what happens if I go higher then the my laptop specifications

[emmanuelsumeerjoseph]

I want go buy some more ram, possibly 16 gb, and my laptop's website says 12 gb is the maximum.

In my reasoning that's absurd, how will I ever find a 12 gb ddr4-2400 ram stick.

So what will happen when I put a 16 gb ram stick inside.

here are my specs.

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/CA/content/model/NX.GNVAA.003

 

[oriol.delavega]

It has two 4 GB sticks, one of them soldered to the mb. So, you could buy a 16 GB stick to get a total of 20 GB, but that would leave you with 8 GB dual-channel, and 12 single-channel RAM. So, that's probably the reason to recommend a maximum of 12 GB. Anyway, I doubt such a weak CPU would get much benefit from more than 8 GB.

 

[Karadjgne]

The mobo has 2x slots, currently there's an 8gb ram stick mounted, (or 2x4Gb) you can add an additional 4gb/8gb stick. The ports only accept upto 8/4Gb total of 12Gb. (there are no 12Gb sticks, all ram is an exponential of 2 (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128).

If you drop on a 16Gb stick several things will/can happen. Mobo refuses to recognize the ram, = 0Gb. Mobo recognises only 8Gb, =8Gb. Or if placed in the 4Gb slot, then 4Gb.

16Gb is a waste of money. Check the slots, see what's really there, fix to add to 12Gb total.

Edit: soldered? Ouch. So can change the single slot to an 8Gb stick for total of 12Gb.

 

[emmanuelsumeerjoseph]

The mobo has 2x slots, currently there's an 8gb ram stick mounted, (or 2x4Gb) you can add an additional 4gb/8gb stick. The ports only accept upto 8/4Gb total of 12Gb. (there are no 12Gb sticks, all ram is an exponential of 2 (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128).

If you drop on a 16Gb stick several things will/can happen. Mobo refuses to recognize the ram, = 0Gb. Mobo recognises only 8Gb, =8Gb. Or if placed in the 4Gb slot, then 4Gb.

16Gb is a waste of money. Check the slots, see what's really there, fix to add to 12Gb total.

Edit: soldered? Ouch. So can change the single slot to an 8Gb stick for total of 12Gb.

Ya, only got a single slot. Plus probably that 4 gb sodered as told by oriol.dalavega

 

[Karadjgne]

Which means you could swap out the remaining 4Gb for a 8Gb for a total of 12Gb. It's really a bone head move on Acer's part, ram does go bad at times and being soldered to the mobo makes repairs all but impossible.

 

[oriol.delavega]

Which means you could swap out the remaining 4Gb for a 8Gb for a total of 12Gb. It's really a bone head move on Acer's part, ram does go bad at times and being soldered to the mobo makes repairs all but impossible.

It's an increasing move to cut costs... ASUS lost a customer last year as I learned the laptop I was going to buy was built this way. Bought an MSI instead, with real RAM sticks.