max RAM in Inspiron 6000? ... I am currently running 2gb, but I think I remember reading somewhere that it can use a little over 3gb. Is this true? Of course, ...

mummer43 · 08-19-2009, 08:36 PM

I am currently running 2gb, but I think I remember reading somewhere that it can use a little over 3gb. Is this true? Of course, I could be mistaken.

dave-p · 09-14-2009, 09:59 PM

I believe 2 GB is the max, if you have a extra 2 GB stick you can try it with 3 GB and see if it boots.

Some of these earlier models could use 2 x 2 GB for 4 GB total even though the specs listed 2 GB as the max. of course if 4 GB was installed and worked, only around 3.25 GB would be accessable with the OS due to the chipset limitation. but Dual channel operation would be working as well.

zzpulp · 09-18-2009, 03:18 PM

Its on the 915 chipset so 2 GB is the (chipset) limit. I think that installing anymore than this will cause the machine to stop booting. The 3.25 GB limit that you don't have to worry about is the 32-bit Memory Mapped I/O limit. This limit is more of a combination of chipset and CPU limitations.

(There are also BIOS and OS limitations but these are not that important)

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