Weird rams/laptop

[Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie]

Hi, my name is Jaroslav but call me Charlie. I just installed Windows 10 on Lenovo thinkpad W510, there were not problems.

(CPU: Intel i7 720QM

GPU: NVidia Quadro FX 880M)

 

I looked up at ram it said 12GB, i was happy because there were only 6GB installed, but it was really weird.

Than i i uscrewed the ram "comparment" and i took away the 2GB and 4GB and i resembled it.

Suddenly in Bios and in This PC wrote 6GB so i was happy.

So i took the 2GB away and changed it with 4GB to have REAL 8GB, but in bios it wrote 6111MB (something like that) and in THIS PC wrote 6GB.

So i decided to take away all ram start the laptop. In bios it wrote 6111 (something like that) and in THIS PC 6GB. So i am confused.

I edit videos on this laptop. Could you please help me with this problem?

 

 

Thanks, Charlie.

[Ashiella]

First of all, the PC wont boot without any ram, so possibly 6GB is soldered? How many slots are there? 6144 = 6GB the missing 33 is probably hardware reserved.

[Christophe Corazza]

1 hour ago, Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie said:

Than i i uscrewed the ram "comparment" and i took away the 2GB and 4GB and i resembled it.

Suddenly in Bios and in This PC wrote 6GB so i was happy.

 

That’s some weird magic right there! You cannot boot a laptop having no ram in the system.

 

According to several webshops, this taptoe supports max 16 GB and comed out of the box with 4 GB DDR3.

[Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie]

On 26. 5. 2018 at 12:19 PM, Ashiella said:

First of all, the PC wont boot without any ram, so possibly 6GB is soldered? How many slots are there? 6144 = 6GB the missing 33 is probably hardware reserved.

The 6144 I am not sure exactly i knew that is starts with 6. I found this on Cnet:  It may have 4 slots.

MEMORY

• RAM
  4 GB (2 x 2 GB)
• Max Supported Size
  16 GB
• Technology
  DDR3 SDRAM
• Speed
  1066 MHz / PC3-8500 - 1066 MHz
• Form Factor
  SO-DIMM 204-pin
• Slots Qty
  4
• Empty Slots
  2

[Ashiella]

9 minutes ago, Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie said:

The 6144 I am not sure exactly i knew that is starts with 6. I found this on Cnet:  It may have 4 slots.

MEMORY

• RAM
  4 GB (2 x 2 GB)
• Max Supported Size
  16 GB
• Technology
  DDR3 SDRAM
• Speed
  1066 MHz / PC3-8500 - 1066 MHz
• Form Factor
  SO-DIMM 204-pin
• Slots Qty
  4
• Empty Slots
  2

I think those two slots are soldered in, with a 4gb and 2gb stick of ram. The empty slots is what youre looking at and taking ram out of.

[Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie]

On 26. 5. 2018 at 12:56 PM, Christophe Corazza said:

 

That’s some weird magic right there! You cannot boot a laptop having no ram in the system.

 

According to several webshops, this taptoe supports max 16 GB and comed out of the box with 4 GB DDR3.

First things first, I dunno if it refurbished, new... I got it from website www.gigacomputer.cz, they sell used, new (just opened from launch) i think refurbished too, but it was gift for me, i know that is is from website because there is sticker from them.

[Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie]

6 hours ago, Ashiella said:

I think those two slots are soldered in, with a 4gb and 2gb stick of ram. The empty slots is what youre looking at and taking ram out of.

But then why it does not show antoher 8GB when i add them to slot that are not ocupied.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie said:

But then why it does not show antoher 8GB when i add them to slot that are not ocupied.

it could be that those slots only support a certain amount of GB per stick. I have an X58 motherboard that will completely ignore 8GB sticks but works fine with 4GB and lower. maybe try a lower capacity stick.

[Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie]

5 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

it could be that those slots only support a certain amount of GB per stick. I have an X58 motherboard that will completely ignore 8GB sticks but works fine with 4GB and lower. maybe try a lower capacity stick.

I have 4 and 4GB

[Ashiella]

5 minutes ago, Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie said:

I have 4 and 4GB

It may only support 2GB sticks.

[Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie]

23 hours ago, Ashiella said:

It may only support 2GB sticks.

When i add the 2GB, nothing happens too.

[Ashiella]

53 minutes ago, Jaroslav a.k.a Charlie said:

When i add the 2GB, nothing happens too.

dunno what to tell you. Sometimes laptops can have faulty slots or just fake slots entirely..