Built-in IR Receiverīus 004 Device 002: ID 05ac:0236 Apple, Inc.
Bluetooth Host Controllerīus 004 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth HID Keyboardīus 004 Device 005: ID 05ac:8213 Apple, Inc. Bluetooth HID Mouseīus 004 Device 006: ID 05ac:820a Apple, Inc. Internal Memory Card Readerīus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 004 Device 007: ID 05ac:820b Apple, Inc. Root # lsusb Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ac:8403 Apple, Inc. Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe Ġ4:00.0 VGA compatible controller : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 (rev a2)
AirPort Extreme Ġ3:00.0 Ethernet controller : Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10) Subsystem: LSI Corporation FW643 PCIe 1394b Controller Ġ2:00.0 Network controller : Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) MCP89 SATA Controller (AHCI mode) Ġ0:0b.0 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:0e.0 PCI bridge : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:15.0 PCI bridge : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:16.0 PCI bridge : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:17.0 PCI bridge : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)Ġ1:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) : LSI Corporation FW643 PCIe 1394b Controller (rev 08) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 High Definition Audio Ġ0:0a.0 SATA controller : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 SATA Controller (AHCI mode) (rev a2) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller Ġ0:06.0 USB controller : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)Ġ0:06.1 USB controller : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)Ġ0:08.0 Audio device : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 High Definition Audio (rev a2) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller Ġ0:04.1 USB controller : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 Co-Processor Ġ0:04.0 USB controller : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 SMBus Ġ0:03.3 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 Memory Controller (rev a1)Ġ0:03.4 Co-processor : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 Co-Processor (rev a1) MCP89 LPC Bridge Ġ0:03.1 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 Memory Controller (rev a1)Ġ0:03.2 SMBus : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 SMBus (rev a1)
(detailed instructions, intermediate skill level).Īfter that, simply power down your virtual machine, eject your bootable Windows disc and flash drive, and install both 4GB sticks of RAM into your MacBook.Root # lspci -nnk 00:00.0 Host bridge : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 HOST Bridge (rev a1)Ġ0:00.1 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 Memory Controller (rev a1)Ġ0:01.0 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:01.1 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:01.2 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:01.3 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:02.0 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:02.1 RAM memory : NVIDIA Corporation Device (rev a1)Ġ0:03.0 ISA bridge : NVIDIA Corporation MCP89 LPC Bridge (rev a2) Unfortunately, this was not the case and when booting with 8GB of RAM, my Mac’s loading indicator would freeze when booting the OS. Of course, I knew that my model MacBook Pro only supports up to 1066MHz DDR3 RAM, but I assumed that the faster RAM would downclock itself to match the 1066MHz limitations of the MacBook Pro itself. If you’re like me, you don’t tend to pay too much attention to the nitty-gritty details of something as trivial as a RAM upgrade. The 4GB my mid-2010 13″ MacBook Pro came with just wasn’t cutting it for me anymore so I picked up a couple of 4GB DDR3 1333MHz sticks for about $40.
It uses the free Windows only ThaiPhoon burner, which can only be run from BootCamp or a BartPE disc (not a VM!).
The article quoted below shows in detail (with video) how to hack the RAM to run at a lower speed. From my reading, using 8gb (or even 16gb) is not an issue, but using the faster 1333Mhz RAM is apparently a problem.