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I have an Early 2006 O.G MacBookPro that I am looking to upgrade. Is there any way to boost the RAM to 8GB? or the CPU to Quad Core? Also I will be getting an SSD for this machine.

 

EDIT: It has the higher spec 2Ghz Core Duo.

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I have an Early 2006 O.G MacBookPro that I am looking to upgrade. Is there any way to boost the RAM to 8GB? or the CPU to Quad Core? Also I will be getting an SSD for this machine.

RAM maxes out at 4GB inserted and 3GB recognized by the EFI. CPU should not be switched out as it's a Core 2 Duo 2.16, the very best mobile Core 2 Duo of that socket. I put an SSD in my stepdad's yesterday and it made enough of a difference to justify buying it but not when you could just buy a new laptop.

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RAM maxes out at 4GB inserted and 3GB recognized by the EFI. CPU should not be switched out as it's a Core 2 Duo 2.16, the very best mobile Core 2 Duo of that socket. I put an SSD in my stepdad's yesterday and it made enough of a difference to justify buying it but not when you could just buy a new laptop.

 

I'm getting the Laptop for $20, so it's a steal. Also it's a Core Duo, Not Core2, what's the Socket so I can find more CPU's?

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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it's probably soldered to the motherboard. upgrade the RAM and use it how it is, or buy it and turn around and sell it.

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I'm getting the Laptop for $20, so it's a steal. Also it's a Core Duo, Not Core2, what's the Socket so I can find more CPU's?

If it's a regular Core 2 then you're still stuck with that. The coolers on those laptops barely kept the CPUs cool and if there was a more powerful CPU in them they would likely catch fire. Our Macbook Pro gets to 97C under load on the Core 2 Duo and over 110C on the GPU. The coolers *cannot* handle more.

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RAM maxes out at 4GB inserted and 3GB recognized by the EFI. CPU should not be switched out as it's a Core 2 Duo 2.16, the very best mobile Core 2 Duo of that socket. I put an SSD in my stepdad's yesterday and it made enough of a difference to justify buying it but not when you could just buy a new laptop.

 

According to this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9a0hIPdVmc Socket PGA478 CPUs are compatible with Socket PPGA478. Which means I can put in a 2.53Ghz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 into this laptop. Is there a way to go around the EFI issue?

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

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Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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According to this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9a0hIPdVmc Socket PGA478 CPUs are compatible with Socket PPGA478. Which means I can put in a 2.53Ghz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 into this laptop. Is there a way to go around the EFI issue?

OSX hated general hardware changes so I would honestly just not. It's not like you're going to get past the OS barrier of Snow Leopard/Lion (can't remember which) or anything like that

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OSX hated general hardware changes so I would honestly just not. It's not like you're going to get past the OS barrier of Snow Leopard/Lion (can't remember which) or anything like that

 

Would it work with Windows?

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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