Maximum RAM capacity.

[ivanrcks95]

Hey everyone, just a curiosity question, so my work is giving me a free upgrade to my work laptop, it only really needs a bit more ram and a ssd, the ssd part i managed to sort out however im now trying to figure out what my maximum supported RAM capacity. The laptop is a hp pavilion g6, with the i7 3632qm and a radeon 7670m, so the 2361er model afaik, cant confirm 100%. Ive read online everything from 6gb max (what it has now) to 8gb max, to 16gb max, so just need some clarification as the i7 3632qm supports up to 32gb, so does that mean i am safe to upgrade it to 32gb? Or should i stick to what ive read and just get another 4gb module and make it 8gb max. Anyone whos dealt with this before and tried more than the 8gb max figure? Thanks in advance. 

[xdeathshot20]

1 minute ago, ivanrcks95 said:

Hey everyone, just a curiosity question, so my work is giving me a free upgrade to my work laptop, it only really needs a bit more ram and a ssd, the ssd part i managed to sort out however im now trying to figure out what my maximum supported RAM capacity. The laptop is a hp pavilion g6, with the i7 3632qm and a radeon 7670m, so the 2361er model afaik, cant confirm 100%. Ive read online everything from 6gb max (what it has now) to 8gb max, to 16gb max, so just need some clarification as the i7 3632qm supports up to 32gb, so does that mean i am safe to upgrade it to 32gb? Or should i stick to what ive read and just get another 4gb module and make it 8gb max. Anyone whos dealt with this before and tried more than the 8gb max figure? Thanks in advance. 

according to ark, the cpu itself supports 32gb of RAM, wither or not the motherboard and pc can support that much is a different question.  If possible try putting in 32gb or RAM and see if it boots, if it does run a few tests to make sure its stable and if it is then your good to go.

 

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/71670/intel-core-i7-3632qm-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-20-ghz-bga.html

[CommanderAlex]

Usually, HP provides a support document online for the computers they sale, including how much RAM you can upgrade to under the RAM category. Just type your full model number in on a google search and look for something like hp.support http and it should be there, unless they removed it because its an older laptop but I've seen computers that old on their support website. 

 

EDIT: Found the support link https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-g6-2300-notebook-pc-series/5330578/model/5347274/product-info

 

[ivanrcks95]

4 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

Usually, HP provides a support document online for the computers they sale, including how much RAM you can upgrade to under the RAM category. Just type your full model number in on a google search and look for something like hp.support http and it should be there, unless they removed it because its an older laptop but I've seen computers that old on their support website. 

Yeah thats the thing, finding a hard time figuring out what model it is, found two that match it, the 2361er and the 2348sg, the 2361er only comes up in russian sites not on HPs site, while the 2348sg is the other way round. Both are identical spec to mine.

[CommanderAlex]

1 minute ago, ivanrcks95 said:

Yeah thats the thing, finding a hard time figuring out what model it is, found two that match it, the 2361er and the 2348sg, the 2361er only comes up in russian sites not on HPs site, while the 2348sg is the other way round. Both are identical spec to mine.

That's odd, I see in the manual, it says either  a 4GB stick of RAM or 2GB...page 24 of the manual lists 1066 Mhz DDR3. 

[ivanrcks95]

2 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

That's odd, I see in the manual, it says either  a 4GB stick of RAM or 2GB...page 24 of the manual lists 1066 Mhz DDR3. 

Yet this has 6gb of 1600mhz DDR3, one 2gb and one 4gb module.

[ivanrcks95]

Okay used the serial number and found out its a HP Pavilion g6-2209sia, HP states max 8gb, Crucial upgrade program states 16gb, back to square one haha

[jaslion]

7 minutes ago, ivanrcks95 said:

Yet this has 6gb of 1600mhz DDR3, one 2gb and one 4gb module.

As far as I can figure out that laptop has 2 ram slots so you are directly limited to 16gb in a 2x8gb configuration. People have successfully upgraded to 16gb of ram on similar models so I would not be too surprised if yours can do so too. 32gb is out of the question however as it simply does not have the slots for it.