EDIT: ‼Based on feedback from others, it seems that 64 GB RAM does not work on vPro processors. Maximum RAM for these CPUs is 48 GB (16 GB + 32 GB). I have updated the product links accordingly.‼ A popular question from the first version of this video: Does 64 GB of RAM really work? I talk about it right around 02:14
Hmmm. I have a 64GB set arriving imminently. Still, I'm glad I discovered this news rather than not. Now that I have done a little bit of research on this I have some potentially useful information. According to a post I found on Reddit, VPro is on all the T480 types, the only difference being whether the purchasing organisation paid the licence fees to be able to access the features. The person on this reddit forum also stated that you can disable VPro functionality in the BIOS, effectively turning it into a non-Vpro version - but I'm unsure if this means that doing so would allow those folk unable to have their T480 system see 64GB would now actually see it. As for identifying a Vpro laptop (if stickers aren't present on the exterior), if you type "Lenovo PSREF T480" into Google, the first hit will allow you to see official Lenovo T480 specifications. This shows that the type of ethernet on your laptop will inform whether or not you have 'optional' Vpro - having not opened my laptop I cannot say whether the ethernet module has the identifiable name on it, but if not I imagine running a CPU-Z scan would allow software to inform either way. www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/eo778f/buying_a_t480s_and_wondering_if_intel_vpro_is_as/ I also found this reddit that shows someone with the same CPU as me - i5-8350u - and is able to see the full 64GB. I'm going to see whether my T480 has Vpro or not and decide whether to install the two 32GB sticks that come or to just install one and accept 48GB. www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/vmg2ab/comment/ie3bavy/ There is definitely confusion over T480, 64GB ram and Vpro interaction but until someone provides a definitive answer we will just have to press on individually.
@@ChezDoesStuff aha i see...my t480 have m.2 sata SSD connected using a caddy. If i buy pcie nvme SSD will I get nvme speed? Or should I replace my caddy to? I don't know my caddy is nvme supported or not.
Awesome! I'm doing a quick survey of all who have and have not successfully upgraded to 64GB. Is your machine 7th generation or 8th generation Intel? Thanks!
Great video I was wondering why the limit would only be 32Gb I've been planning to get a cheap T480 and mod it heavily over the next months. What do you think of a T25 frankenpad, where you modify a T25's palm rest and classic keyboard to fit a T480? I haven't been able to find anything on it on youtube.
Thanks for watching! I'll admit that's something that's interested me in the past, but I never found the time to do it. I'd be keen on learning about it though, so do drop a link or something once you get around doing it. :)
@@ChezDoesStuff Will do! The first upgrade would be replacing the TN panel with a low power IPS panel one similar to the one from the T490 but I'll be sure to document the keyboard upgrade on a forum.
There cpu list: i5-7200U , 5-7300U, i3-8130U , i5-8250U , i5-8350U , i7-8550U , i7-8650U . I see 8650U and 8350U supports 64 gigs. What else supports ?
Im having exactly the same issue as Bill D mentions... trying to get 64g to boot, it does exactly the same thing as his on all counts, each stick of ram has been tested in each slot individually and it boots fine one stick at a time but if I add both no joy... mine is an I5 8th gen and it has bios updated to the latest available I have tried unplugging the cmos and everything else mentioned... its not the end of the world since 64 is way over the top and 32 is fine but maybe its the 8th gen specifically since he and I are having the same issue on an 8th gen i5 and an i7... thoughts? Regardless thanks for the videos I picked up the 480 because of them and am glad I did.
@@ChezDoesStuff I just looked and yes it does... I also just tried it with the existing 16g stick and one of the 32's and it booted fine so Im returning the 64 and ordering one 32.... thanks again :)
Do you think this will work also on the L580 or the T480s? I'd like to be able to upgrade the ram to 64GB over buying something new. I run a lot of VM's. I need the juice.
Im thinking of getting this for my first year of college haha. Its pretty cheap like 250 dollars , so ill use it for the first year then give it to my brother whilst ill go get a better laptop , what are your thoughts?
