Mid 2007 Macbook Pro (C2D) - How much memory will register?

[LinMac]

I've read the guides and I am almost certain of the answer, but before I spend the better part of $200 on a memory upgrade I would still like to know if the system will register the full 4GB and not just 3.3GB.

Running Leopard and Debian AMD64 if that matters.

 

[Jian001]

Hi there,

I've got a Santa Rosa Macbook Pro and recently upgraded to 4 gigs of RAM. Yes, it does register the full load - with Tiger or Leopard and can be seen in the About this Mac and Activity Monitor.

I purchased my RAM from CanadaRAM.com - they have been superb with their service!

Regards,

 

[CanadaRAM]

I've read the guides and I am almost certain of the answer, but before I spend the better part of $200 on a memory upgrade I would still like to know if the system will register the full 4GB and not just 3.3GB.

Running Leopard and Debian AMD64 if that matters.

If it is the Santa Rosa chipset (2.2, 2.4 GHz) then it will use the full 4 Gb. If it is the Core2Duo prior to the Santa Rosa (2.16, 2.33 GHz) then it will register 4 in the System Profiler but only use 3.3Gb

 

[galstaph]

My sr mbp registers 4gb quite easily... only regret is that I didn't wait a month to get the ram, Canadian dollar goes up, price of ram goes down... coulda saved some cash... oh well. I recommend owc, they were very prompt (overnight to canada!) and good price (now at $159 [I paid 229 in late sept]) to boot