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Install 16GB RAM on T510
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:32 am
by ircfas133
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!
Re: Install 16GB RAM on T510
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:27 am
by ZaZ
I believe the T510 is chipset limited to 8GB, which means it's a no-go.
Re: Install 16GB RAM on T510
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:53 am
by jayton4
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.
Re: Install 16GB RAM on T510
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:29 pm
by ircfas133
Many thanks for your help!
Re: Install 16GB RAM on T510
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:58 pm
by john1in2
T430 works with 16 GB RAM. GSKill 16GB was recently on sale at newegg for $48.00 free shipping.