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Does the X201 support a single 8GB DIMM?

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Does the X201 support a single 8GB DIMM?

#1 Post by kevman » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:10 am

I tried to upgrade to 16GB, but was not able to and found out that the chipset doesn't support it, only 8GB max. When I tried a single 8GB dimm the system would not boot, and I couldn't even install Windows fresh. any ideas?

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Re: Does the X201 support a single 8GB DIMM?

#2 Post by Kaze22 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:41 pm

It can only do 4gbx2, just like the X301.
It doesn't recognize 8gb dimms.
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Re: Does the X201 support a single 8GB DIMM?

#3 Post by rsutoratosu » Wed May 02, 2012 10:27 pm

Brad on the forum uses has 8gb modules.. expensive, he used Lenovo FRU 03X6401.

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Re: Does the X201 support a single 8GB DIMM?

#4 Post by yozas » Wed May 09, 2012 8:32 am

Kaze22 wrote:It can only do 4gbx2, just like the X301.
It doesn't recognize 8gb dimms.
lies, x301 supports 16GB total

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Re: Does the X201 support a single 8GB DIMM?

#5 Post by Brad » Wed May 09, 2012 11:14 am

When I wrote that a T410 worked with 8Gb x 2 for a total 16Gb I had a 32 bit OS installed. The BIOS did indeed recognize the ram and the 32 bit OS booted and only of course could use up to 4Gb. When I attempted to install an 64 bit OS I had no success.

I have not attempted to use 8Gb dimms on an X301.

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Re: Does the X201 support a single 8GB DIMM?

#6 Post by ausmike » Wed May 09, 2012 12:39 pm

FYI.............

Sorry I hadnt seen these section of forum(s) for long time ....didnt have much spare free time to post info etc here ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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These features are now hardly used now on our systems due to SSD - much cheaper !

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