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09-24-2020 03:30 AM - edited 09-25-2020 02:22 AM
Hello,
I bought an old HP DC5850 MT tower, with Phenom II X4 830 2.8 GHz and only 2 Gb of RAM DDR2 PC2-6400.
So my question is what is the maximum memory managed by this computer? 8 or 16 Gb ?? There are these 2 maximums in HP documents seen in internet...
Thanks in advance !
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09-24-2020 07:38 AM
Hi:
Below is the link to the dc5850 Quickspecs.
http://static.highspeedbackbone.net/pdf/HP%20Compaq%20dc5850%20Business%20PC%20Quick%20Specs.pdf
Pages 8 & 9 have the memory upgrade info.
The MT form factor supports 4 x 4 GB of memory, but unless you can find compatible 4 GB DDR2-6400 modules in used but tested and working condition, you will pay around 260 Euros for new 4 x 4 GB of memory.
09-24-2020 07:38 AM
Hi:
Below is the link to the dc5850 Quickspecs.
http://static.highspeedbackbone.net/pdf/HP%20Compaq%20dc5850%20Business%20PC%20Quick%20Specs.pdf
Pages 8 & 9 have the memory upgrade info.
The MT form factor supports 4 x 4 GB of memory, but unless you can find compatible 4 GB DDR2-6400 modules in used but tested and working condition, you will pay around 260 Euros for new 4 x 4 GB of memory.
09-24-2020 09:59 AM - edited 09-25-2020 04:30 AM
Hi @Paul_Tikkanen,
Thanks.
And into this HP document, it's 8 Gb RAM max ! 😭 It's difficult...
https://h10057.www1.hp.com/ecomcat/hpcatalog/specs/provisioner/05/AL198AW.htm
AL198AW - HP Compaq dc5850 Microtower PC
Memory From 1 GB to 8 GB DDR2-Synch DRAM PC2-6400 non-ECC (single or dual channel configurations) Maximum memory 8 GB DDR2-Synch DRAM Memory slots 4 DIMM Memory upgrade Upgradeable to 8GB
And yes, very difficult to find 4 Gb compatible modules of DDR2 PC2-6400, or very expensive !
[EDIT] : Compatible RAM 4 x 4 Gb DDR2 PC2-6400 (16 Gb) 1.8V found on ALIEXPRESS for 139 € !