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HP ENVY 15 ae107tx
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Hi,

 

Product number: P4X12PA#ABG

 

Current Specs:
- Processor & Graphics : 6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U + NVIDIA GeForce 940M 4GB
- Memory : 16GB DDR3L - 1 DIMM
- Hard Drive : 2TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive

 

Is it possible to replace DDR3 Ram with DDR4 Ram in my laptop? Thanks.

 

Regards

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Hello @Btcc73,

 

 

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DDR4 RAM is not backwards compatible with DDR3 motherboards and vice versa.

The notch has been moved to prevent accidental insertion of the wrong type of memory. 

 

You will not be able to change to DDR-4 . The notch will not accept.

 

See here : 

 

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Hello @Btcc73,

 

 

Welcome to FORUM !!!

 

 

DDR4 RAM is not backwards compatible with DDR3 motherboards and vice versa.

The notch has been moved to prevent accidental insertion of the wrong type of memory. 

 

You will not be able to change to DDR-4 . The notch will not accept.

 

See here : 

 

Capture.JPG

 

 

 

 

 

Hope this helps, for any further queries reply to the post and feel free to join us again !!

 

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Thank You,

GBL84

I am not an HP Employee 

 

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Hi,

 

Even it fit physically, it won't run DDR4 speed.

 

Regards.

BH
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