- Wi-Fi module: 802.11AC RealTek RTL8822CE (NGFF M.2 2230)
- open M.2 2242 slot for SSD
Note: Unfortunately, RAM does not seem upgradeable, soldered onto motherboard
Pics of this laptop model's motherboard:
Can be accessed by just removing the bottom cover of laptop, like in 300e Intel model:
SSD Upgrade:
This laptop has a single M.2 2242 slot that you can install a good SSD to get a significant increase in performance for daily usage as compared to the crappy eMMC.
Recommendation to get best performance:
Since the system (Windows OS) is slowest running on the crappy on-board 64GB eMMC, I would highly recommend to clean install Win10 via bootable USB to the new SSD and wipe the 64GB on-board drive,
- or if you do not want to do that:
---- download and install something like Mini Partition Wizard on the laptop, and copy/migrate the entire on-board 64GB storage to the new SSD which will copy everything (including Windows and recover partitions).
---- then go into the BIOS/UEFI settings and set the new SSD as the first boot device. And you can now wipe/format the crappy 64GB eMMC and use it as free storage for whatever.
Done.
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On Windows 10/11, RAM compression is on by default if you enable swap (you'll see this in the Task Manager's Performance > Memory section). However, AFAIK, the Windows implementation requires storage backing and will periodically swap to disk (which is when you notice slowdowns the most).
On Linux, enable ZRAM swap with ZSTD compression (fast with a 1:3 - 1:5 ratio). The Linux implementation works much better than Windows. ZRAM swap does not need storage backing & will avoid slow swapping to disk. However, if you want, you can have a additional swap file on disk. Just set the ZRAM swap priority to 32767 so that it is used first. I recommend you set the size equal to 1.5 times your physical RAM. On a 4GB system this would be 6GB and you will get an effective ~8GB of RAM (2GB uncompressed + 6GB compressed).
Here are pics of the motherboard for this specific Lenovo laptop with AMD 3015e:
Accessiblitiy looks identical to the 300e Intel version, just need to open the bottom:
Must not buy things I dont need tho....
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It's the RAM. It needs more. There are several laptop deals for around $200-$250. If you want a full fledged windows laptop, get that instead. If not, get a cheap chromebook or convert this one.
Too bad the RAM isnt expandable, but cant get everything at this price.
Too bad the RAM isnt expandable, but cant get everything at this price.
Anyone know of a good key finder software? It's been a long time since I last pulled any OEM product keys from systems.
Here is how to see the key
wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey
But it's issues by Microsoft to each specific device and can't be re-used anywhere else.
Ex-ms employee here.
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Yes, it can run Windows on this but it'll be very slow...... Think 2010's Netbooks
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Yes, it can run Windows but it'll be very slow.
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