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Review on πŸ’» Corsair CMSA8GX3M2A1333C9: Apple Certified 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333 MHz Laptop Memory - Reliable and Efficient by Billy Ivy

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Terrible installation made my pants wet

These modules are stubborn when installing. After installing them for the first time, I turned on my 13" Macbook Pro (Early 2011) and my computer started emitting a warning tone - three continuous beeps over and over until I held down the power button and the system I disassembled my laptop, took out the RAM sticks and cleaned everything, removed all the dust in and around the inside of my computer, I reinstalled the RAM, put everything back together and powered on the system, only to hear one beep to hear. again. At this point my anxiety increased tremendously because I thought I might have fried something. I did a web search and found that my problem is quite common with these Corsair modules. I decided to fix it on the third try Just this time reinstalling them, I very patiently installed the RAM about 3 times harder than before and made sure I put the same pressure on the gesa mte module exercised. Reattach the aluminum cover. I tightened the screws a bit more by pressing lightly on the aluminum cover (hoping all the little circuit pins would be nice and tidy. That eventually helped, but I definitely wouldn't want to do it again. I searched the forums for info others had the same problem, next time someone recommended using flash drives from Crucial or Kingston, these seem to be the best modules for macbooks, as far as the speed they offer is the only thing that caught my eye that mail is loaded.. Maybe if I play around with this a bit, I'll notice some other speed improvements.

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