HP Mini 5103 4 GB RAM

[CZECHer]

Hey guys,

i mentioned that some people were able to upgrade the RAM of their HP mini's to 4 GB although the official site says only 2 GB are supported. This should be because of the pre-installed Windows Starter.

I am running Windows 8 64 bit and want to upgrade my HP MINI 5103 from 2 GB to 4 GB. Do you know whether this is possible? Can you show me a fitting RAM-module please?

Thank you in advice

[CZECHer]

Will one of these fit?

1. Kingston ValueRAM PC3-10600 4 GB (SO-DIMM, 204-polig 1333 MHz) DDR3 RAM

2. SAMSUNG 1x 4 GB 204 pin DDR3-1600 SO-DIMM (1600Mhz, PC3-12800S, CL11)

3. Kingston CL7 SO-DIMM 4GB (1066 MHz, 204-polig) DDR3-RAM

Thank you

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I don't think it is possible as the highest processor that comes with the notebook according to HP is the N550.

Intel states the max memory for that processor is 2 GB.

http://ark.intel.com/products/50154/Intel-Atom-Processor-N550-1M-Cache-1_50-GHz?q=N550

However, if you have money to gamble, with the odds stacked against you, this would be the 4 GB chip you would use.

I posted the links to several brands. You should be able to get one of these where you live.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231341

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139190

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148492

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220476

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145283

[CZECHer]

Thank you for your fast reaction, it was very helpful!
The prozessor is 64-bit so it should be capable of handling 4 GB of RAM, isn't he?
Is there another limitating hardware-part?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

You would think that it could since it was 64 bit but I can only go with what the Intel specs show = 2 GB.

Like I said, it would be a high risk to install a 4 GB memory chip when all the specs say the max is only 2 GB.

The specs can be wrong too.

I have a HP 6910p notebook and all the specs stated the maximum memory was only 4 GB even with a 64 bit OS.

I took a gamble and bought one 4 GB chip and it worked and windows reported 6 GB (because I left a 2 GB chip in the other slot).

Since it took 6 GB, I knew it would take 8 GB and I bought the second memory chip and 8 GB worked just fine.

All I can say is I don't have your notebook, so I can't tell you first hand if 4 GB will work or not.

It will be very unlikely anyone here will be able to give you a definite yes or no answer to your question.

Someone would have to have your notebook and someone would have had to try and install 4 GB of memory in it.

[CZECHer]

Thank you for your patience and support.
I actually found some information about a possible support of 4 gb RAM:
http://netbooks.findthebest.com/q/20/4065/How-much-RAM-does-the-HP-Mini-5103-netbook-have
http://netbooks.findthebest.com/l/20/HP-Mini-5103

I will buy the Kingston one and will report 🙂

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're most welcome.

I wish you good luck with the experiment, and look forward to reading about the results (if they are good ).

[CZECHer]

Here is my result: It didn't work 😄 The notbook could't boot - the screen just stayed black 😞

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Sorry it didn't work. 

Hopefully you will be able to use the memory module in another PC or sell it to a friend.

[CZECHer]

No problem, still worth it. Thank you for your help