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Solved Will this RAM work with my laptop?

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Nick

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Hey,
I have a Dell Inspiron 15-5555 with 4gb of DDR3L RAM and an AMD A4 CPU. I got 8gb (1x8gb) of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM, and I'm not really worried about it not working because DDR3 =/= DDR3L, but the fact that it only has Intel stickers on the packaging. I'm not sure if that just means it was meant for Intel CPUs but will still work with AMD or what, so I'd like some info. Here's a really crappy pic I have of it...
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Are you sure this RAM is the SODIMM variant? The picture above looks much like the Desktop variant below:
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SODIMM/laptop variant (this is what you want):
veng_sodimm_angle_1_1.png

As a side note, you need DD3L to ensure you don't burn out your CPU/motherboard. Dell machines use less voltage for some of their parts, RAM included.
 
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Yeeah so this RAM ain't gonna work... how can I be sure that I'm buying the right RAM next time? It has 2 slots and it can take up to 16gb of DDR3L RAM. Does the speed need to be the same speed as the original RAM?

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