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unbalanced ram. duel channel soldered memory
(lemmy.world)
I have a e14 Thinkpad gen 5 Intel 1335u with 8gb soldered ram and a 8gb 3200 ddr4 stick. 16 is not enough ram for my use as a developer so I put a 16gb stick in knowing only first 16 will run dual channel. Now my computer crashes randomly with high memory usage... read online that a 32gb is more stable single channel but I'm skeptical. Stability is pretty important to me as this is how I earn a living what do you all think? Also I would just buy a 32 and try it but everything got pricey the last 2 month
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EDIT: ran memtest after crashes got worse, went back to stock 8gb and gave up. Some weird issue with used 16 stick
i've had a lot more luck offloading cpu/ram/disk intensive work to beefy servers with cheaper and easier to obtain hardware and end up using my laptops as little more than thin clients and strongly recommend it if it's an option for you to avoid these types of things.
Same, it's great. Battery life is extended, the fan isn't screaming, and I have great process continuity between devices since I'm usually connecting to a central point.
but now i stress shutting down that central point. lol
my central point didn't come back up the last time i shut it down 2 months ago, but it atleas encouraged me to get a new laptop and right before the price increases. lol