I think it'd work great, if you're just going to deal with paperwork, statistics, etc. and not 3D-modeling, game development, etc. :) It's truly one of the best bang for buck machines in the used markets rn.
@@ChezDoesStuff yup main stuff will be visual studio and other coding programs , its so cheap that almost equivalent to what i paid for my phone 😆 and built like a tank too , imma start chem eng tho so there will be fluid simulation, some cad and matlab too from 2nd year so definitely would need to change the laptop then haha
I bought a Lenovo twist. In the manual says "Max 128gb of ssd (msata)", and I thought it was the max you can install, so I buy a 128gb SSD. Waste of money, it can read a 512 SSD 😢
No joy here, T480 doesn't boot with 2 x 32GB DIMMS installed. Boots fine with 1 32GB and 1 8GB. Bit perplexing as it doesn't seem to matter which 32GB DIMM is installed, both are fine in either slot singly but no joy with both installed.
Sorry to hear that. Did you try to boot with 1x32GB for both sticks, just to rule out any factory defect on either of them? That happened to me once. :)
@@lattosimbaste odd indeed! Were you at least able to get to the red Lenovo startup logo and at least enter BIOS to see if all the memory can be read? Or maybe give the machine's black screen a minute or so to get to the Lenovo logo on first boot?
@@ChezDoesStuff no, the power button LED will illuminate for maybe 5 seconds and shuts down. No display. I tried with enabling full diagnostics in BIOS too (it's current).
@@lattosimbaste Sorry for the late reply. Your laptop reading either 32GB stick in either slot fine has me holding out for hope. Have you tried doing a hard power reset via the emergency hole on the bottom? Kinda farfetched but worth a try, I think. When I had defective RAM sticks, the laptop never reached the red Lenovo screen but never turned off by itself, either.
EDIT: ‼Based on feedback from others, it seems that 64 GB RAM does not work on vPro processors. Maximum RAM for these CPUs is 48 GB (16 GB + 32 GB). I have updated the product links accordingly.‼
A popular question from the first version of this video: Does 64 GB of RAM really work? I talk about it right around 02:14
Hmmm. I have a 64GB set arriving imminently. Still, I'm glad I discovered this news rather than not. Now that I have done a little bit of research on this I have some potentially useful information.
According to a post I found on Reddit, VPro is on all the T480 types, the only difference being whether the purchasing organisation paid the licence fees to be able to access the features. The person on this reddit forum also stated that you can disable VPro functionality in the BIOS, effectively turning it into a non-Vpro version - but I'm unsure if this means that doing so would allow those folk unable to have their T480 system see 64GB would now actually see it.
As for identifying a Vpro laptop (if stickers aren't present on the exterior), if you type "Lenovo PSREF T480" into Google, the first hit will allow you to see official Lenovo T480 specifications. This shows that the type of ethernet on your laptop will inform whether or not you have 'optional' Vpro - having not opened my laptop I cannot say whether the ethernet module has the identifiable name on it, but if not I imagine running a CPU-Z scan would allow software to inform either way.
www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/eo778f/buying_a_t480s_and_wondering_if_intel_vpro_is_as/
I also found this reddit that shows someone with the same CPU as me - i5-8350u - and is able to see the full 64GB. I'm going to see whether my T480 has Vpro or not and decide whether to install the two 32GB sticks that come or to just install one and accept 48GB.
www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/vmg2ab/comment/ie3bavy/
There is definitely confusion over T480, 64GB ram and Vpro interaction but until someone provides a definitive answer we will just have to press on individually.
your lap is vpro right? but it worked?
@@ABHISHEK-ug7nk mine is not vPro. 64GB worked on mine because of this.
@@ChezDoesStuff aha i see...my t480 have m.2 sata SSD connected using a caddy. If i buy pcie nvme SSD will I get nvme speed? Or should I replace my caddy to? I don't know my caddy is nvme supported or not.
