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Upgrading RAM on Windows 10

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Hello there,

 

I just have a quick question:

I have 8GB of DDR3 1600mhz RAM. I want to buy the same RAM again so that I can have 16GB.

But can I upgrade just like that with Windows 10 or will I have some issues ?

Because I heard some stuff, that your licence of Windows 10 will be removed if you change your hardware and all that stuff :/

 

An answer would be really great :)

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In my experience that should not matter, upgrade at will =)

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I believe that windows licenses are tied to your motherboard, adding RAM should have no issues with Windows 10, I upgraded when I was on Windows 7 and there was no issues.

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I have Windows 10 and I upgraded from 2x2gb to 1x8gb, it booted right up without problems.

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4 minutes ago, Naruto1 said:

Hello there,

 

I just have a quick question:

I have 8GB of DDR3 1600mhz RAM. I want to buy the same RAM again so that I can have 16GB.

But can I upgrade just like that with Windows 10 or will I have some issues ?

Because I heard some stuff, that your licence of Windows 10 will be removed if you change your hardware and all that stuff :/

 

An answer would be really great :)

 

Changing RAM does not cause your Windows 10 licence to be deactivated. If you change the motherboard it is possible that you need to call the Microsoft Robot and get it reactivated. Any other hardware change will not trigger the licence deactivation.

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I upgrade RAM 2 times with Windows 10 and was perfectly ok. BUT when i changed my motherboard it remove my licence

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Damn, so many answers in such a short time :o

Thanks a lot guys.

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I think there will be no issue whatsoever. I run my Windows 10 installation on 16GB (and for once 128GB on an ex-server machine) of RAM and it have absolutely zero issue with it.

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