W520 - Memory Upgrade

[techscotty]

Ok I just got my brand new spanking W520 today

I have a question re: upgrading the memory

It came with one 4gig stick which is in one of the slots under the keyboard

and there is 2 slots open under the bottom of the case

So.....

To install my 2 sticks of matching 4gig Ram I had waiting,,,,

do I remove the stick of ram under the keyboard and put my new sticks of ram in those two slots ??

or can I leave the existing ram in the slot 'a' under the keyboard

and put my new ram sticks in slot 'a' and 'b' under the case

and have 12 gigs of ram lol

btw, I have the i7 Dual core, not the Quad

thanks

[ColonelONeill]

The dual-core variant will only have two spaces for RAM, so you'll have to ditch one of the modules.

Choose the two with the highest clocks and lowest latency (probably the matching pair you have).

[techscotty]

ok but the thing is......

The memory 'bay' on the bottom of laptop has two open slots

so that means the one stick of 4gig it shipped with must be installed in slot 'a'

under the keyboard

so

do i install both modules there under the keyboard in slot 'a' and 'b' ??

or

slot 'a' under the keyboard and slot 'a'  under the laptop ?

or

pull out the one under the keyboard and use the two slots under the laptop ?

or...... ??

[techscotty · Accepted solution]

well after a search it appears it is the same as the W510

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Optimizing-memory-in-W510-which-slots-to-use/t...

In my situation I put one module in slot 'a' under the keyboard

and the other module in slot 'a' under the laptop bottom

*sigh

[ThorsHammer]

I see a 32GB RAM machine in my future. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233216

[techscotty]

hahahaaa, nice !!

*remember quadcore.....

[biznatch]

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ThorsHammer wrote:

I see a 32GB RAM machine in my future. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233216

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Ok who's going to give me $1000???

I just spent $100 on 16GB, it's 10 times that just to double it!  I wonder how long until the 8GB is 10 times cheaper than it is now?

Edit: Buy it in pairs and save a few $! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233217

Edit 2: Even cheaper! http://www.ramexperts.com/corsair-16gb-2-x-8gb-204-pin-ddr3-so-dimm-ddr3-1333-laptop-memory-cmso16gx... (never heard of this website before though...)

[techscotty]

I have some Monopoly money laying around.....

[techscotty]

just a guess, but with SSD's being all the rage

the size of ram and price might stay the same

[5dana]

Congrats on getting your new laptop :-)  I've documented how to add RAM to the W520.  Click here for details.