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    Will the C714NR take 4GB of RAM?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jcims, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. jcims

    jcims Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm upgrading memory on it and wonder if it's worth a shot to go with 4GB over 2GB. I've only found one person attempting it and he was able to get one slot running 2GB and the other running 512MB (?), but if he ran 2GB in both he would get blue screens in Windows (Vista i presume).

    Is there any reason why it wouldn't run 4GB?
     
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    2 GB is the stated maximum, though HP updated the BIOS on the Pavilions to recognize 4 GB, not sure if they did the same to the Compaqs.
     
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    jcims Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's the thing that stinks, i've seen someone mention the BIOS recognizes it, but the OS blows chunks.
     
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    2 GB maximum has nothing to do with the OS.
     
    Lithus, Jan 14, 2008
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    I heard Vista only recognizes up to 3gb.
     
    dinapoli, Jan 14, 2008
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    32bit Vista can only use 3.2GB. If you installed 64bit Vista, it could use all of it. That is ONLY if your hardware can support it, and for intel based machines you need the 965 chipset (santa rosa).
     
    orev, Jan 15, 2008
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