Expand RAM on the 15-eg0210nd Pavilion

[Mike6500]

Dear members,

I bought a Pavilion on Amazon. Works perfect, but i want to upgrade the RAM from 8 tot max 32 (2x16). I read all the manuals and all info on the HP site, but nowhere i can see if the motherboard support that kind of upgrade.The motherboard is stated to be the HP 87CB. Can somebody please inform me if it is possible on this motherboard to upgrade the RAM?

Thanks So much.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

According to chapter 1 of the service manual, HP indicates the max is 2 x 8 GB of memory.

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

I find that kind of hard to believe on a notebook with an Intel 11th gen core processor.

I would think it should support 2 x 16 GB of memory.

You can verify how much memory your PC can support by doing this...

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 maxcapacity 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.

If the report shows you can run 32 GB or more memory, this should be a compatible 16 GB memory chip for your notebook...

Crucial 16GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM | CT16G4SFRA32A | Crucial EU

[Mike6500]

Hi Paul,

Thanks so much for your reply. Really helpful! The number shown after running that line in the command prompt is 134217728. So after deviding that is 128 GB. Way more then the manuel states. So it will work properly when i put in 2x16GB you think? Then i will order them. Great news 🙂