Only 1 optional memory slot in Thinkpad R51e (type 1843-A12)

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Hi All,

I'm helping my mates in upgrading his memory's laptop from 512MB to 2GB;

As this model able to hold max of 2GB Memory, so I open up the memory back panel but surprisingly, I only able to find 1 memory slot? and the one that is attached is 256MB.

My question is, how/where can I find the other memory slot? is it hidden somewhere inside the laptop?

Thank you

[ajkula66 Guru · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the forum!

To access the main RAM slot, you'll have to remove the keyboard.

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Hi George,

Thanks in replying my post so quick. One more question though, according to Ben-J's post (http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=R_Series_Thinkpads&thread.id=5039); this particular laptop need specific DDR2 533 Memory?

 

Thank you

[ajkula66 Guru]

Machines from R4 and R5 generations with an "e" suffix are tricky when it comes to RAM...

The good news is that PC2-4200 and PC5300 RAM that these machines will work with is dirt cheap nowadays...

Good luck.

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Thank you so much for your reply, I will try buy the ram, so my friend can be happy with his 'faster' laptop