ACER Aspire 5742 i5 with 16 GB of RAM?

Hello

I have an Acer Aspire 5742 i5 model, now with 8 GB of RAM.

I tried to install the two 8 GB DDR3 modules, but the machine will not work. It will boot, but crashes on Ubuntu when I connect.

I tried memtest86 and it crashes almost immediately.

I've already updated the BIOS with the latest version I could find (1.30), but not luck...

When I go into the BIOS, he notices the extra memory, although the screen shows only 4 characters (6384 instead of 16384).

I tried just one 8 GB modules, one of them with another 4 GB (12 GB total) etc. All attempts have resulted in the same way: Boot, but the accident.

Officially, I know it supports only 8GB, but the other laptop where I write is also an i5 that officially goes up to only 8 GB, but is now happy with the same memory modules...

So, I was wondering... is - this really impossible to have 16 GB on this model? Or is there a workaround? I searched (Google takes me...) and I couldn't find a solution...

At least, I would like to know the reason why it does not work... BIOS?, Chipset? CPU?

Thanks in advance.

Hello domusonline,

You said "I have an Acer Aspire 5742 i5 model". For example, the processor Intel Core i5 - 480 M processor---> max memory size: 8 GB.

Check your model of processor on the Intel site.

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