<div dir="ltr"><div><div>ram specs are based on testing when new. Often a bios upgrade if available may allow more and or I often have great luck just trying (trial and error)<br></div>sometimes I think they only test what they have easy access to on new hardware while larger sizes of ram come out every day.<br></div>when using virtualbox or most virtual hosts ram can be over shared due to memory ballooning see link for more details<br><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26217_01/E35769/html/virtualbox.html">https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26217_01/E35769/html/virtualbox.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Snyder, Alexander <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@misteralexander.com" target="_blank">alex@misteralexander.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Quoted:</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">[<i>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?</i>]</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">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.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">More info please!</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br>Thanks,<br>--:: Alexander J. Snyder ::--<br>--:: <a href="http://thisguyshouldworkfor.us" target="_blank">ThisGuyShouldWorkFor.Us</a> ::--<br>--:: "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. --Steve Wozniak" ::--<br>--</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Keith Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><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<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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