New RAM for Lenovo X240. Does this Thinkpad really have only one RAM slot? Or is there another one on the back of the board (i.e. Detailed Specifications - ThinkPad X240. About Lenovo + About Lenovo. There is no mention in it regarding an M.2 slot or that an M.2 board is even used in any of the model's variants. If you have no need of the ODD you could replace it with a caddy to hold your 1TB HDD for use as the storage drive and insert a SSD as the main drive. On p.72-73 there is a list of SSDs that are used in the various models. A number of slots (Wi-Fi, M.2), the drive bay, the fan system and one memory bank can be found below this maintenance hatch. Unfortunately, this is indeed the only RAM slot on board, being occupied. M.2 is a solid-state drive (SSD) form factor primarily used as an operating system boot solution. Lenovo ThinkSystem servers support M.2 drives either with the addition of a supported M.2 adapter or module, or directly on the system board.
1. Is it any 2242 m.2 SSD with be OK? Which model is crecommended? 128GB or 256GB?
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New RAM for Lenovo X240. Does this Thinkpad really have only one RAM slot? Or is there another one on the back of the board (i.e. Detailed Specifications - ThinkPad X240. About Lenovo + About Lenovo. There is no mention in it regarding an M.2 slot or that an M.2 board is even used in any of the model's variants. If you have no need of the ODD you could replace it with a caddy to hold your 1TB HDD for use as the storage drive and insert a SSD as the main drive. On p.72-73 there is a list of SSDs that are used in the various models. A number of slots (Wi-Fi, M.2), the drive bay, the fan system and one memory bank can be found below this maintenance hatch. Unfortunately, this is indeed the only RAM slot on board, being occupied. M.2 is a solid-state drive (SSD) form factor primarily used as an operating system boot solution. Lenovo ThinkSystem servers support M.2 drives either with the addition of a supported M.2 adapter or module, or directly on the system board.
My questions are:1. Is it any 2242 m.2 SSD with be OK? Which model is crecommended? 128GB or 256GB?
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Lenovo X240 M.2 Slot Monitor
Lenovo X240 M.2 Slot Laptop
2. Some said the slot is for cache drive only. Is it really OK use it for windows drive?