From: Andreas Reschke Andreas.Reschke@behrgroup.com
I don't know the exactly difference between the Models N36L and N40L. In a german forum has somebody 12 GB (8+4) in his N36L and it works.
From the quickspecs:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13716_na/13716_na.HTML
AMD Athlon II Processor Model Neo N36L (1.30 GHz, 15W, 2MB) AMD Turion II Processor Model Neo N40L (1.50 GHz, 15W, 2MB)
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