You can buy for example a ivy bridge Thinkpad W530 with 32GB of RAM already
installed from here:
www.ebay.com/itm/122338642287
23. Feb 2017 01:00 by [email protected]:
> Ivy Bridge doesn't support 16GB DIMMs either. I've opened a ticket before.
> https://ticket.coreboot.org/issues/56
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 8:33 AM, <> [email protected]> > wrote:
>
>> >> It would be really great if you could test out a Core i7-3840QM
>> in the G2 socket of the Thinkpad T520. Its the best ivy bridge with 45W TDP
>> and the Core i7-3840QM officialy support 32GB of RAM.
>>
>> The Lenovo OEM Bios wont support ivy bridge. Coreboot didnt have such
>> limitations ;)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> 21. Feb 2017 22:08 by >> [email protected]>> :
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>>
>>> Hi Arthur,Zitat von Arthur Heymans <>>> arthur at aheymans.xyz>>> >:>>>>
>>> Thomas Richter <>>> coreboot at tricnet.de>>> > writes:>>> >>>>> Is Sandy
>>> Bridge E so different from Sandy Bridge? Would it be possible>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> Sandy Bridge E are high end desktop/server CPUs that have a different>>>
>>> >>>> socket (lga2011) and likely a different memory controller (4
>>> channels>>> >>>> instead of 2).>>> >>>> A quick look at datasheet says
>>> nothing about maximum rank size.>>> I see.>>>>> to replace the 2620QM with
>>> an Ivy Bridge CPU?>>> >>>> >>>> Afaik that should be possible since the
>>> CPU is socketed on that model>>> >>>> but won't overcome your issue. (same
>>> limitation)>>> Thank your for your time to explain. Seems like I have to
>>> look for a new laptop then ;-).It was a fun project, I learned a lot and
>>> I'm really impressed by the usability. Will definitely keep coreboot on
>>> the t520!Best,Thomas
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