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    Is 4 GB possible on this notebook?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by DanielV, Oct 8, 2008.

  1. DanielV

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    Hi everybody!

    I'm sitting here with my lovely Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xa1526 and woundering if it'll be possible for it to take 4 GB of memory?
    The manual says it woun't, but as I see it, it should, logically, because it uses the same chipset (nVIDIA C51D+MCP51) as det newer edition, Xa2528, which does support 4 GB of memory according to the manual.

    So what do you all think, is it possible or is there a limitation in the BIOS, or even better, has anyone tried it?

    Oh and just so you don't have to ask: yes, I'm running a Vista Business 64-bit edition. ;)

    In advance, thanks!


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    Hi Nikolas!

    I know it's doen't officially support more than 2 GB og memory, as pointede out. And again, why use a search engine as Crucial's to check these kindda things out, and not official papers, like the manual that I also refered to?
    Conclusion: please, read my post before you answer. Thanks! :)


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    Hi John!

    For some reason your link isn't working, but I just found this my self: http://forum.fujitsu-siemens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=27918&start=15 (See post 4, from the top.)
    So it IS possible to use 4 GB of momory, at least with the 1.1n version of the BIOS! :D


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