Macbook Pro mid 2010 17" ram upgrade

[Phillthedrill]

Hi, I have an old 6,2 mid 2010 MacBook pro 17" screen that still runs great. It has an i7 2.66ghz processor and I was just wondering, has anyone been able to get beyond the 8GB ram limitation? I was able to successfully upgrade it to Ventura with OpenCore. 8GB now a days isn't much to play with. I was hoping to get it to boot with 16GB which didn't work and then tried 1 stick of 8GB and 1 stick of 4GB which also didn't work. Is there anyways around this? I've read people being able to install windows and it reading the 16GB. Thanks to anyone with info.

 

[theMarble]

It will detect 16GB in both macOS and Windows, however after a few minutes the system will lock up and kernel panic. Multiple people have tried this and reported the same results:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/confirmed-mid-2010-macbook-pro-17-inch-16gb.2098643/post-27498360

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mid-2010-17-inch-macbook-pro-16gb-of-ram.2298823/post-29959150

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/has-anyone-tried-16gb-in-the-mid-2010-17-recently.2186389/post-27480715

You are stuck at 8GB if you want a working computer.

 

[Phillthedrill]

It will detect 16GB in both macOS and Windows, however after a few minutes the system will lock up and kernel panic. Multiple people have tried this and reported the same results:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/confirmed-mid-2010-macbook-pro-17-inch-16gb.2098643/post-27498360

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mid-2010-17-inch-macbook-pro-16gb-of-ram.2298823/post-29959150

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/has-anyone-tried-16gb-in-the-mid-2010-17-recently.2186389/post-27480715

You are stuck at 8GB if you want a working computer.

Thank you for letting me know.