Hello everyone,
first of all I am very happy to have found this forum.
I have been a hard-core & die-hard user of the AW18 for 12 years now and simply refuse to buy another laptop for daily use.
One of my 4 models has developed the following problem:
The DIMM RAM access controller 1 seems to be faulty.
I have switched all kind of RAM to all positions and found that whenever any RAM is placed in controller 1, the laptop does not POST and I get four beeps.
I have tried all combinations, so the access controller seems to be faulty.
There is no visible damage and I have tried cleaning it, but that didn't change anything.
As the maximum RAM for my processor running Windows 7 Ultimate seems to be capped at 32 GB, I wanted to ask if it is possible, instead of changing or repairing the motherboard to use the following combination on the 4 controllers:
controller 0: 16 GB
controller 1: leave empty
controller 2: 8 GB
controller 3: 8 GB
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Omadon
Hello everyone, first of all I am very happy to have found this forum. I have been a hard-core & die-hard user of the AW18 for 12 years now and simply refuse to buy another laptop for daily use. One of my 4 models has developed the following problem: The DIMM RAM access controller 1 seems to be faulty. I have switched all kind of RAM to all positions and found that whenever any RAM is placed in controller 1, the laptop does not POST and I get four beeps. I have tried all combinations, so the access controller seems to be faulty. There is no visible damage and I have tried cleaning it, but that didn't change anything. As the maximum RAM for my processor running Windows 7 Ultimate seems to be capped at 32 GB, I wanted to ask if it is possible, instead of changing or repairing the motherboard to use the following combination on the 4 controllers: controller 0: 16 GB controller 1: leave empty controller 2: 8 GB controller 3: 8 GB Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Omadon