RAM upgrade

[Jessbrad123]

Hi there,

I have a pavilion G6 and recently added 16gb of RAM and the laptop shows this is correct, one problem I am having is that it feels very sluggish as if it still had the 6gb ram as out of the factory, is there any way of sorting out this issue?

kind regards

Jess Bradford

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The service manual indicates that only 2 x 4 GB of memory is supported.

c03593126.pdf (hp.com)

There is only one thing that I can think of you can try.

This works for the models with the Intel processors when someone installs 2 x 8 GB of memory and the notebook's performance suffers:

See the discussion at the link below...see the solution reply shaded in green:

Solved: Performance degrades in Probook 4540s after memory upgrade - HP Support Community - 2268503

Under Windows 7 and later, you can do the following:

bcdedit /set {current} removememory 256

(Execute the command in command prompt with administrative privileges and reboot).

[Jessbrad123]

So will this allow the laptop to run faster or will it cap out after a certain amount is used?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I don't know what's going to happen. 

As I wrote earlier, your notebook only supports a 4 GB memory chip in each slot. 

If running that command helps the PC run better than it is now, you are only reducing the memory by 256 MB.

If it doesn't help, you will have to live with things the way they are, or install 2 x 4 GB of memory. 

[Jessbrad123]

Let’s hope it works 😅, thank you

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

[Jessbrad123]

Just wondering, how am I able to see how much ram I am using as currently it is working well just feels still a little sluggish

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You can see how the memory is being used by running the Windows Resource Monitor app.

[Jessbrad123]

Thank you, now my cpu is dying 😂

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

The service manual doesn't even list the E2-1800  processor your notebook came with as a supported processor, so I don't know if you can upgrade to any of the other processors listed in chapter 1 of the manual.

According to this link, the processor is a BGA-socketed processor which means that is is soldered to the motherboard and cannot be upgraded.

AMD E2-1800 Specs | TechPowerUp CPU Database

So if the processor is dying, it is time for a new notebook.

No sense in throwing good money after bad on an 11 year old notebook.