RAM issue

[EricHiggin]

SpokenTruth said:

EricHiggin said:

This is a more thorough way of going about it no doubt. Though I've never heard of a mobo with two RAM slots, that comes with a single stick of any amount (16GB here), that doesn't support double the amount of that single installed stick (32GB here). Not saying that scenario is impossible, just unlikely.

*If the PC is second hand though and not new, then the previous owner may have just went with one stick of the max allotted RAM for the mobo, which would mean in this particular case, doubling the 16GB stick would be too much.

I've seen some HP ProDesk models do it. 2 slots, 16 GB is slot 1, 24 GB max on the board.  Yeah, we were scratching our heads on the logic of it too.

But these are more likely to be ordered online with the custom build rather than store bought. 

Hmm. Learn something new everyday. Good initial point though. Pre-builts can at times make you think you've got head lice with what's going on inside that case. Loose connections or backwards fans seemed to be their bread and butter. Guess the force is still strong with "hold my beer".