Max ram capacity 12gb or 16gb??

[w8621]

I'm having trouble finding out if my system can use/run with 16gb of ram.

I currently have this: 8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-10-24)

I used Crucials System memory scanner to find this:

Memory Type: DDR3 PC3-12800, DDR3 PC3-14900, DDR3 (non-ECC)

Maximum Memory: 16GB

Currently Installed Memory: 8GB

Total Memory Slots: 2

Available Memory Slots: 1

I have 2 slots. I have 1 available My HP support person said this though. when I was asking what kind of timing I should get.

2:24 PM DARSHANA: I would like to inform you that the system supports 12gb but you can use and try 16gb but the system has not been tested using 16gb.

2:24 PM William Luttrell: Hmm

2:25 PM William Luttrell: So

2:26 PM William Luttrell: You don't know if it can use/run the entire 16gb of ram

2:26 PM DARSHANA: According to the specification the system supports 12 gb of RAM.

But Crucials scanner said it can support up to 16GB of ram. Does anyone know the answer to this? It would be very helpful As I don't want to buy an 8gb ram if I can't use it all, waste my money..... The DARSHANA HP support Assistant says it may be able to, but hasn't been tested???

I'm just REALLY confused as the custom support rep didn't really tell me much. Other than it hasn't been tested with 16GB So I'd assume the motherboard/computer could support 16GB. Any suggestions?

Current computer::HP Pavilion TS 15 Notebook PC

Model: 216B

" http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03981182

Thanks.

[banhien]

Hi,

The specs says 2 user accessible slots from there we can work out 8Gb max or 16Gb max, can't be 12Gb. Luckily you ONLY have to buy 1 8Gb stick because the machine has 8Gb on 1 slot already. If it had 4 x 2 you have to throw away both and buy 8 x 2 to be able to get to 16.

I trust Crucial.

Regards.

[w8621]

Ok Thank you for your input. Hope your right.

Anyone else got anything to say about it??

[Huffer]

Agree. Go for it

[Abstraks]

What's the max ram my system support (2x 8/16/32 gb)?? 

The things i find out: if you have 2 slots, 1 with 8gb and 1 free your system will support 2x 8 gb (depending os is 32/64 and home/pro/ulti editie)

I have a HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GHz

and it came with: 4GB  Hynix 1600MHz. 4GB  Micron Technology 1600MHz i put in my self (ram 8 gb total)

mb 1970 95.24 (found someware it can support 32 gb ram) depends 1, your cpu and 2, operating system (os)

searching for the spec of my cpu: i didn't found  usefull stuff.