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June 10th, 2018 12:00

Inspiron 530, RAM limit, 8GB works

Just wanted to make a note that an Inspiron 530 works fine with 8GB RAM. Also interesting is that a Hackintosh can be made to work great on this machine with iMac14,2 ID.

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DELL-Chris M

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June 20th, 2018 05:00

 

What BIOS version is installed? What 64 bit operating system are you running? What specific memory modules did you install in the four slots?

speedstep

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June 20th, 2018 06:00

There are different models of 530 including A B C D.

Bios 1.0.18 works with 8 gigs (4x 2 gig dimm) on specific models.

If you have model 530a or 530c (4 Ram Slots) then you can upgrade to 8 GB of memory.
If you have model 530b or 530d (2 Ram Slots) then only 4 GB of memory.

Pages 114 - 118 in the manual

http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-530_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf

 

DescriptionVersionDownload
BIOS, 1.0.18
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.18
BIOS, 1.0.16
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.16
BIOS, 1.0.15
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.15
 BIOS, 1.0.13
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.13
BIOS, 1.0.12
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.12
BIOS, 1.0.10
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.10
 BIOS, 1.0.5
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.5
BIOS, 1.0.3
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.3
BIOS, 1.0.1
Inspiron 530/530s System BIOSMore details		1.0.1

DELL-Chris M

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June 20th, 2018 13:00

Good stuff, thanks.

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