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How To Expand Your Laptop RAM, HP, Dell, Acer, Asus, Lenovo Laptops and More
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Apr 24, 2025
If you need more RAM on your laptop, then the best way to go about it is to add more RAM on your laptop. In this tutorial I show you How To Expand Your Laptop RAM on HP, Dell, Acer, Asus, Lenovo Laptops and more.
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So, this laptop is running low on RAM
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and I just want to show you how you can
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expand the RAM of your laptop by
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inserting more RAM on your laptop. And
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this is something you can do it by
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yourself and I'll be taking you through
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a step-by-step process to go ahead and
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expand your RAM or replace even your RAM
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on your laptop. Now to do this, we'll
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need to go inside our laptop by
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uncovering the casing and then I'll show
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you how we can find an empty slot and
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then insert in this RAM to expand and
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have more RAM on our laptop. So my name
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is Isaac and if you'll find this video
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helpful, I'll kindly request that you
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hit the like button and subscribe to
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this channel to support me. Now for some
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laptops, we have some compartments that
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you can just open and then access RAM
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easily. However, for this laptop, this
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is a HP laptop, and for this, we don't
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have a compartment that you can open.
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And now, for this case, you'll have to
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open the whole casing before you can
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access the motherboard because this is
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replaced on the motherboard. Now, the
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first thing you need to do is to go
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ahead and remove the battery. If your
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lap if your laptop has external battery,
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go ahead and remove it. It's time to go
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ahead and unscrew all the screws that
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are on your laptop. So, I'll do that in
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a moment.
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And now it's time to remove the casing.
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Before you remove the casing, just make
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sure you remove the CD drive or the DVD
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drive. Then I'll go ahead and remove
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this casing.
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So this you do it gently to avoid
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breaking your
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casing. Now if you look at this laptop,
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you can see there are two slots for RAM.
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However, only one has been utilized. We
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still have another slot here. So there
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are two ways you can expand this RAM.
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You either remove this RAM and then
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replace it with a bigger RAM with more
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capacity or just go ahead and leave this
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RAM and insert the new RAM here. Now,
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before you go ahead and buy the RAM, you
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first need to know the type of RAM that
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will be used on your laptop. So, if you
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go ahead and remove this RAM that is
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existing on this, you'll be able to see
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the size of the RAM. For instance, this
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had a 2 GB RAM and it is a DDR3 RAM. So,
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you have to be sure the type of RAM that
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you're going to replace on your laptop.
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And the best way to buy the RAM is to
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have this or take a photo of this and
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then go to your computer shop and then
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the dealer will help you choose the type
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of RAM that is suitable for your
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computer. The only variation you can
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have is the size. For instance, if this
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is GB, you can go ahead and buy an 8 GB.
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However, it should be a DDR3 RAM just as
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this. So let me go ahead and return this
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in its
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place and then go and take the same type
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of RAM a DDR3. So let me see. And here
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we go. I have here a DDR3 but this is
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4GB. So if this is 4GB and the one I
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have on my laptop is is 2GB, we shall
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end up having 6GB. And now to mount
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this, I'll go
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ahead and mount it. Now the reason why
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it must be DDR3 just like the other one
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is because of this gap. You can see we
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have a gap here. Yes, we have a gap
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here. So this gap must be in line with
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the gap that is on your computer. And
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for the DR3 RAMs, the gap is usually at
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that location. So I'll go ahead and
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mount it. First make sure that the
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battery if you are using inbuilt battery
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make sure that you disconnect the
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battery from the motherboard. If you
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happen to mount the RAM with your
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battery on the RAM will not function. It
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will be spoiled immediately. So go ahead
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and disconnect the battery. Look for the
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battery cable. Disconnect it before you
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can mount this RAM. So to mount it just
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go ahead and align the gap on your
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motherboard. Once it is aligned go ahead
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and press it down until it clips. And it
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has clipped. Now we have two set of RAMs
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on our laptop. From here, go ahead
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connect the battery and then go ahead
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and try powering it on before you screw
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it. Because RAM is very sensitive,
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sometimes you might end up returning the
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casing yet the RAM doesn't function. So
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once you are done, you can just go ahead
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open your
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laptop and then if you're using external
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battery, you can just go ahead and
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connect the charger directly. Then go
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ahead and switch. If you see it power on
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and display then know that the RAM is
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working. So once you have confirmed that
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remove the charger then go ahead and
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restore the back casing and screw it
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back. So that's how you expand your RAM
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on your computer or change the RAM on
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your computer by following these simple
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steps. If you have any other question
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kindly let me know in the comment
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section. Otherwise if this video was
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