Does it apply to Lenovo a485 AMD Ryzen 5 Pro with 64 GB RAM?
I have 64GB in my t480 i7-8650u. works!
vPRO 8th gen
Thanks for the info.
I just purchased a t480 same specs thanks for the info
Thanks for the tutorial, worked like a charm. You've gained a new subscriber 🙂
Great video! Does the 64 GB of RAM work in single channel or in dual channel mode?
I recently upgraded ram in my T480 to 64GB, its overkill for now but it was only an extra £35 from 2x16gb cards 32gb total.
Awesome! I'm doing a quick survey of all who have and have not successfully upgraded to 64GB. Is your machine 7th generation or 8th generation Intel? Thanks!
CPU model number ?
Great video I was wondering why the limit would only be 32Gb I've been planning to get a cheap T480 and mod it heavily over the next months.
What do you think of a T25 frankenpad, where you modify a T25's palm rest and classic keyboard to fit a T480? I haven't been able to find anything on it on youtube.
Thanks for watching! I'll admit that's something that's interested me in the past, but I never found the time to do it. I'd be keen on learning about it though, so do drop a link or something once you get around doing it. :)
@@ChezDoesStuff Will do! The first upgrade would be replacing the TN panel with a low power IPS panel one similar to the one from the T490 but I'll be sure to document the keyboard upgrade on a forum.
There cpu list: i5-7200U , 5-7300U, i3-8130U , i5-8250U , i5-8350U , i7-8550U , i7-8650U . I see 8650U and 8350U supports 64 gigs. What else supports ?
How is idle power consumption impacted by this change?
But ram frequency downgraded to 2400mhz coz this processor supports only 2400mhz. Correct?
Yeah the t480's cap is 2400MHz
I have no problem when 3200mhz is cheaper than 2400mhz. Maybe supply is low? Whatever, cheaper the better. It’ll downgrade anyway
Liked && subscribed 😊
Appreciate it!
Im having exactly the same issue as Bill D mentions... trying to get 64g to boot, it does exactly the same thing as his on all counts, each stick of ram has been tested in each slot individually and it boots fine one stick at a time but if I add both no joy... mine is an I5 8th gen and it has bios updated to the latest available I have tried unplugging the cmos and everything else mentioned... its not the end of the world since 64 is way over the top and 32 is fine but maybe its the 8th gen specifically since he and I are having the same issue on an 8th gen i5 and an i7... thoughts?
Regardless thanks for the videos I picked up the 480 because of them and am glad I did.
Sorry for the trouble. Does your processor happen to have vPro, too? It's usually shown on the Intel sticker on the palmrest, if you still have it on.
@@ChezDoesStuff I just looked and yes it does... I also just tried it with the existing 16g stick and one of the 32's and it booted fine so Im returning the 64 and ordering one 32.... thanks again :)
@@SoberCast thanks for confirming. Looks like the vPro ones take 48 max. then. Sorry for the inconvenience!
@@ChezDoesStuff certainly not your fault... hopefully folks can navigate around it knowing that and at 48 gigs I doubt Ill run out :)
@@SoberCast To make things easier for other folks, I have updated the description and product links accordingly. Thank you for helping with this!
great video thanks!
so can I just buy any two 32GB sticks and install on my T480?
thanks again
If it doesn't have a vPro processor, yes.
@@ChezDoesStuff i've been asking people around on thinkpad subreddit and people say that it will work even with vpro
@@ChezDoesStuff my cpu called i7 8650u with nvidia mx 150 in cpu z its not vpro its will compatible ? same laptop btw
Mine is vPro, if I turn off the vPro on bios would I able to use 64GB ram ? is there anyone who done this already ?
Hi, have you succeeded?
Mine is an i7-8650u vPro. Is there a way to disable vpro in order to support 64gb?
Has anyone tried using this memory on their T480? Kingston Fury Impact 64GB Kit (2x32GB) 3200Mhz DDR4 CL20 SODIMM (KF432S20IBK2/64) with success?
im buying a used t480, i5 8350u 8th gen. will 64gb ram work on this model?
