How much RAM for my MacBook?

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hond0

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hi,
i recently bought a macbook off of craigslist and upgraded the RAM to what i thought would be an OK 4gigs.

After tooling around the internet and passing by Crucials website they state my macbook can only handle 2gigs.

here's my specs;

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.17f0
Serial Number: W8718V72YA3
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

the macbook see's all 4gig but my question is;

Is it able to use all 4gig?

any solid input would be great.

thanks,

hondo
 
thx, sgilbert. i'll double check. i didn't find the variation on crucial until i entered the model #.
 
Also, be aware that even though your MacBook will only "see" 3GB of RAM (er, 3.32-some-odd GB of RAM) in total, since you installed two identical sticks of 2GB RAM, you're getting a "dual channel" speed boost from the RAM... meaning your RAM is working a tad faster (on the order of ~5-10%) than if you had installed non-matched sticks, such as a 1GB and a 2GB.
 
Or more importantly: Graphics will be a tad faster, because the graphics "card" is actually onboard graphics using main memory.
 
thanks to all for the info... you've put my mind at ease. i posted on another site which led me to a testing website that laid out the clock speeds with various processors and varied ram configurations i.e. 3 vs. 4 gig. and obviously 4 was faster.
special thanks to eldiablo for explaining why its faster. here's the link i got from sinclair. http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/MacBook/Testing/Memory_Benchmarks
again, thanks to all.
 
fryke said:
Or more importantly: Graphics will be a tad faster, because the graphics "card" is actually onboard graphics using main memory.
Click to expand...

Also - i am not 100% sure - will the memory for you onboard vga-card be taken from the not-available 4gb, so you waste even less memory, s making vga-memory e.g. 512mb will not decrease the avaiable memory for the OS, while with 3gb of memory you would loose some memory to the vga-card.


Good luck, Kees
 
How do you take anything from the "not available" pile? Try _this_ bread. It's so far out, it's not even here... :p
 
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