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I would like to upgrade my 6 year old laptops: E5430 and E5530
I had a look at the support page from DELL, it says that the maximum RAM is only 8 GB for both laptops. I check through the manual books of both models already. They say the same.
Here are the links:
Meanwhile, the IVY CPU should technically support 16 GB. I also saw many ads saying that the maximum RAM for these types is 16 GB. Is there any misunderstanding here?
Rgds, Quan
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Posted March 5th, 2019 05:00
Thank you very much JOcean,
The 8 GB RAM is compatible for a slot doesn't mean that 2 slots can hold 16 GB due to the limitation of e.g. manufacturer's settings.
However, indeed, when looking at the first link, it clearly states that E5430 can cope with 16 GB, which is a good news for me.
Though, I have to say that it was quite surprised to me that DELL may have that mistake in their summary page, which shows that only two models (that I have) are restricted to 8 GB.
May they know and modify it.
Thanks again JOcean and have a nice day.
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Posted September 13th, 2019 10:00
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Posted December 13th, 2019 06:00
I will let you know soon. I have a 16 GB kit coming in from Crucial and they guarantee compatibility. Keep watching for my results of the installation.
I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer
Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop
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Posted December 13th, 2019 08:00
Pulled an E5430 from my warehouse.
Updated BIOS to A21:
Installed 2x8GB DDR3L-12800S total 16GB
16GB memory Boots to BIOS.
Starts a fresh W10 install.
Best regards,
U2
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Posted December 13th, 2019 09:00
Pulled an E5530 from my warehouse.
Updated BIOS to A21:
Installed 2x8GB DDR3L-12800S total 16GB
16GB memory Boots to BIOS.
Starts a fresh W10 install.
Best regards,
U2
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Posted December 17th, 2019 08:00
Thanks for the verified proof U2. Always appreciated!
I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer
Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop
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Posted May 22nd, 2020 05:00
Hi,
I am also Latitude E5430 user. So, it works perfectly on both models, right?
How long did you take to upgrade the BIOS A21? @U2CAMEB4ME
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Posted November 24th, 2020 15:00
Which method did you use to update the BIOS? I have a 5530 and dont want to mess it up. I tried running the .exe off a bootable drive but it didnt work for me
JOcean
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Posted March 4th, 2019 12:00
There is some confusion even in the Dell sites. The support page for the 5430 states that the maximum for the 5430 is 16 GB. The support page for the 5530 states 2 SODIMM slots that can hold 2, 4, or 8 GB with a maximum of 8 GB total which obviously cannot be correct. And if you go to the Crucial web site and look at both Latitudes, they guarantee 100% compatibility for both systems as a maximum of 16 GB total. And if you want to go one step further, the last link is to the Dell parts page for RAM. The 8 GB RAM module is shown as compatible with both the 5430 and 5530 so even Dell specifies 2 slots each holding 8 GB of RAM for a total of 16 GB. Confused yet...?
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/latitude-e5430/delllatitudee5430_om-v1/specifications?guid=guid-dc451241-36f9-4f68-bf76-de4751505456&lang=en-us
https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/latitude-e5530
https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/latitude-e5430
From Dell
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-memory-upgrade-8gb-2rx8-ddr3l-sodimm-1600mhz/apd/a7022339/memory
I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer
Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop