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Apple Computing Products:
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Upgraded 2gb to 4gb RAM, blank screen on startup
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<blockquote data-quote="stal1n77" data-source="post: 921637" data-attributes="member: 53276"><p>I but almost all my stuff from newegg, I would just RMA it through them, they are really understanding, and you probably only have to pay return shipping. For my early 2008 MBP I bought the G.Skill kit works like a charm</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231135" target="_blank">Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model F2-5300CL5D-4GBSA - Laptop Memory</a></p><p></p><p>newegg has some of the best customer support I would recommend you use it</p><p></p><p>And as far as pairing or not pairing goes, it depends if you are running virtual machines, or other programs that use more than 2 gigs of ram and you start having to use swap virtual memory 3 gigs will be faster than paired two, and I assume since you wanted to upgrade to four in the first place you are feeling limited by your current 2 gigs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stal1n77, post: 921637, member: 53276"] I but almost all my stuff from newegg, I would just RMA it through them, they are really understanding, and you probably only have to pay return shipping. For my early 2008 MBP I bought the G.Skill kit works like a charm [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231135]Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model F2-5300CL5D-4GBSA - Laptop Memory[/url] newegg has some of the best customer support I would recommend you use it And as far as pairing or not pairing goes, it depends if you are running virtual machines, or other programs that use more than 2 gigs of ram and you start having to use swap virtual memory 3 gigs will be faster than paired two, and I assume since you wanted to upgrade to four in the first place you are feeling limited by your current 2 gigs. [/QUOTE]
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