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Adding RAM to G75VW BBK5

Loren
Level 7
I would like to add more RAM to my Best Buy G75. I wanted to add 4 new RAM modules, but have read on the forum that getting at the stock RAM will void the warranty as it is located under the keyboard. If I were to leave the stock RAM alone and add two 8 GB RAM modules with the same specs (1600 DDR3...) would it work? i.e. does it mess things up to have two 4 GB modules under the keyboard and two 8 GB modules in the easy to get to locations?

I have read that the reason 16 GB is the max is due to the version of Windows--that you have to run Windows 7 ultimate for the machine to use more than 16 GB. If that is true what amount of RAM can Windows 7 ultimate utilize? 24GB? 32GB??

If I were to replace the stock RAM and have four 8 GB modules could I successfully use a higher MHz than 1600 (1866)?

Also, if I made a "RAM disc" would the computer be able to access the info significantly faster than it would from a solid state hard drive? I am replacing the primary HD with a 256 GB Samsung 830 regardless of what I do with the RAM. I "fly" quite a bit with Microsoft FSX and X-plane 10. If I loaded the flight sim on the RAM disc along with a lot of the scenery data I use a lot it seems to me that this would be the best way to improve performance (frame rate, etc.) or am I wasting $$ expecting a RAM disc to be much faster than an SSD?

I look forward to your comments.
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Hello, I purchased Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Modules CT2CP51264BF160B to upgrade my RAM to the cap of 16, but everytime I install the RAM the system wont boot at all. It tries to start and then just shuts off without the screen even coming on. WAs wondering if anyone had a suggestion for me.

Thanks

Apparently the DIMM you got are not compatible or are defective. Use Hwinfo64 to find out what the Voltages and Trimmings are for the currently installed RAM and match them up.
G752VY-DH72 Win 10 Pro
512 GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
1 TB Samsung 850 pro 2.5 format
980m GTX 4 GB
32GB DDR 4 Standard RAM

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Singinwolf725
Level 9
Greetings,
Don't Buy Kingston HyperX PnP PC1600 Cas9 memory. I have to return mine to Kingston for an exchange. Tech support said that the Cas 9 is too aggressive for the G75VW. Caused my system to randomly reboot back to the bios splash screen. Thought it was a defective system.
Hope this helps.

c_man
Level 11

Singinwolf725
Level 9
No, Can't get to the too under the keyboard without voiding the warranty. Just changed banks 3 & 4.

c_man
Level 11
Then it should not run at 9 at all, but 11. Have you seen them at 9?

Singinwolf725
Level 9
First system ran fine for about 4 weeks and then it started to randomly reboot back to the bios level. Thought it was a power issue and took the system back to Best Buy. The Geek squad agreed and ordered me a new system. Transferred both HD's and the memory. (found out that the wi-fi card had an issue also that the number 3 memory slot clips were defective) The new system ran fine for a couple of days then it also started to reboot as well and even more often. Have built many desktop systems and use Kingston memory for year and hadn't seen this symptom before that is why I call Kingston Tech support. That's when I found out that the memory would not work.

c_man
Level 11
Maybe, but it's very unlikely it was doing 9.

What do you have now and what are the numbers?

Singinwolf725
Level 9
They are sending me 2 Kvr16S11/4 as a replacement for the 2 HyperX modules I purchased through NewEgg.

Singinwolf725 wrote:
They are sending me 2 Kvr16S11/4 as a replacement for the 2 HyperX modules I purchased through NewEgg.


Great customer support...sounds like Kingston wants to keep a customer. Did they say why it was not compatible? How much RAM did you have in there? I know that 1866 RAM runs in one of the older G73's, based upon an article that ASUS put out.
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