hell its annoying

* but i read the web that the WD GP harddrives have such issue(duno to call this a feature/issue/problem/etc) too.. 8 sec parking.. but if its run 24/7 and especially under linux which poll the hdd over 10-12 sec.. you can have over 200 clicks per hour which will of coz make some people panic coz the load/unload cycle specified for GP is 300K

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 13 2009, 06:37 PM

different shops has different prices, some jual banyak untung sikit, others jual sikit untung banyak.. depends on their profit target.

KTA rams as well as other validated/approved ram for apple undergo additional testing/compatibility tests to ensure that it works properly with apple hardwares.

yeah sure you can put in KVR ram and it would still work.. but getting KTA rams give a peace of mind.. and possibly avoids any possible compatibility issues that may occur or at least eliminates ram as a possible source of problem during troubleshooting

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 14 2009, 10:36 PM

i can't say much abt seagate*'s but i'm using scorpio black.. and it works terrific on my mbp

*read somewhere abt seagate's compatibility problem with mid09 mbp

i'm using the non-shock protection version aka non free fall sensor which is the WD3200BEKT, i duno whether u can install hdd with free fall sensor and disable the macbook's in build shock sensor or not

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 15 2009, 09:35 AM

i believe as long it has standard jedec spd settings of 7-7-7 at 1066, it should work fine

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 16 2009, 11:43 PM

it will work fine.. but your mbp may take some performance hit as the after the 1gb boundry of ur 2GB stick will onli work at single channel

i recommend that u keep it for warranty purposes.. if u send ur mac for warranty.. u can put back the original ram, unless ofc oz ur using KTA or apple certified/validated rams

and ur 2x1gb is apple oem ram, which does not carry any warranty if used outside its original place.. and it maybe difficult to sell unless u priced it very attractively

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 25 2009, 10:44 PM

i think higher density memory = more heat ... no?

i think any notebook drives will work fine.

i'm using WD, stock macbooks come with hitachi and BTO mbp have seagates, and i believe a forumer here uses X25MG2 ssd

i bought mine from czone.. talk to scoot.. he can give u some recommendation/advice..

This post has been edited by jinaun: Sep 30 2009, 01:09 PM

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