REAL RAM CAPACITY OF ELITEBOOK 8570P

[stevbullock]

Colleagues,

I see conflicting data on the RAM capacity of my 8570p EliteBook. Microsoft says up to 128 MB for Windows 7 Pro, HP say 16 MB for 8570p in its service manual. The service manual is five or six years old. Th MS data is now. Does any one know the REAL answer??

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The real answer is 2 x 8 GB for 16 GB total.

That is the hardware limitation.

128 GB is the maximum limit for W7 Pro.

I suppose there are some high end workstation PC's or servers that have a ton of memory slots that can take a max of 128 GB, but your notebook sure can't.

[erico · Accepted solution]

Crucial memory states that it is 16GB. They guarantee that their compatible memory will work in the notebook.http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/HP---Compaq/elitebook-8570p

Apparently, they have tested the notebooks with their memory since their reputation is always at stake when they make such claims, so I would tend to believe it.

[stevbullock]

As operating system supports up to 128 GB why choke a potentially powerful, flexible system? With enough RAM YOU WON

[stevbullock]

Sorry I am on aa cell phone. Moving. Potentiallly with enough RAM it could be partitioned into a disk. That would blow the socks off a lot of things. Not sure of the technology, but sounds very interesting.. thanks to all who answered!!