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‎09-26-2020 09:47 PM

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Product: HP 15-bs020wm
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have a HP 15-bs020wm with the original 4GB DDR3L-1600 RAM.   I know the laptop is limited to a maximum of 8GB, but I'm wondering if the mother board can use DDR3 or DDR4 RAM chips, or is it limited to DDR3L.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Franklin B.

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‎09-26-2020 10:15 PM

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Its specs

 

         https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c05847637

 

You can only use DDR3 or DDR3L, but why DDR3 ? You won't get anything more, only hotter.

 

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BH
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‎09-26-2020 10:15 PM

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@FCHB2U 

 

Its specs

 

         https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c05847637

 

You can only use DDR3 or DDR3L, but why DDR3 ? You won't get anything more, only hotter.

 

Regards.

BH
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‎09-26-2020 10:19 PM

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Thank you. I didn't realize that DDR3 performed hotter than DDR3L.  I also just realized (after some online research) that DDR3/3L and DDR4 are not interchangeable.  So, DDR3L it is.

 

Thanks again.

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