Lenovo Thinkpad T450s Ram Slots

In this guide, I’ll be taking apart a Lenovo ThinkPad T450s in order to access and upgrade the hard drive, SSD and RAM.

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Lenovo ThinkPad T450s - Intel Core i5-5200U ( 2.20GHz 1600MHz 3MB) 20bx001pus $467.00 Lenovo ThinkPad T450s Ultrabook - Intel Core i7-5600U (4MB Cache, up to 3.20GHz) t450sbestsap. The base model ThinkPad T450s costs a very reasonable $881 and comes with a 2.2-GHz Core i5-5200U CPU, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, Windows 8.1 non-Pro and a 1,600 x 900 nontouch screen. How to replace the RAM on a Lenovo Thinkpad T450s. These instructions also apply to the Thinkpad T460s.

1. Removing the bottom cover

First of all, unlock and remove the battery.
Remove all screws securing the bottom cover. Pry up and remove the cover.
You can use a guitar pick or any other piece of plastic to split the case.

Under the bottom cover you can get access to the following internal components:
– Hard drive
– RAM slot
– M.2 slot
– Internal battery
– Heat sink and Cooling Fan
– Wireless card
– CMOS battery
– Speaker

2. Upgrade the RAM

The ThinkPad T450s comes with 4GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM, but it’s also has a spare RAM slot.
In my case, I will add a Kingston 8GB RAM.

Here’s my new Kingston 8GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM.

Lenovo Thinkpad T450 Memory Upgrade

3. Upgrade the SSD

Here’s WWAN M.2 slot, I will install a Plextor 2242 M.2 SSD into the slot.

Lenovo Thinkpad T450s Ram Slots Drivers

4. Upgrade the hard drive

Lenovo Thinkpad T450s Ram Upgrade

The T450s comes with HGST 500GB 7200RPM hard drive. If necessary, you can upgrade to a larger capacity hard drive, or replace it with a 2.5″ SSD.

Description

ThinkPad T450s, a 14” business Ultrabook with Intel 5th generation Core i7 and i7 CPUs, an optional full HD 1920 x 1080 matte touch screen and Lenovo’s Bridge Battery system.
The “s” version is the lighter T series variant and it also adds the full HD IPS display option that we’d opt for over the 1600 x 900 panel.
This 1.75 KG laptop packs a lot of ports and has Lenovo’s deeper travel backlit keyboard for a superb typing experience.
The updated TrackPoint has dedicated hardware buttons at the top of the trackpad, and the notebook has dual band WiFI 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and a optional 4G LTE via a Sierra Wireless card. The ThinkPad T450s has upgradeable RAM, a 2.5” drive bay and M.2 slots. It has 3 USB 3.0 ports, a mini DisplayPort, 3.5mm audio, VGA, an SD card slot and Gigabit Ethernet. Its available in 12GB of DDR3 RAM and 256GB SSD