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    Dell Inspiron 1420, Can I upgrade it to 8GB of RAMs?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by stingbandel, Oct 22, 2010.

  1. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    Currently I am using 4GB of RAMs. Thinking of upgrading it to 8GB.


    Can the laptop handle it? Anybody experience Dell Inspiron 1420 with 8GB of RAMs?



    thank you
     
    stingbandel, Oct 22, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The chipset supports up to 8GB. Dell's BIOS implementation may not. I know some people with 1720s have gotten up to 6GB, but I don't know about 8. I'd guess your mileage on the 1420 would be about the same?
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 22, 2010
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  3. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    yes, I google. Someone has the 1420 and it only supports up to 6gb. I think I'm gonna stick with 4gb as of now.


    thanks
     
    stingbandel, Oct 22, 2010
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  4. SomeFormOFhuman

    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    It will only support up to 6GB of RAM as of the same with the 1520 and 1720 models. It's a BIOS limitation unfortunately.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Oct 23, 2010
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