12-16 GB ram in an Alienware M15x?

[GMT]Demolisher · 12-28-2011, 04:23 PM

Hi all, i have an M15x with 8 gb ram bios A05, and it is not quite enough for my virtual machines and all the crap i keep running in the background. Since the motherboard does not officially support more than 8 gb ram, and only has 2 slots, does anyone know what would happen if I put in 8 gb per slot to have a grand total of 16 gb ram?

What i have in mind is:
Newegg.com - CORSAIR 8GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 Laptop Memory Model CMSO8GX3M1A1333C9

KCETech1 · 12-28-2011, 04:37 PM

theoretically it should work. but on many consumer models it seems to be hit or miss if they are recognized. I have dual and quad 8's in a number of units, never had an issue with business models but a dv7 went nuts as did an xps 15.

[GMT]Demolisher · 12-28-2011, 04:39 PM

Thanks! But since the motherboard for the m15x was probably built before the introduction of 8gb dimms, are they still recognized by the mobo? do the firmware updates address this issue?

csin · 12-28-2011, 04:49 PM

Are you trying to keep an entire blu-ray resident in memory?

[GMT]Demolisher · 12-28-2011, 04:55 PM

nope, just run two virtual machines (windows xp and ubuntu 11.10) i'll save the centos 5.3 one for later

KCETech1 · 12-28-2011, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [GMT]Demolisher

Thanks! But since the motherboard for the m15x was probably built before the introduction of 8gb dimms, are they still recognized by the mobo? do the firmware updates address this issue?

it has more to do with the chipset and firmware. Sorry I cant give a definitive answer though
I would guess yes as I have 2 first gen i core units. one runs 32GB ( 4 x 8GB )

[GMT]Demolisher · 12-28-2011, 05:19 PM

i guess if it doesnt work, i could just try updating my bios, but there isnt anything i can really do about the chipset.

Mexic00ls · 12-28-2011, 05:35 PM

i just bought 2-8gigs and i'll see if it works or not, with the holidays i might receive them nex week....

jarvmeister · 12-28-2011, 06:16 PM

Interested to hear how this turns out, I always thought that there was a max limit of 8gb with no questions, so to hear it might be possible to get more is a nice prospect.

The m15x - the machine that keeps on giving!

JohnnyFlash · 12-28-2011, 07:53 PM

I have zero doubt that it'll work.