Dell RAM limit

[Snyder, Alexander]

Additionally ....

What kind of Motherboard do you have?  Find out what its suggested RAM
speed/vendor(s) are ... if you have 4 DDR3 slots, you can probably get 4
4GB sticks for pretty cheap.

Also, if "Dell Says" you're limited to 8GB, then they might have a BIOS
block on it ... which can probably be reset to default, allowing the full
32GB, if you wish.

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On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Snyder, Alexander <alex at misteralexander.com
> wrote:

> Quoted:
> [*I want to add more RAM, however Dell says I am limited to 8Gb.  The cpu
> will do 32Gb. Would like 16Gb.  Any work around?*]
>
> What slots do you have available on your motherboard?  Regardless what
> anyone says, or what your ChipSet can handle, if your mobo does have slots
> for it, then that's it.
>
> More info please!
>
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> Thanks,
> --:: Alexander J. Snyder ::--
> --:: ThisGuyShouldWorkFor.Us <http://thisguyshouldworkfor.us> ::--
> --:: "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. --Steve
> Wozniak" ::--
> --
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I bought a Dell Inspiron 3847 last year (i5-4460/8gb ram/1tb hd).
>>
>> I want to add more RAM, however Dell says I am limited to 8Gb.  The cpu
>> will do 32Gb. Would like 16Gb.  Any work around?
>>
>> My desktop is using 4.1 GB (so reports free) with just the browser,shell,
>> skype and Linux Mint KDE.
>>
>> I opened one server on VirtualBox and now free says 4.6Gb used. (Cent 6)
>> That server is allotted 2Gb  The VirtualBox server is idle if that makes a
>> difference.  I might want to have 3 different VirtualBox servers running at
>> any given time.
>>
>> Started another VirtualBox server (allotted 2Gb of RAM) (Ubuntu 14.04).
>> RAM used is now 5.2Gb.  Server is idle.
>>
>> Started a 3rd VirtualBox server (allotted 2Gb of RAM) (Cent 7).  RAM used
>> is now 5.6Gb.  Server is idle.
>>
>> I seem to have enough RAM for this, however if I open a spreadsheet, add
>> more tabs to my browser, or actually do something with the VB servers I
>> could run dangerously low or out.
>>
>> Any insight as to how Dell limits RAM and how I might bypass that
>> limitation?
>>
>> Than you so much for your insight.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
>>
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