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Inspiron 16 7610, not upgradeable
I bought one with 2x8GB ram. It is supposed to be upgradeable to 2x16GB ram. I installed 2 different retail reputable brands that matched the required specs. The laptop would not boot up after installing. Dell support wanted me to pay before they would help me.
Also it says that you can add a hard drive to increase storage. There are 2 slots for SSD and Dell uses one for initial drive. Unfortunately the slots are not the same size. The slot that Dell uses up is the standard length M.2 that can accommodate M.2 2230 Gen3 or M.2 2280 Gen 4 SSD. They install a 1TB 2230 Gen 3 into that slot. So if you want to increase HDD then you have to clone the new drive and replace the existing drive. The second slot only accommodates a short M.2 2230 Gen 3 SSD. Short SSD are 3x more expensive and of limited capacity. So instead of installing a 1TB drive into this shorter slot and leaving a feasible opportunity for their customers to be able to easily add 2TB to the laptop, Dell decided they would take up the more popular and readily available size slot and make you pay $300 to get a short 1TB Gen3 2230 SSD. So instead of being able to easily add 2TB to increase total HDD size to 3TB you are limited to paying 3 times the price for a short SSD and only get 2TB max. They do not tell you this and I spent time discussing with sales which laptop fitted my needs before I bought.
Allanbutler01
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July 28th, 2022 09:00
My experience with the inspiron 7510 was... if I put 2 long 2280 ssd 1 per slot 1tb each. Yes the laptop would work, boot, see the 2nd drive and save files however, when I would play a game (do something intensive) it would blue screen due to no enough power. I had to remove the 2nd ssd to resolve the issue. It seems that the 2230 ssd use less power and that's why they are hard recommended in the documentation.
Gargamel314
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July 28th, 2022 21:00
Not enough power? What is telling you that?
Allanbutler01
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July 31st, 2022 07:00
The blue screen error code
ulischellh
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October 7th, 2022 11:00
Hello,
i wanted to tell that Corsair Vengeance CMSX32GX4M2A3200C22 wont work, presumeably because of intel XMP profile. Sadness. i wanted to reply to devp: its cool that the SSD is 2230, and you can move it to the smaller slot and buy a 2280 , instead of having to buy a 2230. you could boot a linux live cd and move the data, right ?
mio2
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October 15th, 2022 13:00
Inspiron 16 plus 7610 Ram Upgrade Experience
"MUST USE THE SAME BRAND/MODEL RAM SHIPPED FROM DELL OR CURRENTLY WORKING IN YOUR MACHINE"
(NOT WORKING)
RAM Module: Crucial - CT32G4SFD832A - 32GB Single DDR4 3200 MT/s CL22 SODIMM 260-Pin
Results: Would not get past POST, halted with black sceen. Went back to orignal RAM Module shipped with machine (Samsung), after POST there was a memory warning error in the BIOS but no further information. Note: I tried all the tricks such as installing one at a time, switching order, reseating, verified compatibility with Crucial, etc. (Feel free to chime in on what I missed here for the others to try as well)
(WORKING)
RAM Module: Samsung - M471A4G43AB1-CWE - 32GB DDR4 3200MHz PC4-25600 1.2V 2Rx8 260-Pin SODIMM
Results: Installed one chip at a time, passed POST (Initial POST boot time ~ 10-15 sec per chip/boot). I did not try reversing the order on this to see if chip order is an issue (seems that's kind of an old technology problem or an issue where motherboards are designed to share the memory bus for scaled down economic machines but I could be worng on this, technology is constatntly taking differen tapproaches).
Conclusion: I read throughout forums some memory modules are tested different which can cause compatibility issues while others just have specific clock issues that make the chips not necessarily compatiable across the board.
Machine Info:
- Inspiron 16 plus 7610 (3 Fan Model)
- 11th Gen i7 - 11800H
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6
- 64GB RAM - ( 2 x Samsung - M471A4G43AB1-CWE)
Misc Machine Notes / Issues:
This machine had me worried at the start initially dealing with driver errors but after addressing the usual issues I see with these machines, it's been a great workhorse for a power business user like myself
Only real issues I have:
- Sound Crackly with Static (seems to be consistent with Dell from all my Dell laptop experience). Updated to the Realtek High Def Audio Driver but very little correction. To date I've isolated this to software equalizer issues which must be embedded because if you try any free equalizers from the microsoft store you can remove the static but it's just not feasible to do this for every song.
- USB Ports are so tight it's almost scary because you are constatnly feeling like you're putting hte connector in backwards but you are not.
- Keyboard has a warped look to it, you can see the bulge from bending inside (I've seen this on other Dell models as well but not really an issue)
In the end here, big shout out to all those that take the time to post in the community, it was the colletion of posts that lead me to realizing this solution to try.
Hope this helps everyone!
GeorgeVovos
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December 9th, 2022 11:00
2 more failed attempts from me, this is terrible...
I couldn't get it to boot, just a black screen
I have the 11800H model with no discrete GPU
My original memory is hynix hmaa1gs6cjr6n-xn 2x8GB
(NOT WORKING)
RAM Module: Crucial - CT2K16G4SFRA32A- 2x16GB , this is supported to be compatible with this model according to Crucial
https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/dell/inspiron-16-(7610)
(NOT WORKING)
RAM Module: Corsair Vengeance - CMSX32GX4M2A3200C22 3200 Mhz 2x16GB
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GSTF5NJ/ref=pe_27063361_485629781_TE_item?th=1