Do NOT use Crucial memory in the new MacBooks.

kenneth · 12-01-2008, 10:37 PM

I have spent all day trying to figure out what the problem has been with the my new aluminum Macbook and it has turned out the be the 4GB of ram I purchased through crucial. I would suggest getting the memory from apple and save yourself the headache of going through what i have. A lot of people are having problems with all types of memory and it seems the new MB's and MBP's are really picky on what type of ram you use. I went through all the apple phone support, safari reset, safari reinstall, clean install of OS X. As soon as i would turn it on and open anything it would freeze. I hope my advice helps the ones who are looking into purchasing and upgrading the new macbooks.

acosmichippo · 12-02-2008, 02:07 AM

that's good to know.

you can still get apple-supported memory without having to get it from apple.

macgirl · 12-02-2008, 09:49 AM

I'm sorry to hear you had problems with your Crucial memory. IIRC, Crucial is one of the OEM suppliers of memory to Apple - I once upgraded memory from an older PowerBook and it was Crucial-branded when I took out the stock sticks. There are a lot of Macs out there with Crucial memory in them from the factory, and OEM and after-market memory can both fail from any manufacturer. Not trying to discount your experience, but Crucial memory has been used for a while in Macs and is recommended by many for after-market upgrades.

I hope Crucial has a warranty under which you can get a refund. I have heard they do have very good customer service...

kenneth · 12-02-2008, 12:09 PM

yea they do have a warranty. If anybody can find out about this issue with the late 2008 MacBooks I would appreciate it. I was on another forum and it was like a real common problem.

kenneth · 12-03-2008, 12:00 PM

I have gotten my money back from crucial. I called and the guy immediately gave me a refund and said it is something on the apple side. Has anyone used Ramjet ram? If so how did it work?

http://www.ramjet.com