16GB RAM Upgrade | Lenovo Ideapad S145 | LNVNB161216 

Glad it all worked out!

awesome glad to hear you were able to upgrade!

is your an AMD R5 or intel ideapad s145, because i want to increase for greater usage with HDRP unity

@@ramzmatidzematidzevertexpt6601 AMD. Ryzen 7 3700U

Would you recommend this upgrade or just buying a new laptop? I have the same laptop as this, it is very slow.

@@oveyo8254 I think you can easily decide with monitoring your ram while you're using the most demanding programs. Mine was not enough so this upgrade really solved my problem. If you're not gaming on your laptop, I think it'll be enough. For example, now mine using up to 14 GB ram while on heavy load.

Thanks lol

Good luck with the upgrade. I still use the laptop every week for work. Surprisingly it has held up well. I still haven’t upgraded to windows 11 yet though

oh sorry to hear that. darn those plastic links.

Good luck! Also everyone recommends disconnecting battery first.

@@whattmeter Hey can I get an Amazon link to the laptop

@@whattmeter did you disconnect the battery in the video?

hey bro did u buy the timetec one?

@ThatGuyCalledNoop got a corsair vengeance

Oh my.. I saw that too. :/ Great tute, otherwise.

why

@@perxiess could damage your HDD.

thanks! LOL

You’re welcome glad it helped

Glad it helped

I’ve been using it for work long hours. Never had any issues yet. I could be wrong but it could be the same like dell where they have recommended ram which was when they designed the laptop. Then when the bios gets updated they allow more ram. If they really wanted to prevent more than 12gb they could control it with the bios update. It’s kinda like how some laptops can only run 2400mhz ram. Even if you put a ram with 2666mhz, it only runs it at 2400mhz because they capped it. Just my opinion though. Issue is this laptop has no dedicated gpu memory so it relies a lot on the ram

Oh yeah i would double check to make sure the cpu you have can handle the upgrade or run crucial scanner to double check if the ram upgrade is possible

So I have the Ryzen 5 3500u version with the Vega 8 integrated graphics..and yeah it takes up a lot of ram! On Crucial website it says that the laptop can support 20GB ram but on Lenovo's Forums people are saying do not exceed the maximum 12 gigs... I want to upgrade soon and I'm confused between the 12 and 20 gigs. How do I check if it's safe to upgrade to 20 tho?

If you are having doubts just play it safe. That ryzen 5 can handle it but if other people are saying they have issues with 20gb probably best to play it safe. I wonder if those having issues updated their bios. But in my opinion, best to play it safe and stick to the official lenovo website recommendations especially if you still have a warranty. The ryzen 5 with vega 8 integrated graphics! Very nice! Maybe there’s an incompatibility issue with this cpu, the 4gb ram integrated then the dim slot. The ryzen gets an increased performance boost with dual channel but maybe since it’s a different setup there’s some issue

@@whattmeter From what I can tell, the max gb upgrade is based on what model of Lenovo Ideapad S145, there are SEVERAL versions with different Chips, so I think if you have the Intel chip you can upgrade to 20Gb but if you have AMD like me, 12Gb may be the max.

Glad it worked!

there are multiple types of ram like regular and v ram. any type of ram will make your computer run better in general i dont know if this exact way will work search up your ideapad on youtube or google to see

Is the iGPU memory is allocated dynamically and automatically like after 2016 in all the machines?

@@valerafox7795 that sounds right. Dynamically allocated. Thank you 🤓

with intel i3, I wouldn't go past an 8gb ram stick (12gb ram total). I've been using 16gb ram stick on this i7 as my daily driver and i haven't had any issues at all. I'm typing this comment on this laptop right now. I use it for mostly work stuff and light editing. Just my opinion though.

​@@whattmeterwill it work fine for i5 8th gen?

U can use e gpu

I swear this motherboard is majesty !! Up to 7th gen Intel or AMD A6, Nvidia MX110 with 4GB VRAM and With all this free 4PCIe lanes for nvme or eGPU - man this is a beast !!

It’s even cheaper

I would go 8gb ram if possible (8gb+4gb). You can check cpuz to see if it runs dual channel. There’s a noticeable difference in performance in my opinion running 12gb total vs 8gb

@@whattmeter is there any way for me to see if my soldered inter grated 4G RAM is 2666 or 2400 i cannot see its specifications due to it being integrated and i cannot remove it ... will it make a difference if the two are not the same ?

