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. -- Thanks, --:: Alexander J. Snyder ::-- --:: ThisGuyShouldWorkFor.Us ::-- --:: "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. --Steve Wozniak" ::-- -- On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Snyder, Alexander 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! > > -- > Thanks, > --:: Alexander J. Snyder ::-- > --:: 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 > 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 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >