I don't game on my laptop but for the work I do I'd say fan come on briefly a few times a day. I'm curious, Why would you need to change thermal paste? Do you change it just to be safe, or is it a strict recommendation?
@@harry-cee it dries out and loses effectiveness every year or two . . . not a huge deal but replacing it will reduce heat/noise and prolong the lifespan
Yeah, actually, if the keyboard of the newer gen g15 is compatible with this one, then it is possible to change it, as the intel 13th gen g15 has 4 zone RGB keyboard
The store sells such a laptop with 64 RAM, and the manufacturer’s website indicates the maximum RAM size is 32. Can anyone tell me if this could be the case?
I think it is possible. but you need to resolder, swap one capacitor, one diode, and a couple of micron-sized resistors on the motherboard. and solder the nvme slot. see how it is soldered on the motherboard for alienware M15 R7.
@@syedshehabhyderzaidi8390 I think it is possible. but you need to resolder, swap one capacitor, one diode, and a couple of micron-sized resistors on the motherboard. and solder the nvme slot. see how it is soldered on the motherboard for alienware M15 R7.
@@pavfrang I think it is possible. but you need to resolder, swap one capacitor, one diode, and a couple of micron-sized resistors on the motherboard. and solder the nvme slot. see how it is soldered on the motherboard for alienware M15 R7.
@@pavfrang have you tried this?. I remember that if I removed all the SSD drives, then there were no options for SSD drives in the BIOS. No, the option itself was on the side of the panel, but the other options inside didn’t seem to indicate any SSDs. If you installed one SD drive, the option in the BIOS appeared for an SSD drive. For one. although you can install two sd on this laptop. Two SSD slots on the board are soldered. I'm writing about alienware M15 R 7.
@@pavfrang I'll tell you another story. I bought this alienware a month back on ebay, with a 3070 video card. processor 12700. I decided to immediately buy an upgrade board for this laptop, because I saw a board at a good price that was written for such a laptop, but with a 12900 processor. I received this laptop and board. but there were big problems on the laptop. The rear USB and video card 3070 were not working. So I postponed the option of upgrading the laptop and returned the laptop back to the seller. Now I ordered, bought the rest of the parts, and am assembling the laptop in parts. I checked the board, everything works. This board also has only one SD connector. Therefore, before sending the laptop back to Alienware, I compared where the difference is for the SSD, and found a couple of small parts missing. I recorded all this, took pictures, and soon I’m thinking of installing a second SD connector. It’s a small strange thing that on the Dell website my new motherboard was identified as G 16 7620, but in the BIOS, after the update, I see the inscription G 15 5520. processor i9 12900 on board. and it turns out that for this board, they write a laptop, the warranty is full, the most complete, until April 2027. I registered all this in my name. I bought the board there on ebay, they said it was new, the packaging had just been opened. I uploaded the BIOS video from the new board to the gpuz techpowerup website. There has never been such a BIOS on that site. 150 watts. for 3070 ti. 94.04.7F.40.D4
it's the rj45 and p2 bus, mostly a pci, thus alike a m2 compatible connector, if not compatible, but you'd have to give up either it or the 2 usb ports. Unfortunatelly, it looks like they left it out on purpose, since it even have threads the size of a ssd, just lack the connector.
@@FrostCrop I think so. Only without a special driver in the BIOS select the desired option, UEFI. I had an alienware laptop, with the same motherboard as the 5520. a 4th generation nvme ssd was installed there. Only there it was connected in the BIOS as Intel Optane. For such an installation, before installing the Windows system, you need to download a driver for this configuration. but if in the BIOS you select the mode not Intel Optan, but UEFI or AHCI, then a special driver is not required.
Any brand DDR5, WITHOUT XMP. Initially I had bought some Kingston RAMs, but they supported XMP - so they could not be seen from the board. I bought some Crucial RAMs and they work like a charm.
@@TRATAL82 boot up is slow. One time it wouldn’t even boot up had to remove battery and reconnect. Big hassle to do so on top of tht I had Just got it two weeks prior so it was a brand new pos still
@@binodajuan4342 What are you on about? Boot up is slow, So you concluded thats down to the hardware? Regardless, how many times a day do you boot this laptop? I run Arch and I haven't restarted in about a month. Best Non-Apple laptop I've had.
