How can we know : How much RAM can the system support?

[Vishal Gupta]

Guys!

Is there ne s/w to know How much RAM can a system support?

I mean How can I know that how much RAM my motherboard supports?

There should be some s/w, which can tell us after detecting the system h/w that how much RAM we can install successfully?

 

[sakumar79]

the best place to look for that would be the motherboard's manual. most cases u can download from manufacturer's website.

Arun

 

[Vishal Gupta]

The sad thing is that I don't hv Manual.

Will try on the website...

 

[gycapri]

just find how many slots for ram is given in ur motherboard !!!

i recently installed 512 mb & i saw my motherboard has 2 slots ,my pc engineer said maximum available ram chip is 1gb so i can install only 2 gb maximum !!!


i think u got ur answr !!!

 

[siriusb]

Sometimes, its not as easy as that. Some particularly less recent motherboards used to support amount of RAMs with different ram frequency. My old i845GBV did have something like that.
So it is safe to visit your motherboard's support page online.

 

[choudang]

its depends on Mobo---- now a days its upto 4 GB and more. my mobo supports upto 2 GB. you can find it in the mobo manual

*www.danasoft.com/sig/greatwarrior.jpg

 

[Vishal Gupta]

My motherboard is Lucky Star and approx. 5 years old.

It hv only 2 slots for RAM.

 

[sakumar79]

You have specified Manuf. name but not model name... Check *www.motherboard.cz/luckystar.htm and see if it has the mobo info you want... If you dont have model name, try Everest or Sisoft Sandra to get details of chipset, etc to help narrow down the model name...

Arun

 

[Vishal Gupta]

thnx for help

My system configuration is as following:

CPU Type : Intel Pentium IIIE, 800 MHz (6 x 133)
Motherboard Name : Lucky Star 6B810E1/6P2810/6P2A810
Motherboard Chipset : Intel Whitney i810E
System Memory : 128 MB (PC133 SDRAM)
BIOS Type : Award Modular (12/19/00)

I nevigated thru the link, u provided but all in vain!

Can u pls provide the link for its manual?

Or pls tell how much RAM can it support?

 

[DukeNukem]

MAX of 512MB (Single OR Multiple)

 

[SystemError]

do the complete system test @ PCPitStop it will show ur system config and all compatibility issues..

 

[sakumar79]

is *www.elhvb.com/mboards/luckystar/manuals/6p2a810.pdf what u are looking for? If yes, 512MB is max and says PC100 SDRAM meaning ur PC133 RAM is being a bit under-utilized

Arun