You CAN upgrade the memory on HP Stream Laptops!

The HP Streambook 14 is an “affordable” (Chromebooks take that cake now) Windows laptop with less than ideal specs. Mainly it’s memory. Now with windows 11 at a chokehold with your resources, *ahem* the 4 Gigabytes of RAM, you only get around 800 megabytes for yourself (Web browsing etc.) and at worst less than 200 megabytes. Here I show you how to tear down the laptop and replace the single DDR4 memory module with a better one!

The maximum supported memory by the Processor is 8 Gigabytes. I have tested this and both the main board and processor support it nicely! A well earned speed boost!

Here is the laptop on Walmarts website, although I’m sure you can find it elsewhere:

HP 14" FHD PC Laptop, Intel Celeron N4000, 4GB RAM, 64GB HD, Windows 10, Blue, 14-cb171wm

[knmonlinemedia]

STILL WORKS IN 2024

I bought a HP stream 14-cf2112wm yesterday. I needed something for work since I work online. this laptop was the only one available that was within my limited budget.

glad for this video cos the memory is trash. I'm good to go now.

[SamA-bily]

My brother gave me his late 2019/early 2020 Stream 14 CB164. Had to replace the battery and while I had it apart I upgraded the BIOS to F.23 then swapped in a GSKill 16Gb DDR4 SODIMM I had hanging around. Works just fine.

[michaelhillmusic]

Thanks for the upload. I was recently given one of these as a work machine. The 8GB chip makes using the computer way smoother.

[newoneinblack]

Now, if only there were a few extra Micro SDHC slots available for the drive space 🤔
P.S. When you're trying to wake up a computer, I'd recommend hitting the >shift< key(s) a few times, rather than the Spacebar. It won't modify anything that you're doing on the screen, or activate any process that's waiting for you to 'press any key to continue'

[retrogamestudios]

I managed to get 16gb ram with no issues. Instantly saw it in settings no issues at all.

[minnam]

Dude, you are my freaking hero right now.

[BudgetBuildBarry]

Just a little more research could have really improved your HP Stream even more!! RAM is a good start, but removing the WIFI/BT Module for an Adapter that holds an SSD will improve things to take advantage of the added RAM. My 2017 HP Stream went from 32gb eMMC 4gb RAM to 480gb NVME SSD and 8gb RAM, the boost in performance is impressive as the eMMC is the bottleneck on the Stream. Add I went a little overboard and even swapped the display for a 1080p IPS Panel, following Tech Rodent's video . In any case knowing how to open a Stream is a good thing so Thank you for a good bit of info there!!!! Keep up the good work !!

[lastdown]

I keep seeing conflicting results on whether you can update the ram in these or not. Same model number I'm looking at so I'm glad I will be able to get it to at least 8gb.

[DarkangelGab]

Total genious... 1 rule when opening a laptop is...DISCONNECT THE BATTERY!!🤦‍♂

[SkywardKing]

Thank you for making this video. It helped a lot. It's surprisingly hard to find info on this. Which unfortunately probably means that when most people hit the limit of their ram, they shelve these and buy something else with more, and when they have no use for them, they become eWaste. I'm testing out a ram stick and I'll be back with the results, if it works hopefully folks will find my comment and have know of a ram stick that works since yours is no longer available.

[darkvader]

Can you replace the memory cards within one much higher ?

[ryanv]

No you cannot upgrade the HP Stream 11, it's all built in on the motherboard

[cavancullen]

what about removing the wifi card and installing an ssd in its place? use a usb 3.0 wifi card instead.

[ramshacks]

So for those who don't know you can also upgrade the wifi card to wifi 6E which is way better than the stock one, also don't have to much apps on it and on my wife I have hers on performance mode in the settings it has 8gb I will try 16gb ddr4 in a few weeks and we'll see what happens

[exterminatorclanex]

I'm actually using this laptop, bought it around 2021 its having major processor setbacks though would love to upgrade its specs if thats possible

[onepcwhiz]

Thanks for this info.. I HATE the touch pad and buttons on this thing. But it is what it is.

[ruizstudioproduction]

Does it matter the brand of the memory you buy?

[yktvz]

Most old versions with 4G can only handle up 8G. You can check which RAM you can use for your laptop by visiting HP website i bought a 16G but it didnt gonwith my stream 14Cx1

[azlanahmad]

So will it make it work faster? Is this laptop able to work with video editing?

[probinasiana]

Can i also upgrade my hp stream 13 laptop to ddr4 8gig RAM?