Trying to figure out good options for a RAM upgrade for my HP Pavilion 15-cw0005nm

[Siclone]

Hey folks, I've been looking around trying to find concrete info about the topic, but I've not been satisfied with the answers I've come up with since they haven't exactly related to my model. I got my HP Pavilion 15-cw0005nm in 2018, and it still serves its purpose quite well, though I've noticed the ram usage has gone up over time and 8GB isn't cutting it anymore.

Its equipped with 2x4GB, 2400MHz. What would be a sensible upgrade to go for, what's the upper bound of what I can go for, and anything else in between! All recommendations are welcome, and thanks for the help!

Oh and while we're here, is there any options for battery upgrades, or are the only alternatives running it plugged in or swapping the old battery with a new one?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

Chapter 1 has the memory upgrade info.

Maintenance and Service Guide HP Pavilion 15 Laptop PC

According to the manual, your notebook can support 2 x 8 GB of DDR4-2400 MHz memory, but it should be able to run 2 x 16 GB of memory if you want.

HP - Compaq Pavilion 15-cw0005nm | Memory RAM & SSD Upgrades | Crucial.com

There is only one supported battery which is listed in chapter 3, so a battery upgrade would not be possible.

You can run this command to show how much memory your notebook can support:

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

This will open the command prompt.

2. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and hit enter.

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.