Upgrading RAM in HP Stream 14ax030wm

[Newuser98]

I have a HP Stream 14ax030wm laptop running Windows 10. It never has enough disk space to update Windows. I was going to toss it, but I decided to try upgrading the RAM to 8G after watching a great YouTube video and buying a 32 SD card to use as a disk space extension.

When I pulled the RAM card, it’s marked “4GB 1Rx8 PC3L 12800S”. Does the PC3L indicate this is a DDR3 card? I am finding conflicting info online. Any insight on this issue? Thanks for any light you can shed. If anyone can recommend the best 8G RAM card to buy, including the model number or a link to the site, that would be ideal.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The product specs for your notebook indicate that it comes with a 4 GB DDR3L-1600 memory chip.

HP Stream - 14-ax030wm Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

Below is the link to the service manual.

HP Stream Laptop PC 14 * Model numbers: 14-ax0XX Maintenance and Service GuideIMPORTANT! This docume...

The manual indicates the max memory is 1 x 4 GB, but I believe that is incorrect.

This notebook model series can come with the same processor as yours and HP indicates the max memory is 1 x 8 GB.

See chapter 1, page 2.

HP Notebook PC (Intel)HP 250 G4 Notebook PCHP 256 G4 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide

This should be a compatible 8 GB memory chip for your notebook:

Amazon.com: Crucial RAM 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL11 Laptop Memory CT102464BF160B : Everything Else

This chip should also work and costs a bit less...

Timetec 8GB DDR3L / DDR3 1600MHz (DDR3L-1600) PC3L-12800 / PC3-12800(PC3L-12800S) Non-ECC Unbuffered...

[Newuser98]

Hi thanks for your reply. However, both of the RAM chips you recommended are DDR3 units. If my HP stream is currently running a DDR4 4G RAM,  how would a DDR3 RAM replace that?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

That was a typo on my part, sorry.

Your notebook uses DDR3L-1600 memory as indicated in the service manual and product specs.