W700 16 GB Memory Possible? - W701 Option available now!

[Morland]

Hello

I was looking at the Lenovo.com site on the W701 (not 700) spec & running through the Customise options on a W701.

It appears that 16GB of Memory is available for the 701 as an option.

Does anyone know if the W700 could support the same level of memory?

I am running 8GB at present on 2.53 Quad Core & it needs a "lift" for some of the work I am doing. Hence the question.

Many thanks & kindest regards

Mark

[lead_org Microsoft MVP Contributor]

W701 have 4 ram slots according to a review that i have seen, so this may explain why it can support 16 gig of ram. 

http://blog.laptopz.com/2010/03/03/lenovo-thinkpad-w701-w701ds-review/

[Morland]

Many thanks lead_org for the link.

4 slots - that will explain alot.

Looks a lovely unit.

Kindest regards

Mark

[ahogue]

You can allways overram with 8Gb SODIMM if you want. They are kind of pricey but they will be more afordable in a couple of months.

[ozdavo]

8gb is the max ram supported by the PM45 chipset I believe.

[hazart]

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ozdavo wrote:

8gb is the max ram supported by the PM45 chipset I believe.

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It does say "8-GB maximum memory support" in http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/datasheet/320122.pdf . Is that a hard limit?

[lead_org Microsoft MVP Contributor]

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hazart wrote:

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ozdavo wrote:

8gb is the max ram supported by the PM45 chipset I believe.

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It does say "8-GB maximum memory support" in http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/datasheet/320122.pdf . Is that a hard limit?

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Yes, that how much maximum ram the laptop can support. 

[ahogue]

This is not my experience from where I stand. I already was able to overram my previous laptop even if the specification said that it was not supported.

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Overramming-a-W700-to-16GB-Is-it-possible/m-p/...

Anyway, this is all speculation until someone really try to do it. But I am very confident that it will work! 

[lead_org Microsoft MVP Contributor]

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ahogue wrote:

This is not my experience from where I stand. I already was able to overram my previous laptop even if the specification said that it was not supported.

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Overramming-a-W700-to-16GB-Is-it-possible/m-p/...

Anyway, this is all speculation until someone really try to do it. But I am very confident that it will work! 

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T61 spec was given by Lenovo, while Intel spec did say it could support 8 gig of ram. While, the max ram spec of 8 gig with PM45 is given by Intel. 

[hazart]

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ahogue wrote:

This is not my experience from where I stand. I already was able to overram my previous laptop even if the specification said that it was not supported.

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Overramming-a-W700-to-16GB-Is-it-possible/m-p/...

Anyway, this is all speculation until someone really try to do it. But I am very confident that it will work! 

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I thought that W700 would handle 16GB until I saw the Intel PM45 documentation.