Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Robertson Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: Laptop ram limits Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 13:08:39 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: spam@flippers.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:08:40 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="359cb951db3df3badb0bef55a0582279"; logging-data="1497732"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+/h3tiLzwpRDSd9KaTjJKg7BLyotvPBVc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:uUMXP703vF7zpBPx3FLQW7ma5gg= Content-Language: en-US, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1968 On 2025-01-10 10:05 p.m., vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote: > I have an asus netbook, ca 2012, which claims you can only add 2GB RAm. But > 8GB is $6 and 2GB is $30. Will it just ignore anything over 2GB or can it do > harm? Are there other uses for the "hidden" extra memory, ie "disk". > If the memory connector (and the style of RAM) is the same then I expect the computer will simply ignore the extra RAM as unaddressed. Wild guess on my part. Why not search "Adding more RAM to ASUS (model xyz) notebook" online? For $6 it is worth the experiment, eh? John :-#)# -- (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup) John's Jukes Ltd. #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3 (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) www.flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."