My motherboard supports 8 GB of memory and I decided to increase the amount of memory with one stick of 8 GB, is it possible to do this?

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I decided to increase the amount of memory and I decided to find out if it is possible to install 8GB of memory if the mother's memory supports exactly 8GB, and in the motherboard's guide it is indicated that you can install 512mb, 1,2,4 GB of memory. Maybe you can update the BIOS or so it will be work.asus motherboard M5A78L-M

Answer 1

If you look at the technical specifications , you can find that "4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3" that is, the motherboard has 4 slots for 8-gigabyte brackets, and not "only 8 gigabytes".
So the answer to the question is: yes, you can install one or more 8 gig sticks.
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And about the BIOS - its update brings you, let's say, new drivers. For example, on SSD drives. You can flash a new BIOS, of course, but it's not very clear what the goal is and it may well turn out that this is not what you need.
PS
By the way, there is a rumor that it is better to put two bars instead of one, that is, two bars of 4 will work more efficiently than one bar of 8.