@@harry-cee it wasn’t even shut down it was just slow to wake from sleep. And the hardware is alright software is the issue if boot up is slow and it wouldn’t even boot up once so hardware is shit too i dont know what to tell you. It’s also a heavy POS I hate dell
After replacing the thermal paste, i turned it on but i forgot the ssd so i turned off and installed the ssd now the Laptop not working anymore, when i press the power on the light like amber and turn off at same time when i want turn on , i don't know what happened, and how this laptop don't have cmos battery!!? Now i think my laptop died is
Hey there! I'm curious about the potential impact of installing 64 GB of RAM in my Dell G15 5520 laptop. Has anyone tried it, and what were the results? Did it work smoothly, or did it lead to any issues? I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop's RAM, and I'd love to hear about your experiences and recommendations. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights!
¿Alguien sabe si el SSD de 512 GB que tiene incluido, es M.2 2230 o M.2 2280? Es que quiero remplazar mi SSD actual con uno de mayor capacidad, pero en el manual digital dice que debo remplazarlo con el mismo tipo de M.2 que tiene (por ejemplo, 2230 con otro de 2230) ¿Someone knows if the SSD of 512 GB the laptop has is M.2 2230 o M.2 2280? I want to replace mi actual SSD with one of bigger capacity, but the digital manual says that I have to replace it with the same type of M.2 it has (2230 with another 2230 for example)
i seen a review on amazon where the guy confirmed installing 64gb ram. i bought 32gb stick and installed it with one of the original 8gb and running 40gb for now, until i get the 2nd 32gb stick
@@mhDuke thinking doing the same thing. might pick up just 1 x 32gb for now and see how it runs. I find that 16GB is like the BARE minimum these days. all the new programs and stuff are such resource hogs. I stripped my Dell 5521 SE and installed windows fresh. Even after basic Alienware CC and Dell Support Assistant, and a few other basic windows services, almost 50% of my 16GB are in use during normal operation.
Gaming doesn't last long. The power draws are alot for a mobile battery. You also might need to replace it if it's a few years old. Really easy with this model.
@@NymbusCumulo928 Exactly. Power consumption is a no factor for me as I effectively use it as a Work PC, But I am glad that it is a laptop if I have to carry it to work.
I regret buying this shit 120hz va panel no extra ssd slots no rgb keyboard no type c charging 56wh battery that lasts 3-4 hrs on power efficiency at 60hz at first it used to heat a lot so had to reset quite few times the alienware cmd centre is a joke it shows wrong data of cpu frequency on idle it will be showing the cpu is running at 4.12 ghz how is that possible and when i check the hw moniter or task manager it will be at 1.80ghz Plus the bulky size this weight like 1.8kg the laptop only i had to buy this cause my father couldnt trust any other company ofc typical old thinking dell is very good . Dell is so good that even when their data got leaked that contained users name email physical address hardware id etc they mailed their 50m users to remain calm I hate dell fk this company
Hey there! I'm curious about the potential impact of installing 64 GB of RAM in my Dell G15 5520 laptop. Has anyone tried it, and what were the results? Did it work smoothly, or did it lead to any issues? I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop's RAM, and I'd love to hear about your experiences and recommendations. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights!
@@menanagy7617 on my laptops Dell G 16 7620, also known as G 15 5520 according to BIOS, Intel I9-1290 rtx 3070 ti, the motherboard is identical to G 15 5520, and Alienware M 15 R 7, also known as M 17 R 5, they work on these two laptops memory sticks 64 GB, 4800 MHz. although the memory sticks are 5200 MHz. no problems at all. everything works fine.
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This inverted motherboard makes it very difficult to change thermal paste as it is more work to open it
Its not any more difficult, just alot more screws and messing about, to complete the task.
Matrix
I don't game on my laptop but for the work I do I'd say fan come on briefly a few times a day. I'm curious, Why would you need to change thermal paste? Do you change it just to be safe, or is it a strict recommendation?
@@harry-cee it dries out and loses effectiveness every year or two . . . not a huge deal but replacing it will reduce heat/noise and prolong the lifespan
I would love to see links to the parts so I can just go right to them knowing they are compatible.
I spoke directly with sell support to get my parts
Any SSD 2280/2230 will work. For RAM (DDR5), choose any non-XMP. Maximum RAM 2x16GB based on the manual.
I got this laptop soaked in a flood what are the chances or revival 😢
Would it be possible to change my keyboard to an RGB one in my Dell G15 5520 ?
I have the same doubt
Yeah, actually, if the keyboard of the newer gen g15 is compatible with this one, then it is possible to change it, as the intel 13th gen g15 has 4 zone RGB keyboard
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The store sells such a laptop with 64 RAM, and the manufacturer’s website indicates the maximum RAM size is 32. Can anyone tell me if this could be the case?
same question
Can a full size 2280( I believe)nvme be installed in that slot?
Yes, I have done that.
hi can i upgrade cpu?
The RAM slots say 8g/16g only… is that total RAM? Or RAM per slot? Basically can this support 32gb?
Hi, can I solder a second m.2 slot in this laptop and install a 2nd ssd ?
Same question bro but no one is answering😢
I think you should do something with the BIOS too, because only 1 SSD slot is shown (even without drive).
You cannot.
I think it is possible. but you need to resolder, swap one capacitor, one diode, and a couple of micron-sized resistors on the motherboard. and solder the nvme slot. see how it is soldered on the motherboard for alienware M15 R7.
@@syedshehabhyderzaidi8390 I think it is possible. but you need to resolder, swap one capacitor, one diode, and a couple of micron-sized resistors on the motherboard. and solder the nvme slot. see how it is soldered on the motherboard for alienware M15 R7.
can we replace the 53Whr Battery with 86Whr(which comes in DELL G15 SE) ??\
I have checked the dell website and it says that Dell g15 5520 is compatible with their 6 cell 86wh battery so i think it will work.
where is the cmos battery do you know?
There is a way to make this laptop to have 2 SSD slots?
No, it seems that for the other side the pins are missing. Even if you put the pins - the BIOS does not give an option for a second SSD.
@@pavfrang I think it is possible. but you need to resolder, swap one capacitor, one diode, and a couple of micron-sized resistors on the motherboard. and solder the nvme slot. see how it is soldered on the motherboard for alienware M15 R7.
even if you did that the BIOS does not give the option for a 2nd slot at all @@EdijsBafs
@@pavfrang have you tried this?. I remember that if I removed all the SSD drives, then there were no options for SSD drives in the BIOS. No, the option itself was on the side of the panel, but the other options inside didn’t seem to indicate any SSDs. If you installed one SD drive, the option in the BIOS appeared for an SSD drive. For one. although you can install two sd on this laptop. Two SSD slots on the board are soldered. I'm writing about alienware M15 R 7.
@@pavfrang I'll tell you another story. I bought this alienware a month back on ebay, with a 3070 video card. processor 12700. I decided to immediately buy an upgrade board for this laptop, because I saw a board at a good price that was written for such a laptop, but with a 12900 processor. I received this laptop and board. but there were big problems on the laptop. The rear USB and video card 3070 were not working. So I postponed the option of upgrading the laptop and returned the laptop back to the seller. Now I ordered, bought the rest of the parts, and am assembling the laptop in parts. I checked the board, everything works. This board also has only one SD connector. Therefore, before sending the laptop back to Alienware, I compared where the difference is for the SSD, and found a couple of small parts missing. I recorded all this, took pictures, and soon I’m thinking of installing a second SD connector. It’s a small strange thing that on the Dell website my new motherboard was identified as G 16 7620, but in the BIOS, after the update, I see the inscription G 15 5520. processor i9 12900 on board. and it turns out that for this board, they write a laptop, the warranty is full, the most complete, until April 2027. I registered all this in my name. I bought the board there on ebay, they said it was new, the packaging had just been opened. I uploaded the BIOS video from the new board to the gpuz techpowerup website. There has never been such a BIOS on that site. 150 watts. for 3070 ti. 94.04.7F.40.D4
hi guys i need to change the keyboard because the ribbon cable is gone, how and where i could find?
If u happened to have diamantled 5510, can u confirm if the 5520 mainboard can replace 5510 mainboard?
Great & detailed video! Tks
Hey, is [KVR48S40BD8-32] one plate competible?
I dont have to remove the battery if I just want to upgrade my SSD right?
no you do not need to remove the battery.