​@@barry2521you can check that up in task manager (ctrl+alt+del) and go to performance tab and then memory

No, it maxed out by the Motherboard specs not by how many slots you have for Ram.

Yes! If it’s the same model the 4gb is built in. There’s only one ram slot ln this laptop. It should be plug and play. People also recommended disconnecting the battery before installing new ram, which I didn’t show in this video. Make sure you check the speed of the ram as well. The one in the video was 2400mhz so I would double check to make sure the laptop supports the speed you are buying

It’s better a 16gb because with 8gb of ram sometimes your gameplays or video quality are slow

@@MechoYT I upgraded n I am using 8gb stick....in total it is 12gb 😁 1TB HDD + 1TB SSD 😉

I have the same pc, did you changed it? If yes, what was the result?

I looked it up. Looks like for linux you can do command “grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo”

@@whattmeter Thank you sir, so currently i have 6Gb available, but sadly it seems that my system can only handle 12Gb of ram max :(

Oh sorry to hear that

You should buy Crucial😄

Un

same question

it should, Keep in mind it will only run it at 2400 mhz.

Yes you can

@@whattmeter 16+4 ? and these 20 will work ?

@@valerafox7795 yup I still use this laptop with the same ram to this day for work.

@@whattmeter idk will it work if the CPU is Pentium Gold 5405U it's okay with i5 and i7 but idk about this one (()

nope, it just increase physical memory not VRAM

Open cmd as admin > type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity > convert kilobytes to gigabytes to find out max ram capacity

Yup it works pretty good for me. I use it as my daily driver for work. Also use it for basic editing, illustrator, photoshop. What cpu is your laptop using as there are many configurations for this laptop? Also are you using an ssd? Usually ssd can make a big difference

@@whattmeter hi thanks for replying, it's using Intel Celeron cpu 4205U @ 1.80GHz and yes it has SSD. It's so slow can literally take about 5 minutes to turn on 🤦

By any chance did you check the current ram speed? You can check the max ram speed the celeron cpu can handle. Also you can also run a read and write speed test on your SSD.

@@AgKeClva_ it's because of the Celeron

Same processor and model as you. Did you already try the 16gb ram? Did it work?

It will depend on the CPU installed, not the motherboard itself The best CPU for this motherboard support the ram with 2666mHZ which is the max RAM for the motherboard too

It depends on motherboard But actually saying, any SODIMM DDR4 stick up to 16GB will work 100% with no issues like that's how it works now

I would run crucial scanner to see how much ram is compatible. usually 12gb of ram is more than enough, unless you are trying to run some extensive games/ multi tasking. It has 4gb ram built in so if you have a 12gb ram stick it would give you 16gb total which is usually more than enough. Ryzen's are pretty good too.

But i would lime to know if he could buy a 16gb ram and then install it?

Its a ddr4 type

the CPU may not support this amount of RAM

One thing you can do to double check max ram capacity is open cmd as admin. Type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity. Convert the kb to gigabytes to get max ram capacity

Highly recommended to disconnect the battery. I was a rookie at the time so I didn’t do it in the video. I always disconnect the battery now

Have you opened up your laptop by any chance? Some laptops have only one removable ram slot. The other is soldered on

This model is not ryzen unfortunately. I made a lenovo video with ryzen which was 12gb

I would base it off the cpu. The cpu in the video is an i7 so I was confident it could handle the ram

Does it Actually limits RAM for you, or this is just in manual?

@@valerafox7795 I don't even remember now. It was just the manual I think and took the upgrade.

Same question!

"officially" they recommend 12gb ram max.

Officially, the max recommended is adding only 8gb so the total would be 12gb ram. Although I've been using 20gb and I still use this computer until now for work. You can run cmd as adming, then type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity, and press Enter. Convert the kb to MB and that is the official max ram supported by your laptop.

