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I held off installing the ssd last night for that reason. Fixing a 2011 macbook pro booting to a grey screen amd. The hardest part was lifting the back off, ram came out easy and new ram installed and ive got a nice 16gb macbook pro. Memory card specifications double data rate small outline dual inline memory module ddr3 format 67. Newertech nupower replacement battery for macbook pro 17.
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