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    LENOVO THINKPAD E530 3259T2Q ram supported

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by rajmehra300, Mar 19, 2015.

  1. rajmehra300

    rajmehra300 Newbie

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    Hiiii,


    I am in need to upgrade RAM of my laptop LENOVO THINKPAD EDGE SERIES E530 PART NO. 3259T2Q.Currently it has 4GB (2 x 2gb).


    I am not sure how much I can expand RAM Memory upto?


    As of now I have tried some of the scanner (memorystock.com , www.crucial.com ) present online and also scanned my system with softwares like CPUID CPU-Z, AIDA64 Engineer, AIDA64 Extreme which all says I my laptop supports MAX MEMORY upto 16 GB.


    I have done a lot research on web but official document from Lenovo contradicts with the scanners results as Lenovo says it supports max upto 8 GB only.


    Please suggest on max RAM supported for my Laptop.
     
    rajmehra300, Mar 19, 2015
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Often when the specs are written, they do whatever the max is at the time, but as larger modules become available and work, the specs are not updated.
     
    ZaZ, Mar 19, 2015
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  3. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    The RAM cap of your system is indeed 16GB, in the 2x8GB format. Plenty for most people's needs.

    Happy upgrading.
     
    ajkula66, Mar 19, 2015
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    rajmehra300 Newbie

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    My laptop have Processor – Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2328M CPU @ 2.20GHz, Chipset-Northbridge:Intel Sandy Bridge rev. 09,Southbridge Intel HM77 rev. 04, BIOS Properties:Vendor LENOVO Version H0ET94WW (2.54 ).

    As per the suggestion as of now, I have understood that Chipset/CPU can support 16 gb but it is the motherboard/bios which can restrict it to support max 8gb as specified in the official documentation of e530 by Lenovo.Is there any to way check max RAM support in specific with BIOS version/motherboard?
     
    rajmehra300, Mar 21, 2015
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    No, but don't worry about it. Lenovo is not know to restrict RAM cap in BIOS.
     
    ajkula66, Mar 21, 2015
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