Matching Laptop Memory?

[MKeefeus]

I'm trying to upgrade a friends laptop as a surprise. The laptop has 1 4gb stick and I want to ad 4 more gigs, but I don't know exactly what stick it is. Do they need to mach perfectly or is having the same speed and such good enough

[themctipers]

roughly what year is it from, and does it even have a sodimm slot? most laptops have soldered ram.

[xdeathshot20]

1 minute ago, MKeefeus said:

I'm trying to upgrade a friends laptop as a surprise. The laptop has 1 4gb stick and I want to ad 4 more gigs, but I don't know exactly what stick it is. Do they need to mach perfectly or is having the same speed and such good enough

usally having the same speed is good enough.  You dont need the same exact brand

[MKeefeus]

Just now, themctipers said:

roughly what year is it from, and does it even have a sodimm slot? most laptops have soldered ram.

I know there is an empty slot, I had taken it apart before

[JaegerB]

10 minutes ago, MKeefeus said:

I'm trying to upgrade a friends laptop as a surprise. The laptop has 1 4gb stick and I want to ad 4 more gigs, but I don't know exactly what stick it is. Do they need to mach perfectly or is having the same speed and such good enough

I upgraded my ultrabook from 4gb to 8gb a few years back. The original stick was samsung and the replacement was kingston. The speeds were both 2133mhz ddr3 and i've never had issues since.

 

7 minutes ago, MKeefeus said:

I know there is an empty slot, I had taken it apart before

That's good, you can just buy a sodimm stick of the same speed and capacity and stick it in.