[SOLVED] Can’t insert RAM in extra slot

[matteodavanzo]

Hello, I’m trying to add 8gb of RAM to my HP 15-da0132nl laptop.
I bought a compatible RAM online but once I opened the pc I realized I could not install it.
https://postimg.cc/gallery/mT5d2zj
The issue lies in those little “hooks” next to the pins, which make it impossible to insert the RAM since they cannot be moved.
Those hooks are not present where the original RAM is placed, and I also tried inserting the new RAM in the other slot and it works.
Am I doing something wrong or is there no way I can use that extra slot?

 

[SkyNetRising]

You insert it in an angle and press down.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki8U5XR4UYU

 

[matteodavanzo]

You insert it in an angle and press down.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki8U5XR4UYU

I tried doing that and it only works on the left side.
https://i.postimg.cc/pTSL5QG6/5-D9-BF5-E2-3-ACF-4098-BE42-45396-DA3-FA17.jpg
that hook on the right is the problem

 

[SkyNetRising]

So - that "hook" is just on one end or both ends?

 

[matteodavanzo]

So - that "hook" is just on one end or both ends?

Both ends

 

[SkyNetRising]

This is unusual.
You may need to get some needle nose pliers and straighten those hooks.

This is, how it should look. There are no "hooks".

 

[matteodavanzo]

This is unusual.
You may need to get some needle nose pliers and straighten those hooks.

Very unusual..
I’ll try to do so, thank you!

 

[matteodavanzo]

Hooks are not bending... any idea?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You DON'T bend those hooks. They are there for a reason. If you look at the existing RAM you will see that there are two small holes into which those hooks fit. If your stick of RAM does not have those holes then it is most definitely NOT the correct RAM for that machine.

 

[matteodavanzo]

You DON'T bend those hooks. They are there for a reason. If you look at the existing RAM you will see that there are two small holes into which those hooks fit. If your stick of RAM does not have those holes then it is most definitely NOT the correct RAM for that machine.

Problem is the original RAM doesn’t seem to fit those hooks either

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Problem is the original RAM doesn’t seem to fit those hooks either

Now that you've done who knows what to them it doesn't surprise me. In the provided photo the holes in the existing RAM do line up with those tabs.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Actually those hooks should go into these round holes in memory module.

 

[matteodavanzo]

Ok I did it, it required a lot more force than I was expecting..
Thanks!