Ram Upgrade! Lenovo IdeaPad 3 - 14ADA05 Laptop 

Thanks! Good luck with the laptop!

Thank you! Cheers

Experience helps a lot definitely

My lenovo ideapad 3 14ada05, RAM upgrade can help sir?

I'm pretty sure I made a video for m.2 ssd upgrade. Sorry it's been a few years.

Hmmm I don’t think it would fit but i’ve never tried a bigger battery

Depends on what game you are trying to play. Ram can help with multitasking. For games it also helps as most games nowadays require more ram

Im pretty sure it’s called plastic opening picks. Another name is triangle plastic pry tool

The ram will only run the max speed of the soldered ram. Even If I put a faster speed ram for the removable ram slot, the soldered ram will make the speed match. Good luck, I hope this helps.

Not that I know off. I could be wrong but I think the main reason is that the built in ram 4gb in the motherboard is 2400 mhz so no matter what stick you put in it run at 2400mhz. Definitely feel free to chexk the bios too. You might find something I missed.

Yes. 4gb ram soldered. 8gb stick. Yup only 2400 mhz speed. It helps when I have a lot of windows open. Cpu is one of the major factors for performance. It depends also if you are trying to game. Im not much of a gamer. Just basic editing, surfing, illustrator photoshop for work

I’m wondering too. I upgraded mine using a 2400 and I think this caused the frequent blue screens.

Are you referring to the soldered ram? Or the ram stick in the slot?

Other 4gb ram is a part of the motherboard and cant be removed

Yup. Im pretty sure I made a video

@@whattmeter I'm watching it, I just discover your channel 🤣😁

Nice! Haha yeah sorry I couldn’t remember. All my upcoming videos are gaming tests since everyone is asking

Wow thank you so much! I’ve only been uploading once every two weeks.

This computer came with a 5400 rpm hard drive. All I had to do was add the nvme ssd. Most lenovos come with the hdd cable though depending on where you got your laptop

@@whattmeter thank you very much!☺️.

No problem good luck

good question. Please check your task manager, then open performance tab. Then select "memory." this will tell you available slots for your ram, your current ram speed, and what type of ram you have. After than open cmd as admin then type "wmic memphysical get maxcapacity" this will give you the max ram your computer can handle in kilobytes. Convert the value to gigabytes. The purpose of this is to make sure to see if your computer can handle 16gb of ram.

My computer had an hdd included so I made an ssd upgrade video

@@whattmeter okay

You can check your max capacity. Open cmd as admin then type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity. Convert kb to gb to find out max ram your computer can handle

Crucial, because its same model as the original ram that the laptop have, and its same manufacture (Micron). So its better Crucial

Depends on what model you have. The one in the video had 4gb ram soldered in. The ram in the slot is the only removable/ upgradable ram

You can also not have the removable ram in the slot or leave the slot empty if you prefer

A lot of laptops come with windows 10 s mode. You can get out of windows 10 s mode pretty easily and switch it to home edition. You can run netflix on S mode. I'm not sure about Roblox. S mode prevents you from downloading 3rd party software like firefox or chrome. It's hard to find laptops nowadays without s mode.

Edit: newegg only place that is currently selling it.

Oh really wow. The link I put in the description didn’t work from amazon? I highly recommend other brands too. This was the best price for the ram I got but it was over a month ago

not necessary. just playing it safe to avoid shorting other components. I've done many ram upgrades without disconnecting the battery, but it is not recommended.

​@@whattmeter Ummmm yes it is ABSOLUTELY necessary to disconnect the battery before doing anything else in a computer. You're either gonna shock yourself, or more likely damaging the components!

Nope, but I use a different lenovo s145 with intel i7. I dont ise the ryzen 3 much since im testing other computers often

To make sure. Check your task manager > performance > memory. This will tell you if you are using slot 1 of 2 which means you have a vacant ram slot. Also you will see the current ram speed and type of ram you have currently

@@whattmeter Yes i checked It was using 1 slot out of 2 and frequency was 2400mhz

@@whattmeter will crucial 2666mhz ram support my laptop just to Verify before purchasing

It should but would only run 2400mhz since the current ram is 2400mhz. You can also use crucial scanner to confirm ram compatibility

Sadly different size or frequency doesnt count as dual channel

Maybe that’s all they had

@@whattmeter Thanks bro but i give it to someone and he did it for me but thanks for your reply

the second one is a pre-soldered 4gb stick. (so 4+8=12Gb total)

Check you task manager > memory and look for reserved ram. It’s normal for the computer to reserve some memory. You can change some settings and adjust this but I would be careful as it can cause system instability www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/reserved-memory

Some of it might also end up in shared gpu memory. Check task manager > gpu and see how much of shared memory is available

its the AMD APU, if you have 4gb of rams, your laptop will give 512mb for VRAM (3,5 usable RAM), but if you have 8gb or more, your laptop will give 2gb for VRAM. Sorry for my bad english

Thank you Sir.

