Want to upgrade my RAM & SSD

[Rakesh_Sinha]

Help me please. I want to upgrade my HP 200 G3 AiO PC from 8 GB RAM to 16 GB 

On website, its written wrong:

How do I know that if my PC supports 16 GB Ram w/ config. of (8x2) RAM (16x1) RAM

Here's the website.

Should I buy a (8x2) Ram or (16x1) RAM?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Chapter 2, page 5 of the service manual indicates that HP only offered memory modules up to 8 GB in the model series.

c06060724.pdf (hp.com)

The notebook has two memory slots as indicated in chapter 4 of the manual, so the max memory is 2 x 8 GB.

If your PC came with a single 8 GB memory chip, you would only need to install a second 8 GB chip in the empty slot.

Crucial 8GB DDR4-2400 SODIMM | CT8G4SFS824A | Crucial IN

[Rakesh_Sinha]

No. I mean if I want to upgrade myself then can I upgrade from 8 GB to 16 GB? Currently, I have (4x2) RAM. 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, you can install a 16 GB chip and leave one of the 4 GB chips installed or you can install 2 x 8 GB of memory and run the memory in dual channel mode.

[Rakesh_Sinha]

Can't I just remove all chips and install a 16 GB chip.

Of (16x1). Means I have to do the (8x2)?

Please just tell me if I have to do (8x2) or (16x1) ? Or I can do anyone of them.

You only have these options:

(a) 8x2

(b) 16x1

(c) Any of both

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can install a single 16 GB memory chip and leave the other slot empty but why you would want to waste one of the perfectly good 4 GB memory chips is a mystery to me.

[Rakesh_Sinha]

I'll just add the stick on my laptop. I'm not sure if it supports DDR4 or DDR3?

And what about the SSD?

I want to apply NVMe SSD of 128 GB (2 sticks) Is there any way to merge the storage and convert to 256 GB?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

We may have to backpedal on this...

The info in the manual may be incorrect because the Crucial memory report indicates the max memory is 2 x 8 GB.

HP - Compaq HP 200 G3 AIO | Memory RAM Upgrades | Crucial.com

I recommend that you run this command to see how much memory your PC can support before buying a 16 GB memory chip.

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.

There is only one M.2 NVMe SSD slot, so you can't install 2 x 128 GB NVMe SSD's in the PC.