I have a e14 Thinkpad gen 5 Intel 1335u with 8gb soldered ram and a 8gb 3200 ddr4 stick. 16 is not enough ram for my use as a developer so I put a 16gb stick in knowing only first 16 will run dual channel. Now my computer crashes randomly with high memory usage… read online that a 32gb is more stable single channel but I’m skeptical. Stability is pretty important to me as this is how I earn a living what do you all think? Also I would just buy a 32 and try it but everything got pricey the last 2 month

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  • tomyhaw@lemmy.worldOP
    141·
    8 hours ago

    yes 8gb soldered. with a slot for a stick alongside the soldered shit. look I don’t come up with this stuff but I got the laptop for 200 bucks on Facebook and it plays well with ubuntu

      • circuitfarmer@lemmy.world
        7·
        8 hours ago

        Lenovo started doing it right after they jumped the shark and started heavily cost-reducing the Thinkpad line.

        One reason why I stay far, far away from newer Thinkpads. It is a shame, because the whole line used to be solid and easy to work on.

            • Zak@lemmy.world
              4·
              3 hours ago

              I’m pretty happy with my P14s (essentially a T14). It’s even worse in that all the RAM is soldered, but as I understand things, AMD had legitimate performance reasons for doing so, and the trend is likely to continue.

              • circuitfarmer@lemmy.world
                1·
                8 minutes ago

                That may be. And it’s not like RAM goes bad constantly when it’s soldered to the board.

                At least it is all soldered: having a slot available and never being able to match what is soldered in sounds like my OCD’s worst nightmare.

                I do like the P series. For as much as I use a laptop (modulo my work laptop, which I don’t own), I’m still on my trusty T440p, which I have modded as much as humanly possible.

      • tomyhaw@lemmy.worldOP
        31·
        8 hours ago

        neither had I and I got such a good deal I did not dig into that much before I purchased. I have been through the ringer with laptops the last couple years and dumped so much into new ones that break and the parts are too expensive that I gave up and just go based upon price not specs. would love to have a dedicated desktop but I have to work on the go all the time