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Determine max installable RAM for a CPU that supports but no official motherboard support

I have a Lenovo Ideapad-520IKB laptop with a single 16GB memory SODIMM module and no soldered memory on motherboard. I want to upgrade it to 32GB (or 24GB if 32 not possible) When I searched Lenovo ...
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DDR4 SODIMM what does the V lettering mean after the speed? E.g PC4-2666V

I'm normally familar with the lettering of RAM sticks but I'm a little stuck on what V means. For exampe I know 2400T is the T suffix at the end means it meets a specific JEDEC standard. A 2400T ...
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How to tell if a laptop is utilizing LPDDR5 Link-ECC functionality?

JEDEC introduces two kinds of ECC to LPDDR5, that's inline ECC and link ECC. [1] However, link ECC, which is used to protect data through transmitting, is optional.[2]. My question is, how could we ...
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Why does my HP EliteBook 8440p doesn't turn on with 2 new DDR3 4gb RAMs?

My HP EliteBook 8440p had 2 DDR3 RAM of 2GB each, so 4 GB total. This is my DxDiag info: The specs of these 2 RAM are: I wanted to change them to 2 4gb RAMs (so 8GB, the max supported ram for this ...
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Can I add to my laptop a DDR3L RAM of 1.35v if I already have a DDR3 RAM of 1.5v configured to run at 1.35v? [duplicate]

I have an MSI GP60 2QF Leopard Pro laptop that has a 4th generation Intel core processor (i5-4210H) and an 8GB Kingston DDR3 SDRAM PC3L-12800S 1600MHz RAM Memory (couldn't find a better nor original ...
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How to find compatible RAM for second laptop DIMM slot

I bought a laptop that has 2 DIMM slots, it shipped with a 16 GB stick in one of these slots, but I want to upgrade it and get another 16 GB stick without sacrificing my existing one. I did a little ...
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Adding new DIMM slot in laptop by soldering

I have laptop Acer Aspire One 722. Specification says that it has 2 DIMM slots, but when I opened it, I found it has only one, and there is a place for second one. I'm just interested, could I add ...
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How can I determine the fastest RAM I can put in my laptop ?

I would like to add some RAM to my laptop but I have one small problem: I would like to know what is the fastest speed I can put inside it. I know from CPU-Z that I use DDR3 RAM: One piece of RAM ...
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Is PC2700 SODIMM laptop memory backwards compatible with PC100?

Can laptop PC100-133 memory be replaced with PC2700-333 ? Both have 200-pin SODIMM.
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