Resolved To what limit can I upgrade RAM for my MacBook Pro 5,1?

[culturesubcultu]

I purchased my MacBook Pro back in 2009 with 2x2GB RAM cards. I have three questions:

1. I would like to know if I might be able to upgrade these cards to either 2x4GB (8GB) or 2x8GB (16GB) to improve my processor speed?

2. Is there a preferred manufacturer of this upgrade? I'm seeing a bit about Mac RAM Direct's Hypervelocity.

3. And, would I be able to remove the current 4GB and install these upgrades myself?

Thank you in advance for any assistance or suggestions you may have.

My computer's information is as follows...

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B06
SMC Version: 1.41f2

 

[Snowshiro]

This is the Mac Pro subform. The MacBook Pro subform is here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/90/

 

[culturesubcultu]

Thank you for the redirect