If the sticker doesn't say vPro, 64GB ought to work. If it says vPro, 48GB would be the safe option.
* based on feedback in my videos' comments
Do you think this will work also on the L580 or the T480s? I'd like to be able to upgrade the ram to 64GB over buying something new. I run a lot of VM's. I need the juice.
T480s just have one upgradeable slot
Im thinking of getting this for my first year of college haha. Its pretty cheap like 250 dollars , so ill use it for the first year then give it to my brother whilst ill go get a better laptop , what are your thoughts?
I think it'd work great, if you're just going to deal with paperwork, statistics, etc. and not 3D-modeling, game development, etc. :) It's truly one of the best bang for buck machines in the used markets rn.
@@ChezDoesStuff yup main stuff will be visual studio and other coding programs , its so cheap that almost equivalent to what i paid for my phone 😆 and built like a tank too , imma start chem eng tho so there will be fluid simulation, some cad and matlab too from 2nd year so definitely would need to change the laptop then haha
@@Sahilwanders yeah fluid simulations and CAD work might be a little taxing for this business machine, but I'm sure it'll do papers just fine!
Thank You for vid.
Can I do this trick with T580?
Yes! I've done the same on my T580.
@@ChezDoesStuff Thank You
I bought a Lenovo twist. In the manual says "Max 128gb of ssd (msata)", and I thought it was the max you can install, so I buy a 128gb SSD. Waste of money, it can read a 512 SSD 😢
1TB in my t480.. is there even an upper limit?
Hi Mr. , if i upgrade my laptop T480 6th i5 gen8 ,
Ram 16gb + 16gb 3200 still work?
16+16 should work fine.
hi anything about the ram speed? u put 3200mz but its says only suport 2400
It will run at 2400MHz
Hey, would this work for the T580? I read specs of the CPU itself and like all else, it says CPU caps out at 32gb... @2400.
Yes, I have a T580, too. Watch out for vPro on the CPU sticker though. If it says vPro, max is 48GB and not 64GB. Cheers
@@ChezDoesStuff Thanks. Would this be on the i7 sticker?
@@gregoryesman9442 yes, that is correct. vPro is explicitly stated on my vPro-equipped Thinkpads.
No joy here, T480 doesn't boot with 2 x 32GB DIMMS installed. Boots fine with 1 32GB and 1 8GB. Bit perplexing as it doesn't seem to matter which 32GB DIMM is installed, both are fine in either slot singly but no joy with both installed.
Sorry to hear that. Did you try to boot with 1x32GB for both sticks, just to rule out any factory defect on either of them? That happened to me once. :)
@@ChezDoesStuff yep, that's the odd part. Both sticks boot fine alone in either slot or combined with one of the 8GB sticks.
@@lattosimbaste odd indeed! Were you at least able to get to the red Lenovo startup logo and at least enter BIOS to see if all the memory can be read? Or maybe give the machine's black screen a minute or so to get to the Lenovo logo on first boot?
@@ChezDoesStuff no, the power button LED will illuminate for maybe 5 seconds and shuts down. No display. I tried with enabling full diagnostics in BIOS too (it's current).
@@lattosimbaste Sorry for the late reply. Your laptop reading either 32GB stick in either slot fine has me holding out for hope. Have you tried doing a hard power reset via the emergency hole on the bottom? Kinda farfetched but worth a try, I think.
When I had defective RAM sticks, the laptop never reached the red Lenovo screen but never turned off by itself, either.
do you need to manually enable internal battery?
Good question - it's automatically re-enabled when you connect an external power source/charger.
Does 64gb apply to t480 i5 8250u?
Does the CPU sticker on your palmrest say vPro on it? If not, then 64GB should work fine.
this is great there is not vpro, thanks for replying@@ChezDoesStuff :)
If you install an m2 with a sata adapter, does it take the speed of a sata, or m2?
In this lapt
If you're talking about the factory drive tray/adapter, I think it'll operate at SATA speed.