From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 11 14:44:57 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8860E66FAA for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:44:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from g8kbvdave@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x229.google.com (mail-wm0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4532F744B0 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:44:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from g8kbvdave@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x229.google.com with SMTP id f206so5878456wmf.5 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:44:57 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language; bh=2xsa2JyQmSYST8KhJ0HFXjWfRQc2804HaGOxx+9yxs0=; b=Uhyn3QY4lJr+OQv8GI7aVq5pY4OCwTTxbW0FpkjH+Z/K+NwTmdSPAnARLnO9heh2Pn Z7fz2bLhadgOeCbZrx3682hx4EBwZuXRHNOl5MdrtwQ4eL1ki6A6ZVazxZg2OzxVQ5IY CPiRTVSsg+mSIFhVm5unNz709GUWz6n0XtTr9TB/3eI+/dzzCUGVdO8+igrD/eGM73ZK 0EA4z39awJpaekFQBtVNEyptwUDiePMxf0GbnAJIFi4bXt5v+JlPwx+3rNSq+19uljuF OqtC4Dz+/paSb3GWDomCfEduai44ZoKBOf8dn3+gxsyBkQHj6MrESAhlyB8i2VTr4HbE 0e4Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mI+VKR31KdpuTc57IAfIdUl0C72DdSSQFNYc0woA0A+BAa0h8OV xyqlQlolfoADJUmWmEzKFFIxTXoV X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotwGyuBNAVmQZF8bJe86DDA1NJ+mJXXiKiIXQomBFuMRXsw8GCUTIfVS9ZPXEZ0aA3n0maUFQ== X-Received: by 10.80.201.75 with SMTP id p11mr31128234edh.199.1515681894961; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:44:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.55] ([217.41.35.220]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c33sm11562812edd.36.2018.01.11.06.44.53 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:44:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 709, Issue 5 To: Aryeh Friedman Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <0bce5e82-97ba-0a73-e261-c91473837737@googlemail.com> From: Dave B Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:44:53 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:44:57 -0000 I'd say go ahead and try it... I'd doubt (though I don’t "know") that any damage would be done by putting "to much" RAM in a system, so lots to gain perhaps, and little to loose if it doesn’t work. Regards. Dave B. On 11/01/18 13:34, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 7:14 AM, Dave B via freebsd-questions > > > wrote: > > That I suspect depends on how many physical address lines are > available > for it via the memory management system. > > If the PC documentation says 8G is the max', then that is probably all > that'll be seen by the CPU, even if there is 16G installed. > > There is only one way to find out for sure, at your expense. > > Personally, I doubt it, and the info at  > https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c03363664 >   says it wont. > > > I have bought the memory (I can use it in an other machine worst comes > to worst) have not installed it yet but in doing deeper research I got > a even stranger disagreement between what it appears the machine can > physically handle and what the manual says.  Output of sysutils/dmidecode: > > Handle 0x000A, DMI type 16, 23 bytes > Physical Memory Array >     Location: System Board Or Motherboard >     Use: System Memory >     Error Correction Type: None >     Maximum Capacity: 128 GB >     Error Information Handle: Not Provided >     Number Of Devices: 2 > > Handle 0x000C, DMI type 17, 34 bytes > Memory Device >     Array Handle: 0x000A >     Error Information Handle: Not Provided >     Total Width: 64 bits >     Data Width: 64 bits >     Size: 4096 MB >     Form Factor: DIMM >     Set: None >     Locator: A1_DIMM0 >     Bank Locator: A1_BANK0 >     Type: DDR3 >     Type Detail: Synchronous >     Speed: 1333 MT/s >     Manufacturer: Samsung         >     Serial Number: 938D8E07  >     Asset Tag: A1_AssetTagNum0 >     Part Number: M378B5273CH0-CH9  >     Rank: 2 >     Configured Clock Speed: 667 MT/s > > Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 34 bytes > Memory Device >     Array Handle: 0x000A >     Error Information Handle: Not Provided >     Total Width: 64 bits >     Data Width: 64 bits >     Size: 4096 MB >     Form Factor: DIMM >     Set: None >     Locator: A1_DIMM1 >     Bank Locator: A1_BANK1 >     Type: DDR3 >     Type Detail: Synchronous >     Speed: 1333 MT/s >     Manufacturer: Samsung         >     Serial Number: 938D8C71  >     Asset Tag: A1_AssetTagNum1 >     Part Number: M378B5273CH0-CH9  >     Rank: 2 >     Configured Clock Speed: 667 MT/s > > -- > Aryeh M. 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