Notebook HP Pavilion 15-e026sl upgrade

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Hi, I would like to upgrade my Notebook HP Pavilion 15-e026sl. Actually Its RAM is 6 GB.

No way to install Windows 10? No Windows 10 drivers available? .... or Could I use Windows 8.1 drivers in Windows 10? If affermative (Windows 10 ok?! ) my Notebook HP Pavilion 15-e026sl can use/read 16 GB of RAM ?

Thanks in advance

G, L.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

You can install 2 x 8 GB of memory in your notebook, but since it has the Intel/AMD graphics adapters, there are no W10 drivers for that setup, so the graphics may not work correctly.

If your notebook has the Ralink wifi adapter, that may not work either.

I would not go out and buy W10.

You can try the free upgrade by clicking on the blue Update Now button at the link below and see how W10 works on your notebook.

Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com)

You have 30 days to go back to W8.1 if things don't work as expected as long as you don't delete any of the installation files, or windows.old folder.

This article explains how you can still get the free upgrade to W10...

Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade | ZDNet

You can try this W10 AMD graphics driver from a similar model notebook that has the Intel/AMD switchable graphics.

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71501-72000/sp71870.exe

[docca]

Thanks for your quick and exhaustive reply. I still use that laptop at my work place so I will not try Win 10 while I will switch to a SSD. I think You saved me a lot of time. Thanks again.

Sincerely G. L.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.