Does anyone know if the RAM is expandable? I have an extra 4gb card that I want to add to make it 8gb. Can I do that without taking the laptop apart?
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No, but taking it apart is fairly simple. It is a bunch of screws, but it's just a matter of unscrewing them and pulling the back off. That provides access to RAM, hard drive, wireless card, msata slot, and most everything else.
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I have not looked into the upgrade of ram as of yet. Strong laptop from what I have seen so far. Battery is built in. I ran the laptop w/o being plugged in and got about 6.5 hrs of use on the battery life. Hope this helps.
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RAM cannot be added on the model I bought. That's the one reason I returned mine. It was a very nice machine otherwise.
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Hi M Long,COuld I ask exacetly what you did to upgrade your ram yourself? I know that if we do upgrades ourself and break or damage anything, that could cause the warrenty for the lap top to be void by apple, so I just wanted to make sure I could do it or rather take the right stepthanksKenny
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There are 2 open memory slots under the access cover. I was able to upgrade it to 32GB of RAM with no trouble at all.
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Adding ram to many ultrabooks is not possible because the chips are soldered to the motherboard. Check with ASUS directly to see if it is indeed possible. That being said you might very well see a nice improvement in performance.
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Ram is, assuming that the system can handle 16GB SODIMM memory, it comes with 2x8GB and these would have to be replaced with 16GB sticks. Similarly, storage can be expanded but only if you're OK with imaging and swapping a boot drive since there's only room for on internal drive. Access to both memory and storage requires you to remove the back cover of the screen which is straightforward. The system also comes with several USB3 ports, so adding external storage isn't a problem
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I think you are correct that the i7 3610QM processor would support 32GB, but I don't think this laptop's motherboard/chassis allows it. I just installed 8GB on mine, and there are only 2 slots, and they are stacked very close together, so close that I don't think there would be room for bigger even if the processor would recognize it.
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Specs don't say RAM is expandable. You have to go much further up the product line for upgradeable RAM.
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Yes. I bought this model specifically because I didn't want to overpay for additional memory. I added this, right from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LDLV6S/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1; and it works fine. I think 8GB is the max, but you should confirm that. I did not pay attention to that because the laptop was for my grandson.
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You can add RAM however two of the slots are under the keyboard, after hours of chat and phone calls with Asus I still don't know how to install the RAM.
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it said it was expandable, not sure if that means you have to remove the existing ram chip or not..
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It uses laptop form factor SO-DIMM RAM. It can be upgraded to 8GB, but you would have to removed the 4GB module and replace it with an 8GB. There is no second slot.
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I mean it has more than my gateway which I got rid of and that one had ram added, so there is plenty here but I could not see why you could not add another bit, though you would have to call the mfg. to find out for sure. Since I just got it in the last year and it has more than I ever have had including the add on to the gateway the thought did not cross my mind. You should call Lenovo if you want more and make sure.
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Buddy, Yes it can be upgraded to a maximum of 16 gb as per the maximum specifications. However, practically I haven't tried. To best of my judgement I think it will support as HP must have done the bench marking or tests with maximum amount of RAM it can squeeze in.
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Disappointed that it has only 4gb memory capability, hope that its a miss print can anybody confirm that? Don't know what to do now, the price of ram always goes down and the need for it always seems to increase.
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I found this YouTube video very helpful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO-Z7y9Ge4g. You can see exactly what needs to be done, where to find the parts and what to expect. Adding the RAM is a great low-cost enhancement to this nifty little computer.