Sodimm ram slots 1 of 2

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mattyxkrist

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Hello,

Why does my computer (task manager) show that there is 2 slots of ram and 1 is empty? I have disassembled it to look at the motherboard and there is no ram slots at on the board, the ram is a soldered chip straight onto the motherboard, cpu-z also shows 2 slots available, 1 used and 1 empty, i'm confused now as I wanted to upgrade the memory but not sure if I can with it being soldered to the motherboard and any software I use always shows 2 slots, steam also show 2 slots :confused: , I have attached a screenshot of my task manager circled in red to show you what it shows, is this something new could I unlock this empty slot to use? Or is this just a glitch, I can't see why as 3 different programmes report there is 2 slots, 1 is used with 1gb the other is empty... Anyway

Thank you

Matthew

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Home Premium 64-bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2GHz
    Motherboard
    Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0
    Memory
    1x 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz x3 Empty Slots
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 760 PNY Enthusiast Edition XLR8
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus VS278 (27")
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate/Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB 2.5"
    PSU
    Corsair 750W CX
    Case
    X11 ADVANCED X-Station (Red LED fans)
    Cooling
    ARCTIC Freezer 13 - 200 Watt Multi Compatible Low Noise CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Perixx PERIBOARD-808 (Backlit)
    Mouse
    2.4Ghz Wireless Optical Mouse
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky
I have disassembled it to look at the motherboard and there is no ram slots at on the board, the ram is a soldered chip straight onto the motherboard
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What motherboard are you referring to?

I don't think you are looking in the right place. I do not recall ever seeing a PC motherboard with "surface mounted" (soldered) system RAM and I've seen 100s if not over a 1000 boards in my time. Is the ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 listed in your system specs the motherboard you are talking about? If so, then your specs also say it has only 1 x 8Gb stick installed. And as seen here that board has 4 RAM slots available (those 4 long, black slots in the lower right), not surfaced mounted RAM.

So we need to know exactly what hardware we are talking about first.

Then, if it is that ASRock as listed in your specs and if it does have 8Gb installed, then there is still a problem because Task Manager is only showing 1Gb installed, not 8Gb.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Hi,

I am really sorry I did not put the mobo up :p it is a tablet - Bush, windows 8.1 with bing, it is a bay trail type 2 board, it has M890bcp on the mobo it self
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Home Premium 64-bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2GHz
    Motherboard
    Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0
    Memory
    1x 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz x3 Empty Slots
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 760 PNY Enthusiast Edition XLR8
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus VS278 (27")
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate/Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB 2.5"
    PSU
    Corsair 750W CX
    Case
    X11 ADVANCED X-Station (Red LED fans)
    Cooling
    ARCTIC Freezer 13 - 200 Watt Multi Compatible Low Noise CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Perixx PERIBOARD-808 (Backlit)
    Mouse
    2.4Ghz Wireless Optical Mouse
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky
A tablet? Well that's a whole different ballgame.

I don't know why TM or CPU-z say two slots. I suspect it is because Windows TM and CPU-z were designed for PCs and notebooks, not tablets. And I also suspect that tablet came in several models, including one with more RAM.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Many Laptops come with 1 soldered in RAM Module, often 4 GB and one socket for extra RAM, that usually limits max RAM to 12 GB (4 GB + 8 GB) rather than 16 GB and reverts to single channel mode.

What you appear to have is 1 GB soldered in RAM that will be in single channel mode. That there is no actual socket for extra RAM does not matter.

So no, you cannot upgrade RAM easily.
 

My Computer

System One

Well, again, I've never seen a real notebook with surface mounted RAM. Hybrid tablet/notebooks, yes. But I certainly have not seen everyone ever made either.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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