RAM Upgrading

[FreundZsofi]

Hello,
I have a laptop of the type HP-15s-eq0002nh. RYZEN 5 3500U Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 8 GB RAM.

My question would be whether it is possible to expand the RAM capacity and what the expandability is. Is it possible to add an additional 16 GB SDRAM alongside the existing 8 GB?

Thank you in advance for your response.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Chapter 1 of the service manual indicates the maximum memory is 2 x 8 GB:

Maintenance and Service Guide HP 15 Laptop PC

If you want to see if the notebook will support more than 2 x 8 GB of memory, you can run this command to confirm how much memory your PC can support:

1. In the search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator.

This will open the command prompt.

2. After the command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and press the enter key.

There, it will show the maximum RAM capacity your PC's motherboard can support.

The capacity is shown as Kilobytes, so you have to convert it to Gigabytes by dividing the number provided in the report by 1,048,576.

[FreundZsofi]

Thank you very much for your response, I checked, and the motherboard supports 33554432 KB (32 GB). Does this mean I can add a 16 GB RAM alongside the existing 8 GB?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome. 

Yes, that should work fine. 

Make sure that if you buy DDR4-2400 memory, that it is CL 17,  DDR4-2666 CL 19,  or DDR4-3200 CL 22.

[FreundZsofi]

No, it doesn't matter if the 16 GB RAM is in a single-channel configuration or dual ranked?

https://www.alza.hu/donto-so-dimm-16-gigabajt-ddr4-2400-mhz-orajelu-cl17-dual-helyen-d4747621.htm?ka...

Could this be good for it?