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What is the max ram this computer will take? I have a 17" intel core duo 2 ghz w/1 GB RAM in the machine right now. Serial number has last three letters of VUX
According to Mactracker you can address a maximum of 3GB. You can do that with this 2GB chip and this 1 GB chip.
well i would imagine you can put as much as i have in my macbook pro core 2 duo 15" 3,1 which is 6gb (1x2+1x4), I tried for 8 and needless to say it just didn’t like it at all… however the 6gb screams!! and have had no ill effects even though apple claims it maxes at 4gb… They always underscore the power of their own machines…
I have added 12 Gb to mine without any problems. When your machine boots up, enter command-R to boot into recovery mode. Once your machine is in recovery mode, remove the ram bezel, take out the old ram and replace it with your newer ram. Open the terminal and type “diskutil -v -r ram devswap” without the quotes. Enter your password and finally reboot your machine.
