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    X220 RAM Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by RamblinWreck, Jun 12, 2011.

  1. RamblinWreck

    RamblinWreck Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've done plenty of RAM upgrades in desktops but never before in a laptop. How feasible is it in the X220? I figured I'd save the $80 and just buy a Newegg $20 stick of 2 GB RAM.
     
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    Impossible.
     
    vinuneuro, Jun 12, 2011
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  3. RamblinWreck

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    You're kidding, right? There's no place to unscrew and just pop it in?
     
    RamblinWreck, Jun 12, 2011
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  4. vinuneuro

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    I'm trying to think of how lazy you'd have to be to not be able to find out how to change the ram. Best of luck.
     
    vinuneuro, Jun 12, 2011
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  5. RamblinWreck

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    Well I did Google and there was nothing talking about it. I didn't YouTube it though and now I just did and found 1 video that does it. So thanks for making me think outside the box a little I guess.
     
    RamblinWreck, Jun 12, 2011
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  6. vinuneuro

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    Look at the bottom of your notebook. I'm sure you'll figure it out from there.
     
    vinuneuro, Jun 12, 2011
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    I don't get it till Wednesday.
     
    RamblinWreck, Jun 12, 2011
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    vinuneuro, Jun 12, 2011
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    sonshine87, Jun 12, 2011
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    Yeah man. You should have done the cursory amount of research before buying necessary to find out that replacing or adding to the RAM in the x220 is as easy as basically any other laptop :)
     
    LastSilmaril, Jun 12, 2011
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    by the way, click on CRU Removals/Replacements tab and then the memory tab to see the videos
     
    sonshine87, Jun 12, 2011
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    The X220 is a little bit tricky as you need to insert the memory at an angle and then push it down. Confused me until I watched the service video.
     
    gauden44, Jun 12, 2011
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    extended my warranty to 3 years and just bought some lenovo ramz - oh yeah.

    thanks for the vid sonshine87 + rep
     
    Busy_lad, Apr 4, 2012
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