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by verisimilitude 5649 days ago
Macbook 5,1 absolutely supports 6GB, NOT 8GB.

The best summary I've found: http://blog.macsales.com/3291-putting-a-rumor-to-rest-owc-su...
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samatman 5649 days ago
Typing this from a Macbook 5,1 with 8gb onboard. Been running this way for months with no problems.

Under Snow Leopard, at least, this limitation does not apply.

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verisimilitude 5648 days ago
I should have specified the model... I have a 13.3" 2.0GHz MacBook5,1. There is some variation within the 5,1 MacBooks; here's a quote from the discussion attached to that linked article (perhaps you have a 15" MacBook 5,1?)

  As far as the 15" MacBook5,1 models go – The three models released in October 2008, OWC supports to 6GB of RAM:

  MacBook Pro 15″ 2.4GHz
  MacBook Pro 15″ 2.53GHz model w/ExpressCard Slot (Late 2008)
  MacBook Pro 15″ 2.8GHz model w/ExpressCard Slot (Late 2008)

  The two models released March of 2009, OWC and Apple support up to 8GB of memory.
  MacBook Pro 15″ 2.66GHz (All)
  MacBook Pro 15″ 2.93GHz (All)
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samatman 5648 days ago
Nope, 13", 2.4 GHz.

Like so:

[[ Model Name: MacBook Model Identifier: MacBook5,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 8 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz ]]

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