Install 16GB RAM on T510

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ircfas133 · #1 Post by **ircfas133** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:32 am

So T510 only supports 8 GB RAM, potentially due to CPU limitation. I saw online there are people go ahead and install 16 GB RAM anyway. Did anybody on this forum try this? How does it work? If there is a way to go brutal force on this, I'm very curious the way to implement this. Thanks!

#2 Post by **ZaZ** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:27 am

I believe the T510 is chipset limited to 8GB, which means it's a no-go.

jayton4 · #3 Post by **jayton4** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:53 am

Yes it was tried and confirmed that it does not work. If you use a 32bit OS that can only address 3GB RAM, you can get it to boot. However, if you use anything 64bit it will not boot at all. I am sure that it will not work. Check indicium's post on this thread:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=106598
Also, wolfman is an expert on this issue.

As far as it being a chipset limitation, I can not be so sure about that. The processor for the W510 (with 4 ram slots) was the I7-820QM which is also said to be chipset limited at 8GB, yet this model fully supports 16GB.

Your best bet is to dump that T510 and get either a T520, T530, W510, W520, or W530.

ircfas133 · #4 Post by **ircfas133** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:29 pm

Many thanks for your help!

john1in2 · #5 Post by **john1in2** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:58 pm

T430 works with 16 GB RAM. GSKill 16GB was recently on sale at newegg for $48.00 free shipping.

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