Dell RAM limit

[Keith Smith]

On 2016-03-04 14:40, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
> On Fri Mar 04 16, Keith Smith wrote:
>> 
>> It is ridiculous.  In opening the box I find only one PCI slot. The 
>> addition of a second hard drive made the box sound like it was a drum 
>> set.  I think the cable was pressed against the side of the case and 
>> every time the drive head moved it caused the vibration to vibrate the 
>> case.  These really are consumer grade products. Dell builds quality 
>> stuff... they just hamstring it.  Oh and I forgot these boxes will 
>> only drive 1 video.  If you want to drive more than one you need to 
>> add an add on video card.
>> 
>> Next go around I will be building my own.  That unfortunately will be 
>> many years from now since I have a newer equipment.
>> 
>> Thank you all for your input!!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2016-03-04 12:25, Snyder, Alexander wrote:
>>> LOL, that's brutal.  I've never heard of that program.  Awesome!
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> --:: Alexander J. Snyder ::--
>>> --:: ThisGuyShouldWorkFor.Us [1] ::--
>>> --:: "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. --Steve
>>> Wozniak" ::--
>>> --
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Matt Graham <mhgraham at crow202.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Keith Smith
>>>> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>> I bought a Dell Inspiron 3847 last year (i5-4460/8gb ram/1tb hd).
>>> On 2016-03-04 12:12, Snyder, Alexander wrote:
>>> 
>>>> What kind of Motherboard do you have? Find out what its suggested
>>>> RAM speed/vendor(s) are ... 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.
>>> 
>>> The way to find these things out without having to power the machine
>>> off and peer into the innards is to run "dmidecode > boardinfo.txt" 
>>> as
>>> root.  grep the resulting text file for "Memory" and you'll find the
>>> number of RAM slots and the maximum capacity of the board.  dmidecode
>>> should be available for every distro.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress [2]
>>> There is no Darkness in Eternity
>>> But only Light too dim for us to see.
>>> 
>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] http://thisguyshouldworkfor.us
>>> [2] http://crow202.org/wordpress
>>> [3] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>>> 
>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>> 
>> -- Keith Smith
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
> 
> Another useful tool is lshw. The following manual from Dell:
> 
> https://goo.gl/S5dF7P
> 
> Memory
> Connector Two internally-accessible DDR3 DIMM sockets
> Type DDR3
> Speed 1600 MHz
> Configurations supported 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, and 16 GB


Thank you for pointing that out.  I do see that in the manual.  Maybe 
the Dell rep was thinking I was asking what is the max ram I can buy 
this box configured with. It appears 16GB (2 - 8gb sticks) is doable.  I 
can work around the other issues.

Any suggestions on RAM manufacture?

Any suggestions on a cheap PCI video card that can drive 2 monitors?  
I'll be running Linux on this box.

Looks like Dell recommends :

•	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625
•	NVIDIA GeForce GT 635
•	NVIDIA GeForce GT 705








> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

-- 
Keith Smith