These tabs lock the chip in place and releasing them will cause the chip to 'pop' up. My MacBook is fully updated to OS X El Capitan.I've read on similar threads that downgrading to OS X Yosemite might help?Īnother thought I had is that I've read that some people only swap one of the RAM chips, so I would have 1 of my original 2gb Ram chips and one 8gb upgraded chip, so having a total of 10gb which would be much better than my original 2x 2gb Ram. Release the tabs on each side of the RAM chip by simultaneously pushing each tab away from the RAM module. 2012 13in MacBook Pro (unibody): Hard drive, Optical drive. I Have checked the system report and the new memory is being registered in the correct RAM slots, but it seems something somewhere else is going wrong. Want to upgrade the RAM, graphics card, processor, storage (SSD or Hard drive) or even use an optical drive in a Mac to add an SSD. As things stand now, you can upgrade the RAM yourself in the following Mac models: MacBook Core 2 Duo MacBook Unibody MacBook Pro 13 (Mid 2009-Mid 2012) MacBook Pro 15 (Late 2008-Mid 2012) MacBook Pro 17 (All Models) iMac 17 (All Models) iMac 20 (All Models) iMac 21. Now it sometimes restarts its elf even when im not using it, very annoying! It has only done this since I put the new RAM in. 2018 MacBook Pro models come with the SSD, RAM, and graphics card soldered onto the motherboard, which means none of these elements are easily upgradeable. 16 hours ago Macbook Pro 13 Inch Mid 2012, Used Macbook Pro For Sale in Swords. But then all of a sudden about 5 mins into surfing the web the screen went blank and it started to restart itself. ( SSD and Memory ) I bought my Macbook Pro 13 Mid-2012 edition for 0.

I have just upgraded my mid 2012 MacBook Pro to 16gb using 2x 8gb ATech DDR3 12800 1600MHz and to start with everything was fine, booted up quickly etc.

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