[SOLVED] Upgrading from 4GB to 8 GB RAM

[rossman41]

I have a Toshiba Satellite Model C55-B5382 laptop computer that I wish to upgrade from 4 GB to 8 GB RAM. I looked on youtube and doing the upgrade looks pretty simple. The problem I'm having is identifying the RAM HW chip/card to buy. From looking at the youtube video it appears I need to purchase an 8 GB RAM chip/card and replace the 4 GB chip that is currently in my laptop (one cannot buy a 4 GB chip/card and add it to the existing chip/card in my computer). Is this correct? Also, I need to know the basic characteristics I need to consider when purchasing the new RAM chip/card. There are many products on the market and it would be easy to make a selection that doesn't work for my computer.

 

[boju]

Hmm, doesn't look like ram can be upgraded?

Seeing pdf, memory segment says user not upgradeable.
https://support.dynabook.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=4008618&isFromTOCLink=false

I looked on Crucial's site for your specific model and there isn't any listed. There are various C55 models that differ and are upgradeable, im not so sure yours is. The video you saw, make sure the model # is identical.

 

[Bob.B]

I have a Toshiba Satellite Model C55-B5382 laptop computer that I wish to upgrade from 4 GB to 8 GB RAM. I looked on youtube and doing the upgrade looks pretty simple. The problem I'm having is identifying the RAM HW chip/card to buy. From looking at the youtube video it appears I need to purchase an 8 GB RAM chip/card and replace the 4 GB chip that is currently in my laptop (one cannot buy a 4 GB chip/card and add it to the existing chip/card in my computer). Is this correct? Also, I need to know the basic characteristics I need to consider when purchasing the new RAM chip/card. There are many products on the market and it would be easy to make a selection that doesn't work for my computer.

Some reading.
https://www.memorystock.com/memory/ToshibaSatelliteC55B5382.html

You might want to open up the laptop and see if the memory is removeable.

 

[rossman41]

I'll check it out, but I bet you are right. Thanks for the good information!

 

[SamirD]

Not only that, but it should be able to hit 16GB if you have 2x memory sockets. Definitely post back and let us know what you find out because there's not much info on your model out there.

 

[rossman41]

I wanted to give a shout out to all that responded to my thread! You all are full of good information I didn't know about my computer. A special thanks to Bob B. who gave me the info I needed to find the right 8GB memory! My memory came in the mail today and it installed just like the youtube video (easy peezy). I don't think the youtube video used the exact model as mine but it was a C55 model and the insides of the computer were similar. If I had read the info boju provided me, I'm not sure I would have purchased the computer in the first place. Who would design a computer that uses some RAM memory for video processing? Ans: Toshiba. I guess I got my monies worth. My initial impression is that the computer runs faster, but time will tell. The main reason I got the memory was because the computer seemed to "freeze" up often. I hope the new memory improves the situation.

 

[SamirD]

Who would design a computer that uses some RAM memory for video processing? Ans: Toshiba.

Thank you for the update. And using main memory for video is a technique that goes back almost 20 years now. I never liked it either, but it's unfortunately here to stay. But there are laptops with a discrete video card as well.