[PROBLEM] Beelink SER8 RAM Upgrade: 96GB 2×48GB Crucial CT2K48G56C46S5 + FIX
OS: Windows 11 ×64 24H2 10.0.26100
DRIVERS: amd_chipset_software_7.02.13.148.exe + amd-software-adrenalin-edition-25.2.1-win10-win11-feb2025-rdna.exe
BIOS: HPT.8xxx.SER8.V029.P8C0M0C15.13.Link 02/21/2025
RAM (before): 64GB => 2×32GB DDR5 SO-DIMM 4800 MHz Crucial CT32G48C40S5
RAM (after): 96GB => 2×48GB DDR5 SO-DIMM 5600 MHz Crucial CT2K48G56C46S5
PROBLEM: One of the monitors does not work, and there is a constant message about problems with starting the graphics card (AMD Radeon 780M Graphics). When I tried to turn it on manually - a black screen and no reaction. Changing BIOS settings, reinstalling drivers with cleaning, switching monitors - fail…
I didn’t know this was such a popular problem “CPU 8845HS + RAM 96GB”:
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Solution:
1) On a working system (with “old” RAM) check the AMD driver version => if they are newer than 24.8.1 => remove them and additionally clean amdcleanuputility.exe;
2) Download and install version 24.8.1 => whql-amd-software-adrenalin-edition-24.8.1-win10-win11-aug-rdna.exe => ignore messages about available updates;
3) Only now do we install 96GB of RAM; interestingly, in BIOS it is worth changing the memory assignment settings to AUTO - with a manual setting of e.g. 16GB it did not allow me to load larger LLM models;
