I have no idea what the DMI physical memory array is, so i have no idea how the maximum size for the ram it can support is determined.
Is this one device that handles all the memory? Is this just the limitation from the processor passed down? Or is this the sum of what some devices managing the separate ram slots can handle?
This usually wouldn't make much of a difference except in this case one of the two slots has physically failed, and failed again after being repaired, so i'm stuck with only one out of two slots and a dmi physical memory array limit of 8gb.
Is this one device that handles all the memory? Is this just the limitation from the processor passed down? Or is this the sum of what some devices managing the separate ram slots can handle?
This usually wouldn't make much of a difference except in this case one of the two slots has physically failed, and failed again after being repaired, so i'm stuck with only one out of two slots and a dmi physical memory array limit of 8gb.
- If this is just the CPU limitation passed down, i could put in a different CPU i have, and use a 16GB RAM stick. (because the 8gb limit would just be from the processor and the other one can handle 16gb)
- If this is the limit of of a device handling all the memory on the motherboard i could still use an 8 GB ram stick. (because the device could maximally handle 8gb)
- However if this is the sum of the capacity of devices handling the ram slots individually i could only use a 4gb ram stick. (because the 8gb is actually just 4gb+4gb)