8GB RAM Modules in AMD Laptop?

I'd like to find out if 8GB SODIMMs will work in my laptop to allow an upgrade to 16GB (2x8GB) for use with Photoshop and Lightroom. My specifics are: HP DV6Z SE (DV6Z-3200) which has an AMD M880G chipset motherboard, has two slots for DDR3 1300 RAM, and is running InsydeH20 F.28 bios. If anyone has tried 8GB sticks, I'd like to know if they work. Also, other manufacturers have sold laptops with M880g chipsets and possibly the same InsydeH20 BIOS that might be a good indicator of a go-or-no-go for 8GB sticks.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Unless someone can answer back with the same notebook; I would suggest that you simply try (buy with a 100% return policy) it yourself in your specific setup.

I don't know about your specific AMD setup, but a 'throwaway' AMD E350 based notebook was literally reborn with an upgrade to 8GB RAM (from 2GB).

As long as your CPU is fast enough for your work, upgrading to greater than 8GB RAM is highly recommended for PS and LR - of course, you'll find a much greater % increase by moving to any current Intel platform - the final cost may be much smaller than you may think... after you take into consideration what you get for selling your current system.

Good luck.

 

Since I didn't get any replies from anyone who had actually tried 8GB sticks in this type of MB, I decided to try it myself. I purchased a dual channel kit:

CORSAIR 16GB (2 x 8G) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 Laptop Memory Model CMSO16GX3M2A1333C9

and it turns out that it does work. One small "bug" is that the BIOS only displays 4 digits of the memory size, showing "6384MB" instead of "16384MB", but all 16GB are recognized and used.

 

Cool! This is good to keep in mind for future reference. I have an Athlon II Neo K125 but it only has a single RAM slot with 8GB.