Depends on your cpu. This pc had an i7 8th gen so I know it could handle 16gb no problem. Been using it daily for work with no issues. If the cpu is an i3 or ryzen 3 I wouldnt go past the recommended 12gb ram max but thats just my opinion

Yes, otherwise the higher frequency one will start working at the lower frequency of the other stick, and sometimes it won't even work

@@theheavygamer430 there the modes that ram stick support If there's no a single one in the singular intersection (meaning the fastest mode should be either the same for the sticks, or the better one also capable of the fastest of the worse stick .)

Yo te la vendo

Yes the vram will go up as well.

thanks! yup he's right

Up to you really. If you want to play it safe I would stay 12gb ram max.

I would not go about 12gb ram if you have amd athlon silver. It's an entry level cpu that would struggle for heavy applications. putting in a 16gb ram stick would probably cause instability (just my opinion)

@@whattmeter Yeah. I just learned that my processor is worse than most phones so that doesn't surprise me.

​@@whattmeterhow well would you rate the Pentium Gold?

Best I can find is 8 RAM max capacity for this model ( I have the same one and wondered the same thing). psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/IdeaPad/ideapad_S145_15AST/ideapad_S145_15AST_Spec.pdf

Open cmd as admin >type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity > convert kb to gb. It should give you a good idea of max ram

oh really? same model? did you check task manager > performance > memory (it should be 20gb on the top right corner)

Yeah same model. I’ve checked and opened up the computer. My computer shows I only have 4gb total. with the 4gb being in the slot. I tried removing the stick to see if it was registering the soldered ram rather than the removable stick and it wouldn’t boot.

That is odd? Is it showing slot 1 of 2 in the task manager? Or slot 2 0f 2

@@whattmeter it shows slot 1 of 1 so I guess I only have the one slot. I think I read somewhere that the soldered ram is optional but I can’t find where I read it now.

Ohhh never seen one like that. I wonder if it’s a different motherboard model

Hey man, I have the same laptop model and the same problem. Have you found the answer?

have yall found the answer yet? @@League_of_cringe

@@League_of_cringe did you guys figure it out too? im trying to upgrade but not too sure what to do

@@santiago4444 I sold this laptop and bought Legion :)

Try using crucial scanner to see what ram you have and what speed. You can also check your ram speed using task manager > memory

Unfortunately from what I’ve see with crucial scanner. One 16gb is max. There’s 4gb built in plus 16gb makes it 20gb. A 32gb would make it 36gb because of the 4gb built in. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t support that

Chutiya hai kya. Graphics Card upgrade nahi karr sakte. Lavdu

@@Toxic-th4si bro you can tell him that thing in a non toxic way but ya you got your name right 😂

It is ddr4 though i did not try yet to upgrade the ram. Did you already change the ram of yours?

@@euginealmine7968 Hi, yes...I changed mine and it is pretty easy, it's like taking out the ram from the old slot and putting the other one in the same place and then you got it. And yes, it works perfectly.

More ram increases responsiveness. Also helps multi tasking applications. If you are referring to faster boot time most likely an ssd upgrade would be more noticeable

It was instant. I did match the speed of the current ram of 2400 mhz so I wouldn’t have to change the xmp profile. I don’t know if this laptop has a locked bios. That’s why when I upgrade I usually match the speed of original ram to avoid issues. Especially for computers like hp they have a locked bios so you cant access xmp profile. I don’t know about lenovo though

jasetutorials ok thank you for the help I have a Lenovo computer and trying to run Star Wars the old republic so

Oh nice! Good luck

What celeron model exactly? Also you would have to check the motherboard also. You can use cpuz to find out what cpu and motherboard model you have. You can also use crucial scanner to see possible ram and ssd upgrades

@@whattmeter I've got a Celeron 3865U. Crucial has helped me out on the RAM front. Now I'm really just curious about whether I can add ab NVME SSD into the empty slot. Crucial doesn't say anything since there's no SSD installed at the moment. By the way, thank you very much for your quick response time.

No problem. That’s interesting crucial doesn’t suggest any m.2 ssd huh. You can identify the motherboard using cpuz and looking up to see is it’s m.2 compatible

@@whattmeter What SSD was in this S145?

Samsung 256 gb m.2

By any chance are they heat pads?

@@whattmeter I searched it up and yes they are heat pads thank you I finally found the term I was looking for. Only problem is IDK how to remove it.

I use the same information

is the CPU i5-8265U?

It support up to 8GB RAM if it's i5