camuflage Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I have a ASUS - K56CB-XO191H bought in 2013. Besides the HDD drive upgrade to a SSD, What other upgrades can i consider? This is the official website: https://www.asus.com/Laptops/K56CB/specifications/ My current specs: Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U Dual Core 1,7 GHz Turbo Boost / Burst 2,6 GHz Cache Processador 3 MB Memory 6 GB Can i upgrade the CPU to i7 3537U and memory to 8 GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 CPU and GPU are soldered on the board, so the only upgrade is to drive to the story and buy a new laptop of newer/higher specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted August 4, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted August 4, 2019 Crucial shows that this notebook can be upgraded with a max of 16GB of RAM. Aside from the HDD and memory, not much else can be upgraded. The SSD would be the first thing I would upgrade. I wouldn't bother with moving from 6GB to 8GB. 12GB (8GB + 4GB) maybe ... or two 8GB chips for the max 16GB. https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/ASUS/k56cb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camuflage Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 Hey guys. Just got my memories 8Gbx2 and i notice one of the slots can only read 2Gb of memory (the laptop came with 4Gb + 2Gb). Tried to place a stick of 4Gb and another of 8Gb in the same slot but it simply doesn't detect it, while the 2Gb it detects immediately. The bios is updated. Is it a limitation of my motherboard or the crucial website is not updated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakO Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) It might be a limitation of the motherboard. the spec you listed in your original post (https://www.asus.com/Laptops/K56CB/specifications/) says 8GB memory maximum supported, which usually means it only supports up to 4GB per slot. Edited August 24, 2019 by ZakO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camuflage Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) I retried and now it's working, i guess it was a bad contact. It detects 16 Gb now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted August 24, 2019 Moderator Share Posted August 24, 2019 Like Jim said, get an SSD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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