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    8 gigs of ram possible in a fl92 with a bios flash?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by pukemon, Apr 10, 2008.

  1. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    or is the motherboard limited?
     
    pukemon, Apr 10, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Chipset limited, actually. And probably motherboard limited as well.
     
    Greg, Apr 10, 2008
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    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    how so? i'm somewhat computer literate but i don't know much about this. what could limit it? i could see something bigger than 8 being limiting, because of hardware/software, but what's the big deal about another 4 gigs?
     
    pukemon, Apr 10, 2008
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    Its the physical aspect of the motherboard that limits it.
     
    X2P, Apr 10, 2008
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    Which OS do you have?
     
    Wirelessman, Apr 10, 2008
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    More importantly price and availability of 4GB memory pieces prohibits it :)
     
    Donald@Paladin44, Apr 11, 2008
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    I also wonder what type of laptop application would need that much memory.
     
    Wirelessman, Apr 12, 2008
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    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    why would you need it?
     
    Vedya, Apr 12, 2008
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    Gigantic sins of a solar empire maps? A ramdisk?
     
    Ayle, Apr 12, 2008
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    Pride and Epeen of course.
     
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    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    i have no applicable use for it now. i'm sure some developers and programmers might have use for it. i was just curious if my laptop had the capability. and yes, donald. the price right now makes it prohibitive for most laptop users. crucial had it for a bit, but i checked about a week ago, and it wasn't available. i don't remember the price but i remember saying to myself, damn i could buy 2 or 3 of my laptop at that price.
     
    pukemon, Apr 13, 2008
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    Yeah, memory price is high, but I don't think you will need that much.
     
    Wirelessman, Apr 15, 2008
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