Very useful channel and video. Good job👍👏
Once you removed the whole motherboard there was another m.2 slot under it ?
Também reparei isso!
Será q é?
it's the rj45 and p2 bus, mostly a pci, thus alike a m2 compatible connector, if not compatible, but you'd have to give up either it or the 2 usb ports. Unfortunatelly, it looks like they left it out on purpose, since it even have threads the size of a ssd, just lack the connector.
@@trailblazer_ss I see , thank you
@@ermanek thank you
Hello where is the bios battery I need to reset it help please
No battery man
Can we upgrade ssd in this laptop? Currently i have this laptop and ssd is 1TB
Yes, I have upgraded it from 512 MB (2230) to 2 TB (2280). You need to be careful to remove the base metal support first.
@@pavfrangcan I add gen 4 ssd to G15 5520 i5 12500H RTX 3050
yes, it uses gen 4 SSDs @@FrostCrop
I damaged a pin on ssd slot while trying to remove the bracket its very difficult to remove . luckly its working @@pavfrang
@@FrostCrop I think so. Only without a special driver in the BIOS select the desired option, UEFI. I had an alienware laptop, with the same motherboard as the 5520. a 4th generation nvme ssd was installed there. Only there it was connected in the BIOS as Intel Optane. For such an installation, before installing the Windows system, you need to download a driver for this configuration. but if in the BIOS you select the mode not Intel Optan, but UEFI or AHCI, then a special driver is not required.
thanks for the hardwork
How many SSD slots does the motherboard have?
1
2
2
1 btw
There are no pins for the 2nd candidate slot. But even if you put the pins, the BIOS shows only 1 slot, so .... 1.
Can I put the 86wh battery instead of the 56wh battery to have more battery life?
Technically you can
The SSD slot supports 2280 m2 or just 2230?
Both
2280
I have changed the 2230 to 2280 - because only the latter supported 2 TB. It works like a charm.
@@pavfrang Did you have to buy a new bracket for it?
@@ytalosantos7030 no need for new bracket. You can reuse the existing one.
I need to upgrade RAM to 32GB in this laptop which brand ram i can take?
Just bought Crucials 2x16.
Crucial or HyperX
32 is only necessary for high end gaming on ryzen cards
@@mohamedfawzy6387 No you would most likely fry the RAM and/or the motherboard. DDR4 and DDR5 have different pin and electrical specifications.
Any brand DDR5, WITHOUT XMP. Initially I had bought some Kingston RAMs, but they supported XMP - so they could not be seen from the board. I bought some Crucial RAMs and they work like a charm.
¿Sabes cual es el maximo de memoria ram que aguanta?
32 GB max (2x16)
The g15 is one heavy pos
I've had no issues with it. Why is it pos?
@@TRATAL82 boot up is slow. One time it wouldn’t even boot up had to remove battery and reconnect. Big hassle to do so on top of tht I had Just got it two weeks prior so it was a brand new pos still
@@binodajuan4342 What are you on about? Boot up is slow, So you concluded thats down to the hardware? Regardless, how many times a day do you boot this laptop? I run Arch and I haven't restarted in about a month. Best Non-Apple laptop I've had.
@@harry-cee it wasn’t even shut down it was just slow to wake from sleep. And the hardware is alright software is the issue if boot up is slow and it wouldn’t even boot up once so hardware is shit too i dont know what to tell you. It’s also a heavy POS I hate dell
@@harry-cee apple is also trash 🚮
Bought this laptop, what ssd do you guys recommend?
Anything upto 2TB max it says in the manual any Gen 3 or gen 4 drives
I have bought a 2 TB (2280) Kingston and it works great.
After replacing the thermal paste, i turned it on but i forgot the ssd so i turned off and installed the ssd now the Laptop not working anymore, when i press the power on the light like amber and turn off at same time when i want turn on , i don't know what happened, and how this laptop don't have cmos battery!!? Now i think my laptop died is
Is it alive
Hey there! I'm curious about the potential impact of installing 64 GB of RAM in my Dell G15 5520 laptop. Has anyone tried it, and what were the results? Did it work smoothly, or did it lead to any issues? I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop's RAM, and I'd love to hear about your experiences and recommendations. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights!
