victus

Hello, I am currently buying a laptop that I will be using 12+ hours per day mainly for work (programming, running VMs, many browser tabs, and IDEs simultaneously) sometimes for gaming (basic games like valorant or rocket league since I do most gaming on PS5) and everyday usage, so I need...

Is there anyway to easily improve the cooling in this? Could I just drill holes in it or point a small fan at it? I've seen elsewhere that I would eventually have to upgrade something inside, but would like to know if there is something quick and temporary.

I was gifted two 16GB sticks of RAM to upgrade my HP Victus Laptop 16-d0xxx. After I installed the new RAM, the laptop turns on but the screen remains black. I don't know whether the new RAM Is compatible--I honestly figured it would work if it plugged in (newbie, I know) The upgrades sticks...