upgrade HP OMEN 17

[Tuxify]

Here is the picture.
Are you sure the motherboard can support up to 16Gb by stick? or does it support a total of 16Gb?

I would also need technical spec for the RAM. frequency and so.
I can see my previous laptop's DDR4 RAM doesn't fit my HP's laptop RAM. Sorry the previous RAM were DDR3.

[Photoray002 · Accepted solution]

Hmm looks like HP did put out two different Mobo's in that series.. very odd.

They don't put out motherboard information anymore like they used to. HP is limiting more and more spec info and its very aggravating.

Your image is too dark and small for me to read numbers, so far I don't see an M.2 slot.

"I would also need technical spec for the RAM. frequency and so."

Look at the link (G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (2 x 8G). You need SO-DIMM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) 1.2V non buffered

You are going to be swapping both sticks in order to gain 16GB so as long as you purchase them as a matched pair, look for the lowest CAS latency you can find which will probably be 15 or 16.

[Photoray002]

"if yes it would be better for me to install windows as I want on the drive i want but where would i find all the hp drivers? "

In my first post, I gave you the link to your drivers and bios update.

[pl100]

Hey Photoray002,

Just an FYI.

I recently learned something new (to me anyway) about DUAL Channel Ram.

My HP 17- W053DX Omen Laptop came with one 4GB Hynix stick and one 8GB Hynix stick. Besides the size, the RAM was identical and showed as being DUAL Channel, which I did not expect, because I always thought it had to be the same size match and type match, as in a kit. I guess not always!

 I guess this explains why the 4GB/8GB = 12GB in my system showed DUAL Channel.

Since then, I have upgraded to 8GB/8GB =16GB using the exact same Hynix stick that was in there, and I'm still at DUAL Channel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-channel_memory_architecture

"Capacity (e.g. 1024 MiB). Certain Intel chipsets support different capacity chips in what they call Flex Mode: the capacity that can be matched is run in dual-channel, while the remainder runs in single-channel."

[Photoray002]

pl100 Yes I am aware of that and MFG's do use that configuration quite often.

But when the OP is wanting to upgrade from 8 to 16 GB, he will be replacing both sticks.

It makes the most sence to use a dual channel kit that has been tested to run "optimally" together in Dual Channel.

[Photoray002]

Tuxify to clarify, the motherboard was tested to support a total of 16 GB (2x8 GB) of memory.

[Tuxify]

Thank you for everything

"In my first post, I gave you the link to your drivers and bios update."

I didn't imagin i would be able to use that list in order to install from scratch, my own windows license plus all hp's driver.

Here is what i think being the M.2 close to the HDD (on the left)

[Photoray002]

That would be my guess as to location. But the slot does not look right.

This is how it should look...

Notice the notch sticking out

[Photoray002]

@Tuxify  I have been informed that your M.2 port should work.

Apparently its upside down in relation to looking into the bottom case like other Omen motherboards are (as in my photo). Its hard to tell with that dark photo. Another user had a similar board with and was succesful.

[Tuxify]

Hi Thank you very much.
So here is what i did, i replaced the HDD with an SSD of mine, it is a 250Gb samsung (it saved me money).
The problem is that when i put the recovery disk in the drive, hp does not want to reinstall the system on the SSD, i had to get my own non OEM windows 8 copy.

Why is that?