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Question posted by grouphanksp on July 12th, 2013

Can I Install 8 Gb Memory On My Insprion 531 Desktop Computer?

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Answer #1: Posted by RathishC on July 12th, 2013 10:28 AM

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Hi Grouphanksp,

The system model you are using can support up to a maximum of 4 GB RAM and it cannot support 8 GB memory.

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