Adding Ram to New Mac book Pro

paid4c4 · Mar 8, 2011

I would like to take my new 15 inch Mac Book Pro from 4 megs of gigs to 8 gigs of Ram. Is this something I can do myself? I've added Ram to my pc's without any problems. Also what do I need to purchase and where. Any recommendations will be appreciated.
Bill

robduckyworth · Mar 8, 2011

first off, it would be 8 gigabytes, not megabytes.

secondly, yes. you dont void your warranty upgrading your RAM.

you need a 000 philips head to get the bottom off. make sure you get the right RAM, go to crucial.com and find out the right ram for your system.

cwa107 · Mar 8, 2011

The memory is user-serviceable. You simply remove the bottom panel and pop it in. Tutorial here:

YouTube - How to Upgrade the Memory in a mid-2010 MacBook Pro 15"

And BTW, you have 4 GIGs of memory - there's 1024 megs in a gig

paid4c4 · Mar 8, 2011

robduckyworth said:
first off, it would be 8 gigabytes, not megabytes.

Thank you for the quick response. I meant gigs but wrote megs. I hate to admit being old enough to remember if you had a pc with 8 megs of memory and a 40 meg hard drive you were traveling in the fast lane.

Will I be replacing the original memory with two 4 gig boards?
Bill

cwa107 · Mar 8, 2011

paid4c4 said:
Will I be replacing the original memory with two 4 gig boards?
Bill

Yes, that's correct. Best performance comes from matched pairs, this enables your memory to run in dual-channel mode.

robduckyworth · Mar 8, 2011

i have a hunch that this is a new 2011 macbook pro? i think these use slightly faster RAM than last years; they use 1333MHz instead of 1066MHz, youll have to check crucial.

paid4c4 · Mar 8, 2011

robduckyworth said:
i have a hunch that this is a new 2011 macbook pro? i think these use slightly faster RAM than last years; they use 1333MHz instead of 1066MHz, youll have to check crucial.

You're right our Mac is one of the new ones and according to Crucial it uses 1333Mhz.
Bill

robduckyworth · Mar 8, 2011

yep, so 2 x 4GB sticks is the way to go. remember to discharge static in your body before changing - i discharge by touching the side of the optical drive.

paid4c4 · Mar 9, 2011

Thanks for all the information. I ordered 8 gigs of ram from Crucial for 97 dollars with free shipping and it should be next week. I'll post when I go through the install process.
Bill

roflitskyle · Mar 10, 2011

paid4c4 said:
Thanks for all the information. I ordered 8 gigs of ram from Crucial for 97 dollars with free shipping and it should be next week. I'll post when I go through the install process.
Bill

Good luck! I am sure everything will go smoothly.

- Kyle

indychris · Mar 10, 2011

I just added 2 X 4 to my new MBP a couple of days ago. It's a snap.