Laptop support only 32 gb (16x2)
¿Alguien sabe si el SSD de 512 GB que tiene incluido, es M.2 2230 o M.2 2280? Es que quiero remplazar mi SSD actual con uno de mayor capacidad, pero en el manual digital dice que debo remplazarlo con el mismo tipo de M.2 que tiene (por ejemplo, 2230 con otro de 2230)
¿Someone knows if the SSD of 512 GB the laptop has is M.2 2230 o M.2 2280? I want to replace mi actual SSD with one of bigger capacity, but the digital manual says that I have to replace it with the same type of M.2 it has (2230 with another 2230 for example)
Es M2.2230 pero tu puedo lo remplazar con uno SSD M2 2280.
How much is the maximum ram that the dell g15 5520 core i7 12700h rtx 3050 ti can hold
32
Eh visto en otros videos que llega a aguantar hasta 64gb
Can you make a tutorial on how to overclock?
My 5520 recognizes 64GB
@@oneleggedwillie what memory sticks did you install? and does everything work correctly? and the system can see all 64 GB?
wow why the components is upside down .. first time to see a laptop like this
probably for noise dissipation, the fans are blowing in the opposite direction
@Jake . . so it's mean cooling pad are not going to work with this laptop?
Is it possible to install a 2.5” in there? Not seeing any sort of SATA connecting
was wondering too, and no there's no connections
Dell G15 5520. Max size RAM?? 64Gb?
Potentially, but why tf would you need that much RAM?
32 gb with 2x16
i seen a review on amazon where the guy confirmed installing 64gb ram. i bought 32gb stick and installed it with one of the original 8gb and running 40gb for now, until i get the 2nd 32gb stick
@@mhDuke thinking doing the same thing. might pick up just 1 x 32gb for now and see how it runs. I find that 16GB is like the BARE minimum these days. all the new programs and stuff are such resource hogs. I stripped my Dell 5521 SE and installed windows fresh. Even after basic Alienware CC and Dell Support Assistant, and a few other basic windows services, almost 50% of my 16GB are in use during normal operation.
@@HypnoticDarkmoon true, currently on 40GB ram, once booted, I have 32GB available.
But I am not getting much just 1 hour 20 mins or 2 hours what's reason.
Because it's a gaming laptop with two GPUs
@@harry-cee two gpus? which teardown were you watching?
Gaming doesn't last long. The power draws are alot for a mobile battery.
You also might need to replace it if it's a few years old. Really easy with this model.
@@NymbusCumulo928 Intel Iris XE & Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPUs. I've them driving 2 external Quad HD monitors.
@@NymbusCumulo928 Exactly. Power consumption is a no factor for me as I effectively use it as a Work PC, But I am glad that it is a laptop if I have to carry it to work.
Bruh why it has SK Hynix ram and not Dell's
I have Samsung original memory modules for the same laptop.
Спасибо за обзор
only single m.2 ssd is so annoying
I regret buying this shit
120hz va panel no extra ssd slots no rgb keyboard no type c charging 56wh battery that lasts 3-4 hrs on power efficiency at 60hz at first it used to heat a lot so had to reset quite few times the alienware cmd centre is a joke it shows wrong data of cpu frequency on idle it will be showing the cpu is running at 4.12 ghz how is that possible and when i check the hw moniter or task manager it will be at 1.80ghz Plus the bulky size this weight like 1.8kg the laptop only
i had to buy this cause my father couldnt trust any other company ofc typical old thinking dell is very good . Dell is so good that even when their data got leaked that contained users name email physical address hardware id etc they mailed their 50m users to remain calm
I hate dell fk this company
Just one slot 😂😂
please unsubscribe if anyone has installed 64 GB of RAM. what memory sticks?
Hey there! I'm curious about the potential impact of installing 64 GB of RAM in my Dell G15 5520 laptop. Has anyone tried it, and what were the results? Did it work smoothly, or did it lead to any issues? I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop's RAM, and I'd love to hear about your experiences and recommendations. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights!
@@menanagy7617 on my laptops Dell G 16 7620, also known as G 15 5520 according to BIOS, Intel I9-1290 rtx 3070 ti, the motherboard is identical to G 15 5520, and Alienware M 15 R 7, also known as M 17 R 5, they work on these two laptops memory sticks 64 GB, 4800 MHz. although the memory sticks are 5200 MHz. no problems at all. everything works fine.
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