Compatible Ram upgrade for Victus Gaming Laptop 15-fb0017od

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I was wondering if I would be able to upgrade the ram of my laptop “Victus Gaming Laptop 15-fb0017od (63U47UA)” from a 2x8GB Ram sticks to 2x16GB ram sticks, I ask here since I cannot find answers to my exact model. 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Chapter 1 of the service manual indicates the max memory is 2 x 8 GB.

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

The Crucial memory report for your notebook's model series indicates the max memory is 64 GB.

HP - Compaq HP Victus 15-fb0000 | Memory RAM & SSD Upgrades | Crucial.com

However, in the past few years HP usually understates how much memory the notebook can support.

Maybe that is just how much memory they tested in the notebook, since there is usually no need to install more memory than that.

The Crucial memory report is almost always correct.

Another thing you can do is to run this command to see what Windows indicates how much memory your notebook can support:

1. In the search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator.

This will open the command prompt.

2. After the command prompt has opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and press the enter key.

There, it will show the maximum RAM capacity your PC's motherboard can support.

The capacity is shown as Kilobytes, so you have to convert it to Gigabytes by dividing the number provided in the report by 1,048,576.