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Sorry, I should have read the next post before responding! Thanks @Xonar !

Who was your memory manufacturer? I notice almost no difference in price between the 1600MHz and 1333MHz units on NewEgg. Also, I'm only running the i7 2630QM processor, do you think it will be less compatible with the increased memory capacity than your 2670QM? Intel's specs look identical: 2670: ARK | Intel® Core 2630 ARK | Intel® Core My mobo is of course the same with the HM67 chipset, but from the little bit of knowledge I have, I think the memory controller sits on the CPU itself. Thanks! -Anthony

Hello world! (the fact I find that funny must mean I am destined to program in some form or another) My name is Anthony and I've been a computing addict since I could read and bang on the keys. A former heavy gamer, I'm a grad student in the biological sciences now and I've been taken on the road of computational image analysis (because seriously, what wouldn't make a microscope more fun than attaching a robot to it and capturing more images than you could ever hope to look at?). As such, I always have a thirst for more power and greater throughput (reminiscent of chasing 100+ FPS in my old Counterstrike days). That said, I've found this forum an excellent resource of like-minded folks who appreciate the power of computing and are eager to stretch a few more FLOPS at the small expense of some personal elbow grease. Tweak on! (oh, and the DJ part - I'm a mobile DJ and audio enthusiast on nights and weekends: Versatile Beats Productions - A Charleston, SC DJ and Mobile Entertainment Service)

Maximum, Thanks for your quick reply! Do you think the unlocking of the bios is crucial for support of the ram speed and/or capacity?

Hello everyone, I apologize if this is off-topic or a repeat (searching the thread for "RAM" didn't turn up any hits), but I am contemplating unlocking my BIOS using the links here for one reason in particular: increased RAM chip size support. I've read (and seen) that the mainboard on my MS-16F2 notebook has 2 banks of 2 DDR3 slots (204 pin) and online it supports up to 4GB chips in each slot. Seeing as the price point for 8 GB chips is reasonable (~$60 a pair on Newegg) and owing to my penchant for virtual machines, I'd like to pop 4 of those in to bring up my memory max to 32 GB. Is the 4 GB limit set by the hardware or will these firmware changes enable larger memory support? Thanks! (my particular retailer of this notebook is CyberPowerPC, model Xplorer X6-9400 in case anyone is wondering) and it currently has 2x4GB RAM installed.