The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    HP 8770W RAM upgrade

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by martin778, Feb 15, 2017.

  1. martin778

    martin778 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    37
    Messages:
    237
    Likes Received:
    72
    Trophy Points:
    41
    Hi guys, I've just bought an 8770W that came with a single stick of 8GB 1600 CL11 RAM and I was wondering what is the fastest memory this laptop will take? I have the 3840QM CPU.

    If I buy 1866MHz RAM, will it run at it's rated spec or will it downclock to 1600?

    By the way, are there any custom BIOSes or a key combination to unlock hidden BIOS features for this machine?

    Is it true that the motherboard and the WLAN card are locked to each other? I have the N6300 Ultimate but I'd prefer a faster 802.11ac since I just can't get the Intel Gigabit LAN to work under Windows 10 on this notebook. I have a 500Mbit internet connection with a decent AC router so a faster WLAN card would completely negate my need for using LAN
     
    martin778, Feb 15, 2017
    #1