Maximum Memory Query - Possible Error in the results?
by BobNutfield from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5DR5F)
Hello Everyone
I am getting into video editing (for my drone footage) and I don't have very meaty hardware. I have two laptops, one is an HP A10 processor with 16GB RAM and an AMD R5 video chip (budget entry level at best). The other is a very old (2011) Dell E6420 with a second generation i5 and 8GB ram, with Intel integrated graphics.
I don't have very meaty hardware to run DaVinci Resolve, which is what I would like to use, but neither machine will run it very well at all. The old Dell actually far outperforms the HP from 2016 and will run lightweight editors (like Openshot) reasonably well. The laptop specs and the memory vendors say that 8GB is the maximum this laptop will take. But, on some of the old Dell forums several people report that this mother board will accept 16GB of RAM and several had successfully upgraded to that level. Apparently, it has a motherboard called "Sandy Ridge" I believe.
The Dell is currently running Ubuntu 20.04, so I ran:
Code:sudo dmidecode -t memory | grep -i maxand this was the result:
Code:Maximum Capacity: 16 GBOn another forum, one or two people insisted it was an error and 8GB is indeed the maximum. I assume that command gets its information directly from the mother board and memory controller. I've never known it to give an incorrect reading when run as sudo, but I could be wrong.
Obviously, I don't want to spend the money for the memory sticks if it will be a waste of time. If I can find some cheap memory and try it, I understand that if it does in fact exceed the max, the only consequence is it won't get past the POST until I put the original memory back in.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
I appreciate any replies.
Bob
I am getting into video editing (for my drone footage) and I don't have very meaty hardware. I have two laptops, one is an HP A10 processor with 16GB RAM and an AMD R5 video chip (budget entry level at best). The other is a very old (2011) Dell E6420 with a second generation i5 and 8GB ram, with Intel integrated graphics.
I don't have very meaty hardware to run DaVinci Resolve, which is what I would like to use, but neither machine will run it very well at all. The old Dell actually far outperforms the HP from 2016 and will run lightweight editors (like Openshot) reasonably well. The laptop specs and the memory vendors say that 8GB is the maximum this laptop will take. But, on some of the old Dell forums several people report that this mother board will accept 16GB of RAM and several had successfully upgraded to that level. Apparently, it has a motherboard called "Sandy Ridge" I believe.
The Dell is currently running Ubuntu 20.04, so I ran:
Code:sudo dmidecode -t memory | grep -i maxand this was the result:
Code:Maximum Capacity: 16 GBOn another forum, one or two people insisted it was an error and 8GB is indeed the maximum. I assume that command gets its information directly from the mother board and memory controller. I've never known it to give an incorrect reading when run as sudo, but I could be wrong.
Obviously, I don't want to spend the money for the memory sticks if it will be a waste of time. If I can find some cheap memory and try it, I understand that if it does in fact exceed the max, the only consequence is it won't get past the POST until I put the original memory back in.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
I appreciate any replies.
Bob