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HP Pavilion 15-au018ca
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Hi there, I just bought a new laptop through Best Buy. I am wondering if I am able to take some of the RAM from my old laptop and add them to my new one to expand the memory? If yes, how would I do this?

 

From what I can tell/understand:

 

New Laptop:

HP Pavilion 15.6" Laptop - Silver (Intel Core i5-6200U 6th Gen/1TB HDD/8GB RAM/Windows 10)

Model #: 15-AU018CA

8 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB) (Transfer rates up to 2133 MT/s)

 

http://www8.hp.com/ca/en/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=11992031

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hp-hp-pavillion-15-6-laptop-silver-intel-core-i5-6200u-6th-gen-1...

 

Old/Broken Laptop:

HP ENVY m6-1188ca NB PC ALL

8GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 DIMM)

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-ENVY-m6-Notebook-PC-series/5296045/model/5317064/document/c03...

 

Thank you in advance!

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No. DDR4 and DDR3 are not interchangeable. Square peg, round hole. 

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No. DDR4 and DDR3 are not interchangeable. Square peg, round hole. 

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