<p dir="ltr">These limits are usually set by the highest value tested with that BIOS. It usually will work with the larger RAM, but there will be no guarantees.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Consider the larger memory in the same context as over clocking. It may work, it may not, or it may work for a while then fail. All Dell is saying is that it is untested, and they will not warranty such a configuration.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kevin</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 4, 2016 12:01 PM, "Keith Smith" <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Hi,<br>
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I bought a Dell Inspiron 3847 last year (i5-4460/8gb ram/1tb hd).<br>
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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?<br>
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My desktop is using 4.1 GB (so reports free) with just the browser,shell, skype and Linux Mint KDE.<br>
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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.<br>
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Started another VirtualBox server (allotted 2Gb of RAM) (Ubuntu 14.04). RAM used is now 5.2Gb. Server is idle.<br>
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Started a 3rd VirtualBox server (allotted 2Gb of RAM) (Cent 7). RAM used is now 5.6Gb. Server is idle.<br>
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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.<br>
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Any insight as to how Dell limits RAM and how I might bypass that limitation?<br>
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Than you so much for your insight.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Keith<br>
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Keith Smith<br>
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