Thinkpad X240 Memory Slots
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The X240 long battery life laptop is the thinnest and lightest ThinkPad laptop we offer. Weighing in at less than 3 lbs and measuring 0.8 inches at its thickest point, the X240 is ultraportable — without sacrificing anything in terms of laptop battery life, ports, connectivity, or durability. Award-Winning Keyboard Further Enhanced for Windows 8. I got a new corporate laptop, the X240 which was a replacement of the X230, and it was not clear at all that it was mounting only one memory slot. That was so sad. The other brands we have, ultrabook as well, are equipped with dual memory slots to have at least a maximum of 16Gb. That was very unusual to see from Lenovo.
Hi all,
I'm considering buying an X240, mostly because of the screen resolution. One downside of the X240, is that it only accepts 1 single SODIMM, which to now were only available up to 8GB sizes. I do need more than that to process the datasets I use. Has anybody tested these? Does the BIOS allow for 16GB?
http://www.intelligentmemory.com/dram-m ... 3-so-dimm/They appear to have a module code IMM2G64D3(L)SOD8AG which appears to be the first 16GB, and can do DDR3-1600. They may become available by mid April at $300
This post suggests it won't work...
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1797721
On the other hand, it was 'undocumented' that 2 8GB sticks could be used in X2xx series back in the day..
Adding a bit more info
A person from intelligentmemory says that a Haswell machine will not work with these chips, unless a change of the memory reference code, which is part of the BIOS. It is not yet 100% sure if it can be fixed by a BIOS update or not. On March 10, 2014, they did have a customer make it work on an Ivybridge E by modifying the memory reference code. Lenovo could work with Intel, and change this code.
Any ideas? Any Lenovo and/or Intel folks around? Best