Comments on: 8GB RAM Upgrade for 2011 MacBook Pro Core i5 & i7: $50 with Free Shipping

By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:18:20 +0000

I have similar problems. With the Crosaire 2x4GB I get BSOD on Windows 7 very quick. With only 1 x 4GB Crosaire it takes longer. I’m not sure if I just got faulty RAM or if Crosaire doesn’t work with the MBP 2011?

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:06:27 +0000

RAM arrived today, installed it and now running memtest.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:49:54 +0000

Memory should come around next week as Im not located in the US. I will run memtest and post my results here.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:35:41 +0000

Yes, it works on the 2011 MBP i5, just be sure to run memtest when you install it and make sure you don’t have a defective module.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:24:42 +0000

I just purchased this for my 2011 MBP 13″ i5, from other users they say that this crashes. Keeping my fingers crossed. I don’t know if I should cancel my other and save myself the headache. Can anyone confirm this works on my model. TIA

By: Jaco

Jaco — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:31:19 +0000

Just installed this upgrade in my 2011 15″ MBP manufactured in late April, or early May. Running OSX Lion. Ran the memtest. Passed every test. So far it seems stable. No kernel panics. No freezing. Seems to be working well for me.

By: danghoa1

danghoa1 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:32:32 +0000

I’m having the same issue here. Macbook pro 17″ 2011 OS X Lion. But I’m trying with just 1 x 4 Gb Corsair and it works fine, no panic so far. Is it possible Lion does not really support 8Gb memory?

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:44:57 +0000

So frustrated right now. I bought this for my brother’s 13″ Aluminum Macbook Pro and it didn’t even work. Kept having random kernel panics and I eventually had to swap back in the RAM that came preinstalled. I had the same exact situation Jbone, really pissed off.

By: JBone

JBone — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:15:25 +0000

I bought it for my 2011 17″ MacBook Pro. Big mistake. I got 4 kernel panics in 15 minutes and the RAM was extremely hot. It seems the harder you work the RAM, the quicker it would fail. I fired up HandBrake and was able to crash my machine in less than 10 minutes and by that point it was so unstable that it crashed repeatedly while trying to boot.

I put the stock RAM back and my machine is stable again. Anyone had any luck with RAM on this kind of computer?

By: Tigerblood

Tigerblood — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:52:58 +0000

Great deal! Love how cheap RAM is these days!

By: Paster

Paster — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:56:56 +0000

Actually it supports 8GB of ram. Read this:

http://blog.macsales.com/9102-secret-firmware-lets-late-08-macbooks-use-8gb

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:16:47 +0000

You should just buy RAM that is for your specific machine, this works on a 2010 MacBook Pro 13″ with Core 2 Duo CPU:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PS9UKW?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001PS9UKW

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By: Macbodo

Macbodo — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:54:07 +0000

@pablo
Look the Mactracker.app
MacBook (Early 2009)
6.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)

You can use 6GB. But you shoult test 2x 4GB. Some MB runs with 8GB.

By: nixoninajar

nixoninajar — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:54:20 +0000

Because apple sucks and they want you to buy a new one ?