Max 3GB RAM on 64bit laptop?

[Kadin]

Hi.

This might be a dumb question but I need a solid answer on it.

I have an HP ProBook 4710s. Here are the specs:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 2.8 GHz

RAM: 3GB, one 1GB stick + one 2GB stick, DDR2

Storage: 120GB HDD

GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

Motherboard: 3074 KBC version 24.00

I know, it's old, but that's why I'm here. See, since it is old, I want to bump up the RAM to 8GB if possible. The problem is, it only supports 3GB of RAM. The Maximum Memory setting in msconfig is unchecked like it should be. If I have a 64 bit CPU and am running a 64 bit OS, is it the motherboard itself that cannot run more than 3GB of RAM, or is there a way to get around this?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I don't understand the problem.

You have 3 GB of physical memory installed, so the max you are going to have is 3 GB.

The specs state that 2 x 4 GB is supported... see page 5.

https://dustinweb.azureedge.net/media/177662/probook-4710s.pdf

2 x 4 GB of PC2-6400 memory is pretty expensive nowadays.