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‎09-27-2019 04:19 PM

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Product: 14-ab166us
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Laptop currently has 6GB RAM. The max I can upgrade to is 16GB. The memory I need for this is DDR3L PC3L-12800 1600 MHz. However, I don't know if I need the SO-DIMM (204 pin) or SDRAM (240 pin)?

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‎09-27-2019 04:29 PM

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@pkjm17 

 

Its specs

 

     https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c04764665

 

It has   6GB DDR3L SDRAM (2 DIMM) now  (4GB + 2GB). You can upgrade to 16GB using

 

   https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/pavilion-14-ab166us/CT8838676

 

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BH
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‎09-27-2019 04:42 PM

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Ok, thank you. It currently has SDRAM? I had thought SDRAM was used in desktops?

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‎09-27-2019 05:16 PM

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@pkjm17 wrote:

Ok, thank you. It currently has SDRAM? I had thought SDRAM was used in desktops?

@pkjm17 

 

SDRAM is for Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory which means the same for notebooks/laptops and desktops the PHYSICAL shapes and sizes for notebooks and desktops are not the same. Please read more info

 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM

 

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