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‎04-11-2022 06:29 PM

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Product: HP Gaming Pavilion - 15-cx0002nx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

Hi,

 

I am planning to upgrade my laptop RAM from 8GB to 16 /32 GB. As per hp official manual my laptop supports upto 16GB but i am getting 32GB in crucial website.

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05985643.pdf

 

HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop .png

 

 

https://www.crucial.in/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-gaming-15-cx0002nx

 

compatible.png16GB 3200.png

 

Can anyone please suggest if  32GB(2x16) DDR4-3200 suitable for my laptop. ? can i go for it ? or stick to 16GB (2x8) DDR4-2666 ?

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‎04-11-2022 06:44 PM

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Hi:

 

The Crucial memory report is almost always right.

 

Yes, you can install 2 x 16 GB of memory in your notebook.

 

You can do this to confirm 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. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and hit enter.

 

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.

 

Buy the standard memory with the green circuit boards not the gaming memory which does not always work because it has faster timings, and you can't make any timing adjustments in the BIOS.

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‎04-11-2022 06:44 PM

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Hi:

 

The Crucial memory report is almost always right.

 

Yes, you can install 2 x 16 GB of memory in your notebook.

 

You can do this to confirm 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. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and hit enter.

 

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.

 

Buy the standard memory with the green circuit boards not the gaming memory which does not always work because it has faster timings, and you can't make any timing adjustments in the BIOS.

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‎04-13-2022 03:10 PM

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Thanks for the suggestions paul 🙂

 

i run this command "wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx" and below one is the output 
MaxCapacityEx
33554432

 

so yes motherboard supports upto 32GB,

 

yey!

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‎04-13-2022 03:30 PM

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You're very welcome. 

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