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Its simply missing the full story - and I guess most people dont care enough to dig a little deeper.

Looks like a mid 2010 Macbook (7,1) can be updated to 16gb RAM.but not a mid 2010 Macbook Pro I have a mid 2010 macbookPro 15 - MacBookPro6,2 - Intel Core i5 - 2.4 GHz.

Id love to update it to 16gb RAM, and am wondering if this february update from OWC effects my machine.

If you have a 2010 MacBook Pro Core2Duo (13), then you are in luck and you can upgrade to 16GB RAM.

I believe there is an EFI limitation in OS X Mountain Lion that will not allow the 2010 i5i7 Macbook Pros to be upgraded over 8GB RAM.

This would limit the usable RAM to a maximum of 8GB (official Apple Max); however this also will cause a kernel panic during normal boot when 16GB RAM is physically loaded.

A maxmem2048 will allow the system to boot normally with 16GB RAM loaded; however only 2GB RAM will be usable.

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It is clear that it is probably the drivers that are probably broken.

Ive just tested my Macbook Pro 17 core i7 2.66Ghz, 2010 model and Core i5 2.53Ghz 15 2010 Macbook Pro.

What I can see from OCWs Upgrades page says that MacBook and MacBook Pro Unibody Models OWC tested to support Maximum Memory up to 8.0GB.

Only MacBook Pro 13.3 2.4GHz (Model ID: 7,1 only) Supports 16.0GB.

I have MacBookPro 6,2 which has been tested to a maximum of 8GB.

There are lots of threads that says its impossible for the MacBookPro6,1.

I wonder what changed as Intels specs for the CPU in my 2010 MacBook Pro havent changed: ark.intel.comproducts43560.

I forgot that the 13 has a different CPU architecture, and it may have always been 16 GB for the 13.

It is clearly a software problem and it is shocking that apple will not give an update to solve this issue.

Its pretty clear that motherboards can and do restrict maximum RAM and use only portions of chips when you put higher capacity chips in than was tested or designed when the hardware was released.

Why would companies like OWC maintain testing labs to tell you which limits are soft and which are hard if it werent reality.

If you install Windows 7 or Ubuntu on the Mac, both OSs can use the whole 16Gb of RAM, unlike OSX.

You can add more memory than one build of the OS prefers and there is a switch at boot to make sure the OS can address handle the hardware when you go past what was tested for that OS.

If by software problem you mean change to everyone for the few that need this - I agree its a software problem.

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