Lenovo Thinkpad T450s Ram Slots
For those of us that have the T450s with 4gb of ram, if we want to add an additional 4gb of ram for a total of 8gb exactly what type of ram should we order that is the exact type of what is in there? And to take advantage of dual channel memory does it just have to be the same size ram or has to be the same exact memory stick? Memory Speed Processor Graphics i5-5200U 24 2.2 GHz 2.7 GHz 3MB DDR3L-1600 Intel HD Graphics 5500 i5-5300U 2.3 GHz 2.9 GHz 3MB i7-5600U 2.6 GHz 3.2 GHz 4MB Graphics Intel HD Graphics 5500 in processor only, or Intel HD Graphics 5500 in processor and NVIDIA GeForce® 940M, 1GB memory (discrete models are only available in Western Europe).
In this guide, I’ll be taking apart a Lenovo ThinkPad T450s in order to access and upgrade the hard drive, SSD and RAM.
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1. Removing the bottom cover
First of all, unlock and remove the battery.
Remove all screws securing the bottom cover. Pry up and remove the cover.
You can use a guitar pick or any other piece of plastic to split the case.
Under the bottom cover you can get access to the following internal components:
– Hard drive
– RAM slot
– M.2 slot
– Internal battery
– Heat sink and Cooling Fan
– Wireless card
– CMOS battery
– Speaker
2. Upgrade the RAM
The ThinkPad T450s comes with 4GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM, but it’s also has a spare RAM slot.
In my case, I will add a Kingston 8GB RAM.
Here’s my new Kingston 8GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM.
3. Upgrade the SSD
Lenovo Thinkpad T450s Ram Upgrade
Here’s WWAN M.2 slot, I will install a Plextor 2242 M.2 SSD into the slot.
Lenovo Thinkpad T450s Ram Slots Drivers
4. Upgrade the hard drive
The T450s comes with HGST 500GB 7200RPM hard drive. If necessary, you can upgrade to a larger capacity hard drive, or replace it with a 2.5″ SSD.
Description
- ThinkPad T450s, a 14” business Ultrabook with Intel 5th generation Core i7 and i7 CPUs, an optional full HD 1920 x 1080 matte touch screen and Lenovo’s Bridge Battery system.
- The “s” version is the lighter T series variant and it also adds the full HD IPS display option that we’d opt for over the 1600 x 900 panel.
- This 1.75 KG laptop packs a lot of ports and has Lenovo’s deeper travel backlit keyboard for a superb typing experience.
- The updated TrackPoint has dedicated hardware buttons at the top of the trackpad, and the notebook has dual band WiFI 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and a optional 4G LTE via a Sierra Wireless card. The ThinkPad T450s has upgradeable RAM, a 2.5” drive bay and M.2 slots. It has 3 USB 3.0 ports, a mini DisplayPort, 3.5mm audio, VGA, an SD card slot and Gigabit Ethernet. Its available in 12GB of DDR3 RAM and 256GB SSD