Not sure what the maximum RAM is for my Samsung RV510

Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone can help me with this. I got one of these laptops close to a year ago
Samsung laptops - NOTEBOOKS - RV Series - Samsung NP-RV510-A09UK - Samsung Laptop Sale Laptops Deal UK Best Buy Notebook Computer Discount (but off Dabs). I do ASP.NET development which really isn't CPU intensive, but it only has 3GB of RAM, which can fill up pretty quickly. I've found conflicting sources on whether it supports 4GB RAM or 8GB of RAM (2x4GB sticks).

The Samsung website is absolute rubbish. It gives no proper technical details under the technical specification bit (like what version of SATA it supports!) and this isn't even the exact A09-UK model of laptop that I have, they haven't even bothered to make a page for that.
It says
System Memory 4GB (DDR3 / 2GB x 2)
Memory Slot 2 x SODIMM (Up to 4GB)
So i'm not sure if that is up to 4GB per slot or in total
RV510 15.6" Inch Essential Notebook | NP-RV510-A0AUK - SAMSUNG UK

While searching on the internet I found this
Can I Upgrade The Memory (RAM) On My Notebook?
a WHOIS on ars.samsung.com shows it as part of samsung.com. this shows a table and the row for RV510 has 8GB as the maximum. (although I can't find a way to get to this page from the samsung site)

on the online shops, theres about an equal amount that say 4GB as say 8GB max. for example; Scan & British Home Stores say 8GB, Dabs & aria say 4GB.
some of these aren't exactly the same (they have slightly faster CPU), but
CPU-Z lists the mobo as "Samsung RV410/RV510/S3510/E3510"so I presume it's the same mobo for all of these laptops and then the same maximum RAM.

Just wondering whether it was not normal for a laptop to support 4GB sticks (I have 8GB on my home PC but it has 4 RAM slots).

If anyone can help me with this that would be brilliant.

Cheers,
Daniel Gent

 

Check the specs of the Intel GL40 chipset.

John

 

Mobile Intel® GL40 Express Chipset
4Gb it is.... ah well. that ruins my day but at least i know ;^)
I take it intel are never wrong on this? what happens if i add more than 4gb? overheating and crashing probably?

 

The GL40 and GS40 chipset are crippled versions of the GM45. I assume that Intel sells them cheaper to match the cheaper CPUs.

I expect it will ignore RAM above 4GB but there's a chance that it won't work at all. And there's a very small chance that the 4GB limit is on paper only and Intel couldn't be bothered to spend money crippling the chips.

John

 

I would recommend using crucial.com 's diag tool. Tells you everything you need to know.Dont buy RAM from them though.