I have a sony notebook which I upgraded to the memory to 2gb. In each slot there is 1gb of memory equaling 2gb. What would happend if I decide to put 2gb of memory into each slot for a total of 4 gb? The specs say that the max is 2gb.
2007-09-14 06:00:19 · 8 answers · asked by rescue147 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You can see if there is a BIOS upgrade for that notebook that would boot 4GB. Otherwise, don't waste your time and money.
Most likely, it would just only see 2GB anyway, or not even POST.
2007-09-14 06:08:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing will happen. EIther the machine will only see 1 gb on each chip or it won't start up.
Usually, it will only recognize the max amount of ram and just keep thinking it has 1 gb in each slot.
2007-09-14 06:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by jared_e42 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides wasting money you may very likely cause problems. There is this little memory chip on every module that tells the BIOS what type of module it is, size, archetecture x8,x16 etc.
Chances are good that your system BIOS did not get tested with this incorrect memory size, since the people doing the testing know that is not a supported configuration. It is your guess as well as mine as to what your BIOS will do with the incorrect and unanticipated module sizing information it receives.
2007-09-14 06:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by Rick A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely it wouldn't work. Are 2 GB chips even available for that computer? RAM is expensive enough that I'm not sure I'd want to just try it.
2007-09-14 06:03:51 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people don't waste money buying extra ram they can not use. Most likely the will lock up as it can not recognize the additional ram.
2007-09-14 06:39:25 · answer #5 · answered by ej3dval1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will use 2gb and let the other 2gb be un-noticed
or use just one of the chips
2007-09-14 06:06:28 · answer #6 · answered by Changed4the Better :-i 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be a waste of money and probably would not work.
2007-09-14 06:04:08 · answer #7 · answered by veg_rose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crash...no boot or post with errors....that's a limitation not a recommendation
2007-09-14 06:04:43 · answer #8 · answered by jacksonphisig 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