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    New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM

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    Image of DisposableInterloper DisposableInterloper
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    The RAM issue isn't unique to Apple. The products most notoriously finicky with their RAM are from ASUS. (Seriously, if you don't care much for researching what RAM works with your mobo, ignore ASUS.)
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/08/08

    @DisposableInterloper: Isn't Asus the OEM builder of Macbooks?
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    12/08/08

    @DisposableInterloper: It's why I prefer Gigabyte mobos.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    But.... it just works?!!??


    Lucky for me my PowerBook is still working just fine..

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    For what it's worth, my Sony VAIO running Vista Small Business with third-party RAM runs just fine.
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    Image of snitch29 snitch29
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    Wow so if it works with the original memory from samsung that it come with, but it doesn't with most of the third party Ram, the problem my friend is that your buying cheap ram, Apple doesn't make ram samsung does and they are good at it that's why Apple buys it from them
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/08/08

    @snitch29: The stuff that Crucial and OWC sell are not junk.
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    Image of tamoriel tamoriel
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    What the hell are you guys talking about? Macs "just work"!


    If they've told us once, they've told us a *thousand* times: Apple can do no wrong!


    If you have a problem with your Mac, it's your fault. If you have a problem with your PC, it's Microsoft's fault. =p


    /sarcasm

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    12/08/08

    @tamoriel: Really? Sarcasm? Wow thanks, wouldn't have guessed.
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    12/08/08

    @ALT: In his defense, he used the [sarcasm] tags, a practice I encourage.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    Sounds like rev1 hardware from Cupertino.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    If the sleep magnet is the cause, it's possible that it can require replacement of that part. Hopefully firmware can fix it, but I have doubts.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    Not entirely fazed, as I haven't seen as much hubbub over this as the early Macbook issues on the forums, but I'll be watching their discussion board and Apple's firmware/software update page in hopes that they can get a few of these fixes out BEFORE my 2 month timetable to MBP ownership runs its course....whew!
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/08/08

    @Kaiser-Machead: If you're considering a MBP (like I am, reluctantly abandoning my preference for a MB due to blasted lack of firewire), I take it you're waiting for MacNCheeseWorld?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    What trigger/sensor does Apple use for putting your computer to sleep? Or is it independent of a trigger?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/08/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: It seems that Macbooks all now use a magnetic trigger to put the hardware to sleep. It's possible that this particular part is what's causing that malfunction. This issue is not unique to this run of Macbooks, but it was never all that prevalent either.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/08/08

    @Kaiser-Machead: OK, cuz it almost sounds like it goes through a status check every so often, and it's getting a stray reading, causing it to wake up, whereupon it realizes that it's supposed to be asleep. The second problem seems to be something similar where it dims the screen, but not the system, so it's still chugging along despite not showing anything. It almost sounds firmware-ish. I wonder if destroying the pram would help. Make the computer re-poll every sensor.
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    Image of Kobe_No_Means_No Kobe_No_Means_No
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    No problems with my 2.4ghz macbook aluminum. 4gb memory purchased from Crucial. 500gb drive from New Egg. Dual booting OS X + Vista Ultimate (pirated)... No problems.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/08/08

    @Kobe_No_Means_No: Broadcasting that you've committed IP theft is kind of silly.
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    12/08/08

    @Kobe_No_Means_No: OMG! Ponies! beat me to it. There is no reason to suggest you are using pirated material, particularly when it doesn't make your claim of stability any more poignant.
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    Image of Kobe_No_Means_No Kobe_No_Means_No
    12/08/08

    @Kobe_No_Means_No: Wow, sorry guys... I'm also angered by my own comments.


    I hate myself for my own despicable actions, and I would like to discourage others from doing the same.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/08/08

    @Kobe_No_Means_No: The important thing is, we've all learned from this, and grown. I know I have. Moving forward, perhaps you should consider some sort of public service announcement so your fans will be reminded of your contrition in prime time, not so much for your own public image, but for the kids. They're the future. Let's not forget.
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    Removed the original 2GB (2 x 1GB) and replaced with 4GB (2 x 2GB) cheap-ass RAM from Fry's. Have had zero problems thereof.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    Maybe they're sensitive to the memory timing.
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    Image of TimothyGeryon TimothyGeryon
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    And you can't even install Snow Leopard on them....!
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    Image of Gibberish Gibberish
    12/08/08

    @TimothyGeryon: I'll wait for MacWorld before buying anything...
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/08/08

    @Gibberish: same.
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    Image of rockstarjoe rockstarjoe
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    I learned my lesson when I bought the original Macbook when it first came out... never buy first generation Apple products! They are beautiful but flawed, inevitably.
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    Image of Kharnellius Kharnellius
    12/08/08

    @rockstarjoe: Doesn't this go for every product out there? Replace "Apple" with "Company X" and "Macbook" with "Product Y" and your statements remains true.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/08/08

    @Kharnellius: Strangely, your logic works with Company X, but not Product Y.
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    12/08/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate Third-Party RAM
    i refuse to believe this. i think the culprit is that someone was dual-booting vista on this lovely piece of machinery. that's the only explanation.
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    Image of logicalnoise logicalnoise
    12/08/08

    @Anonymoose: I think your right Apple needs to figure out how their breaking vista.
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    12/08/08

    @logicalnoise: wow. I don't usually point this stuff out, but within once sentence, you combined both the your/you're and their/they're grammar issues. Congrats, that takes skills.
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