I did the cmd wmic memphysical get maxcapacity and this specific laptop only recommended 12gb ram max

highly recommended to avoid shorting other components if accidentally touched. Especially if you're not grounded, there's a chance something might get shorted.

@@whattmeter hey bro i just i cant allocate my Vram how to allocate it? So that my laptop can perform better?

@@hirokenju5053 Depends on Manufacturer. You can adjust the amount of memory you can allocate to the GPU from within the BIOS. I think it says Advanced or Chipset Area in the BIOS or Shared Memory. Depends on the Brand too not all pcs will let you do that. Also just be careful, it can cause system instability.

no 12 only

Nice the i3 10th gen is pretty good I think it’s better than ryzen 3

yes

No , you must check first your laptop max ram memory

Check in google

@@norhizamsareh4386 My Ideapad 3 has 4 gigs sodered to the motherboard and 16 in the spot that had another 4 gig stick, I bought a 16 gig stick, it now has 20 gigs in dual channel.

@@kennywhiddon1497 Hey Kenny, I'm about to put a 16 GB stick in my ideapad 3 15iil05. They say it will take it. Is yours still running ok, and is it truly running in dual channel? Thanks man!!

storage or ram

One ram slot. 4gb of ram is soldered on. Feel free to check the screenshots toward the end of the video to give you a better idea

Surprisingly cpuz says yes. Which is hard to believe because they are not the same amount of ram. Idk if that is legit though the cpuz reading

This model in the video has 4gb ram built in that runs 2400 mhz. So no matter how much faster the ram I put it in will both run at the slower speed which for this case is 2400 mhz. Hope this clears things up

How long did you wait for screen? Sometimes it takes a few minutes for new ram to get recognized. If not try reseating the ram

@@whattmeter i have wait for 10 minutes more, and nothing any impact

What happens when you put in the old ram? I would check to make sure you have compatible ram. Also does the new ram fit properly in the slot?

@@whattmeter my first ram is onboard, so i used free slot, this slot never used before, so i bought a new ram, it's same 2400mhz and fit properly, then i turned on my laptop and i got the screen is blank, after it, i put off the ram, and the screen is normal again

I would call support or the place where you got the ram to help troubleshoot

Lol I just got the same, did you get buy something or still waiting? I want to upgrade my laptop too

Crucial 8GB single DDR4 MT/s (PC4-19200) SR x8 SODIMM 260-pin Memory - CT8G4SFS824A , worked for my Lenovo idea pad 3 when i installed it

The big metal thing? It was the original hard drive

@@whattmeter oh didnt have it on my Ideapad 3 and one more thing that I noticed is that when I open the laptop I actually got an empty slot on my ram slot unlike yours.It seems that a 4gb ram has been built-in on my laptop and another slot was added for further upgrades maybe.Any suggestions for how much ram should I add?I read somewhere that the max is 16gb for this laptop.Thanks for the reply in advance, cheers!

Oh interesting yours probably came with the faster m2 ssd. For the ram you can open cmd as admin > type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity > convert the amount from kb to gigabytes ( this will show max ram capacity)

@@whattmeter oh its actually 12gb max memory instead of 16gb, glad u told me this before I bought the ram, thanks man!

No problem. Good luck! Yeah unfortunately it depends on the specs of the computer

Oddly it says dual channel when I check cpu z. Idk if that reading is accurate

@@whattmeter It is in flex mode. The first 4GB of the 8GB stick is in dual channel with the 4GB soldered. The remaining 4GB of the 8GB stick is in single channel.

Im planning to add another 4gb will it work?

Unfortunately for this specific model it has 4gb built in and one ram slot

@@whattmeter i have the same model too so if I will just follow your vid my ram will be 8gb? assuming im adding a 4gb ram?

To make sure check your task manager >performance >memory. It will tell you ram speed, what ram, and if slot 1 of 2 is used meaning you would have a vacant slot. Then you can see if you only have 4 gb then is you add another 4 then you would have eight

@@whattmeter thanks my guy

Depends on the cpu. For the one in the video recommended is 12gb max. If I go 20gb it might cause issues

@@whattmeter why could cause issues with 20GB?

Did I point to the wrong ram?

Lol