This all seems very esoteric, strange model numbers for very specific Samsung components that seem to have variants and no way to tell which exact one I need.
And then there’s the issue of 3rd party memory.
Is there a tool out there I can use to test this? Some way of determining the Motherboard information and what that is compatible with? Or should any old RAM work as long as it’s the same specs, that being:
99.99% of the time with laptops same or similar specs will work fine.
e.g. you might be able to go with 1.35V memory maybe… which right open the door to get an even faster memory kit at the cost of some battery life and cooling.
… or you might want to go to 2666 memory, with lower power use and lower throughput, but get modules with slightly better cas.
Here’s some ideas:
^^ in case you want to go to 64G(not sure why I misread that’s what you wanted), you can play with filters to get what you’re looking for.
It’s probably the biggest they tested/validated with their own components they’d normally sell, the CPU (… or should I call it SOC or APU) supports 64G, and there’s pretty much no components between that HP could mess with.
It could be limited by firmware if HP decided to gimp it intentionally somehow, but that’s unlikely.
(RAM needs to be initialized before it can be used, during very early firmware boot there’s some complicated ram initialization that happens, I doubt HP would mess with that code and would be more likely to just keep using whatever AMD tells them to use)
pull the ramstick. it should have its specs on a sticker.
or run cpu-z and check the memory/spd tabs. the part number should be listed and the timings you need to match, shown.
why?
wmic memorychip list full isnt 100% at reading the specs.
google is ssn/part number and find the same ram at a price you can stomach.
if its on amazon try the same search on the retailers website often its a little cheaper with less p&p
get 1 stick of 16 gig.
as long as the timings match you should be good.
You can also double check using Crucial’s compatibility database. Of course it will only suggest Crucial brand DIMMs but it will tell you max capacity and speed/volt/timings.
That’s just how DDR memory works in general. 1600mhz is the actual clock speed but 3200mhz is the effective frequency since it reads memory twice per clock cycle. They chose the bigger number for marketing purposes.
