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07-15-2021 09:14 PM
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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07-15-2021 10:30 PM
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
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07-15-2021 10:30 PM
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.
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