Possible to upgrade RAM to 16 GB for mac mini mid 2011? Does anyone has experience with upgrading a mac mini mid 2011 to 16 GB RAM?

I know the official doc says the max is 8 GB RAM, but there are articles on the internet which claim it is possible.

The official doc: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202283
Article which claims it is possible: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3859325

Thanks
Everymac says it will take 16 - &amp; they're pretty much always right in these things.

The machines from that time didn't have official 8GB RAM stick support, as they were pretty new at the time &amp; I guess untested; but it later turned out all those older machines would take 8s, even though only qualified for 4s.

I've had several machines over the years with double the officially-supported RAM.