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‎12-25-2020 09:28 PM

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Product: 17-BY2053CL
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Just got a 17-BY2053CL laptop for Christmas and would like to know if I can upgrade the memory and what the maximum memory is.

Also would like to know if the hard drive can be upgraded to an NVME.

Thanks for any help.

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‎12-25-2020 10:17 PM

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@rivey 

 

Its specs

 

         https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06955370

 

It has  12 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB, 1 x 8 GB) now (both slots are occupied). You can upgrade to

 

   (a) 16GB: Use same existing 8GB to replace 4GB or using the following compatible RAM

                     https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct8g4sfra266/ct19618271

   (b) 32GB: Install 16GB to each slot using the following compatible RAM (will run at 2666MHz)

                    https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g32c16s4b/ct19618215

             or   https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct32g4sfd8266/ct19618219

   (c) 64GB (max): Install 16GB to each slot using the following compatible RAM

                   https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct2k32g4sfd8266/ct19618289

 

Regards,

  

BH
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‎12-25-2020 10:17 PM

HP Recommended

@rivey 

 

Its specs

 

         https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06955370

 

It has  12 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB, 1 x 8 GB) now (both slots are occupied). You can upgrade to

 

   (a) 16GB: Use same existing 8GB to replace 4GB or using the following compatible RAM

                     https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct8g4sfra266/ct19618271

   (b) 32GB: Install 16GB to each slot using the following compatible RAM (will run at 2666MHz)

                    https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g32c16s4b/ct19618215

             or   https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct32g4sfd8266/ct19618219

   (c) 64GB (max): Install 16GB to each slot using the following compatible RAM

                   https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct2k32g4sfd8266/ct19618289

 

Regards,

  

BH
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‎12-27-2020 08:10 AM

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Thanks for your quick reply, it is very helpful.

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