What stops me to insatll 16GB of DDR3 ram over limited 8GB

Hi IT Geeks.
I have HP Pavilion g6-2380sa Notebook with max of 8GB DDR3 ram. Cpu is intel I5 3230M 3rd generation and support up to 32GB of DDR3 ram. Intel HM76 Express chipset which has nothing up to supporting the amount of ram. As i understand limit is not done by hardware but is done by UEFI (Bios). Is any chance that hp has UEFI update to support 8GB DDR3 ram modules????????????
I want answers only form people those undesrstand what im talking about.
Myself Comptia A+ Network + Certified and doing MCSA server 2102 and Security+ so waiting only for clever answers what explains the whole thing.

Does sound like a less than optimized OS install & kind of typical of most factory OEM install machines.
I would download the generic Windows 7 install & give it a nice clean install & setup as will be far more rewarding than RAM upgrade.
I run a probook on 3GB for business/work related use & it is enough & the craze for 16GB of ram is simply a waste for 99% of people.
Do a ram test & hard drive test & ifgood think about a clean install.
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