S10 only capable of 1.5GB RAM?

I've seen many people suggest getting a 2GB stick of RAM for the Lenovo Ideapad S10. However, from everything I've found on the net, it's only capable of using 1.5GB. Since it already comes with 512MB, why does everyone suggest getting a 2GB stick instead of a 1GB? Or has anyone confirmed that it is actually capable of using 2GB (which would go against even the specs listed Lenovo's own pages)?

 

Why would it not be capable of running 2GB...?

 

Hi Matt,

As I said in my post, every page where I was able to find info on max capacity said 1.5GB, not 2GB. I don't know why necessarily, I'm juts going by what what is written on the official Lenovo spec page.

 

Ok, done more searching and other people are reporting that it can handle 2gb. Which wastes the onboard 512. Kind of stupid.

 

Ah, I just took a look at the S10 specs. The reason is that 512MB is soldered onto the motherboard and there is only one available slot. However, I still don't see what would prevent you from inserting a 2GB stick into that slot...

Edit: You beat me to it.

 

The motherboard is cheap so it is not advanced enough to have more ram. For example my desktop mb has 2 slots but can only read 1GB ram.

 

Ah, I see. Just another reason to stay the heck away from netbooks.

I also noticed the screen resolution when I was looking at the specs... 1024x600?! That's insane! I don't know if this is the norm for netbooks, but no thanks!

 

The chipset most likely supports only 2GB of RAM with two slots. One slot is probably 512MB of RAM soldered onto the mainboard, and the other slot only has 1GB capacity.

 

How many slots are available, and what type of memory stick do they hold?

 

Sounds just like the Acer Aspire One. 512MB on the mainboard, one slot. The best Intel netbook chipsets can support is 2GB of RAM (sadly, their newest Poulsbo netbook chipset only supports 1GB of RAM), so you're stuck adding a 1GB module for a total of 1.5GB maxed.

They use DDR2 SO-DIMMs for RAM.