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Apple Computing Products:
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Memory Upgrade: One slot not reading
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1512193" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>If you're absolutely sure this is a Late 2008 Unibody MBP...then...</p><p></p><p>Original max. ram from Apple was 4gig (2 + 2 gig sticks). It was later found that this model could support 6gig of ram max (4 + 2 gig sticks). Finally...it is possible to have 8gig of ram in this model...but only if a firmware update is applied. If you don't have the latest ROM (firmware)...then 6 gig is the max.</p><p></p><p>Read more here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.4-aluminum-15-late-2008-unibody-specs.html" target="_blank">MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 15" (Unibody) Specs (Late 2008, MB470LL/A, MacBookPro5,1, A1286, 2255) @ EveryMac.com</a></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1512193, member: 56379"] If you're absolutely sure this is a Late 2008 Unibody MBP...then... Original max. ram from Apple was 4gig (2 + 2 gig sticks). It was later found that this model could support 6gig of ram max (4 + 2 gig sticks). Finally...it is possible to have 8gig of ram in this model...but only if a firmware update is applied. If you don't have the latest ROM (firmware)...then 6 gig is the max. Read more here: [url=http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.4-aluminum-15-late-2008-unibody-specs.html]MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 15" (Unibody) Specs (Late 2008, MB470LL/A, MacBookPro5,1, A1286, 2255) @ EveryMac.com[/url] - Nick [/QUOTE]
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