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Posted by Tom Scales on April 11, 2007, 11:21 am
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> Hello there,
>
> I have plans to upgrade memory of my Inspiron 5100 Laptop (3+ years
> old, purchased in Belgium). Currently I have 512 MB RAM, and I WISH to
> upgrade to as much as possible.
>
> I posted the same question to Dell community forum as well, nothing
> much has come out yet and therefore I am posting the question here.
> Pls dont consider this as abuse, I just want to reach out to maximum
> Dell users and people in general, who might have views/experiences/
> knowledge about this topic.
>
> I contacted crucial (www.crucial.com) and another vendor here in
> Switzerland. Both of them say that Inspiron 5100 will support max 1 GB
> RAM.
>
> I have a feeling that they are mentioning that number based on Dell
> specifications about the model. And that the actual supported might be
> more than what Dell said 3 years back.
>
> I again want to refer to other fellow forum-members who have more
> knowledge and experience with this.
>
> Technically, I think that a 32 bit system can support upto 4 GB of
> RAM. Or is that understanding incorrect ?
>
> What other factors can be responsible for the upper limit of RAM
> supported on a given PC ?
>
> Looking for knowledge and advice.
>
> regards
> raghav..
>
The problem isn't age, it is the chipset. Many chipsets of that time period
were limited in their available memory support. Crucial is generally right
and doesn't limit themselves to the manufactureres limits. I've seen
several machines where Dell listed a lower limit than Crucial.
2GB would be quite expensive, though, as you only have two slots.
Personally, given its age, I wouldn't go about 1GB.
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