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JohnC, what I done for the time being was ordered from eBay (after the RMA of the Ripjaws) was four of the 2GB sticks like what was in the PC, Dell Certified for the model, that way I'd have all matching memory from the same vendor. In fact, one of their other Tech specialists side this one may work, since it's double sided, but couldn't say with certainty.ДЄny Dell Optiplex 780 owner out there who can assist me? I want my RAM to be the most possible, just as my CPU, and purchased on the presumption that it would accept & run 16GB RAM.ДЄll assistance in getting this matter solved is highly appreciated. If it's a doable upgrade, I want it & while my preferred brand of RAM is GSkill, am open to other brands. That wouldn't matter to me, as long as I know my PC, as all that I own, are stuffed to the max. They recommend PC3-12800, 1600MHz in dual channel mode, yet would likely be downgraded to 1333 specs.

Some has even found the Crucial System scanner to be wrong & the modules sent wouldn't boot.

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How can an OEM overcome the spec shown on the Intel document posted above w/out either a major firmware update, or Dell themselves altered the chipset shipped to end users? Plus Intel hasn't updated the Q43/45 Express Chipset page to reflect any changes.ДЄt any rate, all I want to do is upgrade my Optiplex DT edition, the one just below the mid tower, to 16GB RAM total, it has 4 slots for RAM, and no one can answer. Here's the one where I just posted a few hours ago on the 2nd page. That's what led me to the Intel documentation above & discovered what I did, still those on the Dell forum says otherwise, yet no one can provide a simple Dell P/N that would solve the issue in two separate Topics, couldn't find the first one.

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The key spec that got me looking was in the manual above.

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More below to support this.ДЄm I wrong in assuming that Intel has baked the 8GB limitation into the MB, or could they had later shipped an update, maybe via a BIOS or other firmware update to overcome the limit? Evidently some of the folks at Dell thinks so, though all of the evidence when researching proved otherwise. Now for the confusion, it was after I purchased these & didn't work, that I did some research, and the Intel Q43 & Q45 Express Chipset only supports 16GB on DDR2 boards & 8GB on DDR3 ones, though still the expensive DDR2 RAM only provides 12.8GB/sec, while the 8GB of DDR3 RAM provides 17MB/sec. As it was, still lost over $17 for the 3 day shipping & return label for RAM combined. Dell says the system can run 16GB RAM, and I've already tried two sets, one that I have & a set of GSkill Ripjaws recommended by the 'tech specialists' at Newegg that I had to RMA for a refund, and the Google Trusted Stores consumer protection intervened to knock off the 15% restock fee, otherwise would have eaten a $35 loss to beta test the set on my system. I even have work bench with grounded ESD mat on top, and have yet to blow up, anything.Recently purchased a Dell Optiplex 780 that is running fabulous for the price I paid, $94+$20 for 3 day shipping, has the best consumer based Intel Core 2 Quad produced in the Q9650, one can see the Speccy specs in my sig below, but will copy/paste below to find easily. If right handed, keep left hand on metal case of PC, on ground, this will make this 10x more safe for the PC. learn that ESD is not the same all time time, where I live it is humid most times. 25,000 volts can be attained in dry cold weather, ever touch a door knob, and get hit, and it hurts bad, that be 25kv hit. We use a wrist ground strap ,always to not do that. In cold weather, the air in a home can be near 0% humidity, if yes ESD will blow up RAM easy,

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and reset the bios defaults, in bios F2 page, this forces the PC BIOS to do a fresh scan of DDR, fully, Push power button 3 times for 1 second, to discharge all caps in said PC. Power off PC, 100% zero power, ,must be. (per manual)Д¬rucial dot com shows that DDR listed top choice, and would work, if you did it correctly. So did you do the tests correctly, ( DO NOT HOT SWAP RAM)!!!ДЎ stick of ram in bank0 channel A and test them all 1 by 1, this is first. The first rule of DDR, (if fits slots) is what, do not mix classes of DDR?Д¬rucial CT2KIT102464BF160B? and fails 1 slot? 1 stick, test? What ram from laptop, what ram did you have from there, tell that first.

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Skipped step one, ? Upgrade old PC to new BIOS so it can know how to use modern RAM, this is first.