ram upgrade

[lemoult1]

What is the maximum amount of ram that this laptop supports?

[tk_srq · Accepted solution]

@lemoult1,

According to the service manual (on pages 1- 2), your notebook with an Intel i5-1135G7 processor has two memory slots and supports up to 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4-3200 memory.

Maintenance and Service Guide

Your notebook may support more than 16 GB. Click the link below and run the command line for the max RAM capacity your model supports.

2 Steps to Check Maximum RAM Capacity of Your Computer

If it reports 32 GB, your model most likely supports 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 MT/s memory.

If the notebook is running on freshly installed W11 25H2, you need to open PowerShell as an administrator and run the command line below for the max supported memory.

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PhysicalMemoryArray | Select-Object MaxCapacityEx, MemoryDevices

[lemoult1]

By following your recommendation, the results indicate that my laptop can support up to 128Gb. I currently have only 12Gb, so I will probably upgrade to 64 (32X2) in the near future.  My laptop has 64-bit OS running Windows 11 Home version 25H2.

Thank your for your assistance,

lemoult1

[tk_srq]

You are welcome.

My HP 15-dy2xxx notebook has the exact same processor, and the command line reports max 32 GB (2x16 GB).

The command lines I posted earlier retrieve the memory information from the SMBIOS table in the BIOS. If you get whopping 128 GB, that's the result of a way HP BIOS engineer filled the table in your BIOS, even though the Intel specs for i5-1135G7 say max supported memory is 64 GB.

For most of non-business class notebook users, 64 GB is more than enough, sort of overkill, I think.

You need to avoid gaming/performance memory as such memory tends to have a faster timing (lower CL number). It's better to use DDR4-3200 MT/s memory with standard CL22.