# Chuwi Minibook How can i expand from 8 to 16 gb

**URL:** <https://forum.chuwi.com/t/chuwi-minibook-how-can-i-expand-from-8-to-16-gb/7006>\
**Category:** MiniBook\
**Created:** [March 1, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/chuwi-minibook-how-can-i-expand-from-8-to-16-gb/7006 "2020-03-01T15:25:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![metamaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/metamaster/32/1852_2.png) [@metamaster](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/metamaster)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/chuwi-minibook-how-can-i-expand-from-8-to-16-gb/7006/1 "2020-03-01T15:25:57Z")

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Dear Chuwi …

I have a Chuwi Minibook 8100y with 8gb ram … 128ssd + 500micro sd + 1 tb ssd, working fine but  
memory is low …

**How can i expand from 8 to 16 gb ??**

**And what ram should i use ?**

Thank you

Wim

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**Author:** ![Biosham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/biosham/32/351_2.png) [@Biosham](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/Biosham)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/chuwi-minibook-how-can-i-expand-from-8-to-16-gb/7006/2 "2020-03-01T17:28:09Z")

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I believe that ram soldered to the motherboard it is non expandable, like on other laptops from chuwi.

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**Author:** ![metamaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/metamaster/32/1852_2.png) [@metamaster](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/metamaster)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/chuwi-minibook-how-can-i-expand-from-8-to-16-gb/7006/3 "2020-03-02T04:13:28Z")

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OK that is very bad … IF the ram module fails, the notebook fails … thats not normal

BUT … i will do my trick with enlarging the emp file pagesys file

With an SSD windows thinks its ram and work fine 🙂