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I have an Intel based HP Pavilion 17-g161us

It has 6 gigs ram now.  How much memory will it take? 

I assume it only has one memory slot that has to be switched out.

 

p.s. I wouldn't let me select "other" so I selected "Driver" when making this post

 

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@Michael_Piziak 

 

It specs

 

          https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c04754321

 

It has 6GB DDR3L SDRAM (2 DIMM) - 4GB + 2GB now and supports 16GB max. You can upgrade to 16GB  using

 

            https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr3/ct2kit102464bf160b/ct7710393


or replace 2GB with 4GB to have total 8GB using

 

            https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr3/ct51264bf160b/ct7710390

 

Regards.

BH
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@Michael_Piziak 

 

It specs

 

          https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c04754321

 

It has 6GB DDR3L SDRAM (2 DIMM) - 4GB + 2GB now and supports 16GB max. You can upgrade to 16GB  using

 

            https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr3/ct2kit102464bf160b/ct7710393


or replace 2GB with 4GB to have total 8GB using

 

            https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr3/ct51264bf160b/ct7710390

 

Regards.

BH
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