<h1 id="hp-laptop-with-amd-ryzen-3-mobile-processors-with-radeon-graphics">HP Laptop with AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics</h1>
<h3 id="hp-laptop-info"><strong>HP Laptop Info.</strong></h3>
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<li><a href="https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06620370" title="HP Customer Support, Knowledge Base">model: 14-dk1025wm</a> (I own this model)</li>
<li>Product ID: 1A491UA#ABA</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-14-Ryzen-3-4GB-1TB-Laptop-Silver-Google-Classroom-Compatible/580075820" title="HP Laptop - 14-dk1025wm">Walmart Link 01</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-14-Ryzen-3-4GB-128GB-Laptop-Silver-Google-Classroom-Compatible/779578906" title="HP Laptop - 14-dk1022wm">Walmart Link 02</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet" title="Alfa, Brovo, Charlie,...you get it.">NATO phonetic alphabet</a></li>
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<h3 id="specifications"><strong>Specifications.</strong></h3>
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<li><p><a href="https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-3-3250u" title="AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Specifications">AMD Ryzen 3 3250U</a> (2.6 GHz base clock, up to 3.5 GHz max boost clock, 1 MB L2 cache, 2 cores)</p>
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<li>CPU Cores: 2</li>
<li>CPU Threads: 4</li>
<li>GPU Cores: 3</li>
<li>System Memory Specification: Up to 2400MHz (No need to go big, keep it simple and cheap.)</li>
<li>Launch Date: 06/01/2020 (January 06, 2020)</li>
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<li><p>Memory/Ram: 4 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB)</p>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_memory" title="wiki">ECC</a> Type: Non-ECC</li>
<li>Form Factor: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO-DIMM" title="wiki">SODIMM</a></li>
<li>Pin Count: 260-pin</li>
<li>PC Speed: PC4-19200</li>
<li><strong>Ram is upgradable</strong> (Two slots)
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<li>Walmart has "Maximum RAM Supported 4 GB" for model: 14-dk1025wm; <em>this is false information.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Single-PC4-19200-SODIMM-260-Pin/dp/B01BIWKP58" title="Crucial DDR4-2400">Amazon Link 01: 8 gb SODIMM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-DDR4-Laptop-Memory-CT8G4SFRA266/dp/B08C56KXQJ" title="Crucial DDR4-2666">Amazon Link 02: 8 gb SODIMM</a></li>
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<li><strong>Note:</strong>
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<li>Installed 16 GB ram but system only accepts/recognizes 14 GB ram. Attempted two different ram manufacture type (Crucial and PNY Ram)</li>
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<li><p>Video graphics: <a href="https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-RX-Vega-3-GPU.278652.0.html" title="Packaged with CPU/APU">AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics</a></p></li>
<li><p>Hard drive: <a href="https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-mobile-sata-hdd#WD5000LPCX" title="Western Digital Blue 2.5 hdd 5400 rpm">1 TB 5400 rpm SATA III HDD</a></p>
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<li>Also includes, SATA III 6 Gb/s, <a href="https://bytebitebit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/m2-ssd-2230-2242-2260-2280-22110.png" title="images">M.2 2280</a> Slot for additional storage.
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<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0B/dp/B073SBX6TY" title="Amazon Link 01">Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2 2280 SSD.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0A/dp/B073SBZ8YH" title="Amazon Link 02">Western Digital Blue 500 GB 2.5 inch SSD, SATA III 6 Gb/s,Up to 560 MB/s</a></li>
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<li><p>Wifi: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11b/g/n/ac (1x1) and Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo.</p>
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<li>Open Source <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support" title="Noob Friendly">DKMS</a> Drivers in <a href="https://ubuntu.com/" title="Ubuntu">Ubuntu</a> (and Ubuntu based <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/132624/htg-explains-whats-a-linux-distro-and-how-are-they-different/">Distros</a>).</li>
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<li><p>Battery Life: 9 hrs (Nope<a href="https://www.bfytw.com/" title="And now you know.">!</a>)</p>
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<li>Won't be seeing that in <a href="https://www.gnu.org/home.en.html" title="GNU">GNU</a>/<a href="https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux/" title="Linux">Linux</a>.</li>
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<h3 id="secure-boot"><strong>Secure Boot!</strong></h3>
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<li><a href="https://ubuntu.com/" title="Ubuntu">Ubuntu</a> is able to boot with <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/oem-secure-boot" title="Poor Mint">secure boot</a> enabled.
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<li>Once disabled, you can load other <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/132624/htg-explains-whats-a-linux-distro-and-how-are-they-different/">Distros</a>.</li>
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