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16GB of RAM in 2011 (October) Macbook Pro 15-inch

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6/27/12 at 1:48pm
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I have a Late 2011 (October) Macbook Pro, is it possible to put 16gb of 1600MHz CL 9, 1.5v memory in it? Does anybody have this or have experience with it? And if so, which RAM is most compatible, is OWC the most recommended?
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post #2 of 4
6/30/12 at 9:47pm
I haven't done this personally, but you should be able to use any JEDEC compliant memory of the correct type in your Macbook Pro.

If you have at least two SO-DIMM slots, 16GiB should be easy.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226267 -- something like this should work fine.
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6/30/12 at 9:51pm
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I'm not sure, but I think most of the Macbook products can only read up to 8gb total of ram.
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6/30/12 at 9:58pm
Apple's upgrade notes says 8GiB is the max, but this is a load of nonsense. There is no such hardware, firmware, or software limitation.
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