HP 255 g5 question about ram. Can someone please help ?

[Shone023]

I have HP 255 g5 notebook AMD E2-7110 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics 1.80Ghz.
My question is can I add more RAM, and what RAM can I add to this laptop. The specifications say that the RAM is non upgradable and not user-acessible, does that mean that I add but not modify the RAM it came with? Or does it mean that I just can't add more RAM. I'm confused because it also said 16gb max RAM at the bottom. And if I can buy,which one ? Does it take 2GB modules or 4... It'sDDR3L and it says up to 1600MT/s .. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me out 🙂

[visruth · Accepted solution]

Hi,


Manual: Page 9, 46, 47
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05227786

Upto 16gb max - you could put two 8gb sticks max, of exact same configuration, speed and voltage as given in the Manual and each other.

DDR3L PC3L 12800 1600MHz 1.35V SO-DIMM SDRAM

Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-PC3-12800-KTH-X3CL-8G/dp/B00D74FQ0U/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UT...

RAM replacement video: https://h20574.www2.hp.com/results.htm?SID=10193058&MEID=DCF73E2E-B847-414F-A43F-52FCC65135C9

Non customer accessible/upgradeable means if you do it yourself and breaks something in the process, the warranty will get void.

It does not need major disassembly, I think you could do it yourself with the help of the video posted above.


Regards

Visruth

[GBL84]

Hello @Shone023,

Your PC will support upto 16gb of RAM Max.

See this : 

http://www.memorystock.com/memory/HewlettPackard255G5.html

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/HP-Compaq/hp-255-g5

Feature	Description
DDR3L	DDR3L – 1600 (Transfer rates up to 1600 MT/s) Single channel support Non customer accessible / upgradeable
Configuration	2048 MB Total System Memory (2048 MB x 1) 4096 MB Total System Memory (4096 MB x 1) 6144 MB (2048 MB x 1 + 4096 MB x 1) 8192 MB Total System Memory (4096 MB x 2) 8192 MB Total System Memory (8192 MB x 1) 12288 MB Total System Memory (8192 MB x1 +4096 MB x1) 16384 MB Total System Memory (8192 MB x 2)
Maximum	Up to 16 GB

Non customer accessible / upgradeable means that it not easily accessible by a normal user and requires expertise to open certain critical parts and not to damage the PC while upgrade.

Go through the below guide and see if you can do it yourself, if you find it difficult, please take it to any HP Authorised service centers and get it done or to any local computer repair shops neraby.

Guide : http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05227925

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