Lenovo ideapad U310 memory

[elvisruns]

Was wondering if anyone might know whether the motherboard in a U310 ultrabook might allow for memory expansion beyond the 4GB that it comes with? I can't seem to find anything regarding this from the Lenovo website or from their support division and thought I'd ask here before I try and take things apart.

 

[volcanoscout]

I couldn't find anything official, but found numerous anecdotal references that indicate it's possible. If you look at this thread, scroll down to the post by wolfe_BTV - there's more details in that post than I found anywhere else.

http/forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-Z-and-P-series/U310-RAM-Upgradable-Voided-Warranty/td-p/789923

Hope this helps!

 

[elvisruns]

Thanks for tracking that down. Good enough for government work. I could care less about the warranty. It's been a great little workhorse but this thing has crashed somewhat frequently (a complete lock up & unresponsive) and it seems to happen when I have a lot of stuff open and working, so I figure it's chewing up that 4GB pretty readily. Hoping a RAM boost might help alleviate that.

 

[volcanoscout]

Go for it. If you have any problems getting the RAM to work, just give us a shout. Do you have RAM picked out already?

 

[volcanoscout]

1600MHz PC3-12800 204-Pin DDR3L SODIMM Laptop Memory
or
1333MHZ PC3-10664 204-Pin DDR3L SODIMM Laptop Memory

You'll want to make sure that the DRAM is 1.35V. It might state that in the specs, or it might be listed as DDR3L.

 

[elvisruns]

Thanks for the heads up on the memory as well. I hadn't even started exploring what kind without some inkling that I could go beyond 4GB.