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June 7th, 2020 00:00
Upgrade RAM with two different size.
I have a laptop 13-5378. I want to upgrade RAM, one slot is occupied by 8 GB RAM and I want to add another RAM of 16 GB. Does it make any effect to my laptop?
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ejn63
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June 7th, 2020 03:00
Doing so will cause your system to operate in single-channel mode, cutting memory bandwidth in half.
fireberd
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June 7th, 2020 03:00
Mixing brands/types of RAM is iffy. We see a lot of memory problems over the years because of mixed memory (and this is not just a Dell issue - any brand). If you want to try it, only buy it where you can easily return it if it doesn't work.
bhu1.cresta
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June 8th, 2020 04:00
This means I've to add 8 GB RAM, not 16 GB.
Morgan_T
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September 15th, 2021 17:00
Yes, modern intel and AMD motherboard support flex mode when you mix memory size.