Lenovo T410 Memory Slots

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  1. Lenovo T410 Max Memory Upgrade
  2. Lenovo Thinkpad T410 Memory Upgrade Instructions
Lenovo Thinkpad 410

The T410 has 2 GB soldered on to the mainboard. That leaves one SODIMM slot. If you put in a 4GB SODIMM, then you have 6GB max. If you can get 4GB on the mainboard and add a SODIMM, then 8 GB might be possible. Lenovo Thinkpad T410. Οικονομικά Laptop, PC και Κινητά - PCLife.gr. Μνήμη RAM: 1x 4GB DDR3L Memory slots: 1 Σκληρός δίσκος. Maximum RAM for T410 / support for 16GB RDIMMS? According to the 'Tech Specs' page for the T410 the maximum ram is 128GB (8 slots, 16GB dimms stated as supported). But according to that model T410 support pages (and parts pages) the maximum ram is 64GB. I called DELL Tech Support twice to check which one was correct. The Laptop has 2 Slots to install memory, already with 4GB standard memory installed. For best Lenovo ThinkPad T410 (2518AHU) Laptop performance use the maximum amount of 8GB, fill all the slots with the max allowed memory per slot for your Laptop. What is the warranty on these memory? What if the memory is not compatible?

as my main computer when travelling and teaching. It works fine, it is fast enough and has the video output I need.T410
So far, so good!
However, since in my training session I tend to use a couple of virtual machine to demonstrate concepts, I decided to upgrade my 4 GB RAM to the maximum supported 8 GB.
As a surprise, when I opened the RAM slot I found only a stick for a total size of

Lenovo T410 Max Memory Upgrade

2 GB, so where was the other one?It took me a while to understand that

Lenovo Thinkpad T410 Memory Upgrade Instructions

the second memory stick is under the keyboard:
So if you have the very same Lenovo model, please take into account that a memory upgrade is not as simple as it is on other laptops.
Anyway, now my Lenovo has a full power of 8 GBRam, and that’s fine to run Linux hosting a couple of PostgreSQL virtual machines! Think about when your only operating system is asking for the total RAM!