When I built my DG45FC m/b desktop at an Intel Channel Conference in Garden City, Long Island, New York
It came with a single 2 Gbyte Kinston Ram in one of two available slots. This was great for immediate upgrade to 4 Gbytes Ram.
I like the incredible general utility of this m/b, however I should like to give it some extra Ram headroom by installing two
| Kingston KVR800D2N6K2/8G | 4 GB | 800 | 6-6-6 | Non-ECC | x8 | Elpida E2108ABSE-8G-E |
as listed in the following Intel support document:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dg45fc/sb/CS-029148.htm?wapkw=dg45fc
This appears
to allow 8 Gbytes of total DDR2 ram to be utilized on this m/b.
Kingston (who has since discontinued that product SKU# ) says their old records indicate
only 4 Gbytes total ram is supported on this m/b.....BUT their support tech indicates the possibility
that Intel bios updates may have increased that to 8 Gbytes limit.....?????
I have the latest bios installed [ IDG4510H.86A.0135.EB.EXE ] however, I find no reference to Ram updates.
The question is: Is this m/b capable of handling 8 Gbytes of Ram?
Thanks for your help.
Alfred Dayton
631_928_2424
partner_AT_adayton_DOT_com
PS: CHIPSET: INTEL CORE 2 DUO CPU E8500 @ 3.166GHZ 3.16GHZ
O/S: 64 BIT WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE
RAM: PRESENTLY 2 STICKS KINGSTON 2 GBYTE RAM=4GBYTES TOTAL RAM.
Message was edited by: Alfred Dayton