Inside Lenovo Ideapad S340 (15) – disassembly and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside Lenovo Ideapad S340 (15) - disassembly and upgrade options

From: Alex Iliev 19 December 2019 / 02:00 2

After the Ideapad 330 was split into several different line-ups of devices, it is not unusual to see the same package fit into a different shell, over and over again. This is why we expected to see the Ideapad L340 (15) painted gray. To our surprise – this was not the case!

Check out all Lenovo Ideapad S340 (15) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

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Lenovo IdeaPad S340 15

Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce MX230 (2GB GDDR5)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD

Detailed review

Lenovo IdeaPad S340 15

Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce MX230 (2GB GDDR5)
RAM: 20GB RAM
STORAGE: 1000GB SSD

Detailed review

Lenovo IdeaPad S340 15

Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce MX230 (2GB GDDR5)
RAM: 12GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD + 1000GB HDD

Detailed review

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1. Remove the bottom plate

This laptop’s backplate is attached to the chassis of the machine via 10 Torx-head screws. After you remove them, you can casually pry it up with the help of a plastic tool.

2. Battery

For a budget device, 52.5Wh is not a bad capacity to have. We would recommend unplugging the battery before you proceed further. By the way, if you want to remove the battery itself, it has four Phillips-head screws, that in typical Lenovo fashion are marked by a white arrow.

3. Memory and storage

Upgradability is pretty straightforward – there is one RAM DIMM for DDR4 memory, an M.2 NVMe-enabled slot and a 2.5″ SATA drive slot.

4. Cooling system

Yes… the cooling. Well, frankly, this is one of the worst solutions we’ve seen on a laptop. While it is miles better than the one on ASUS X509, it still looks dumb to put a single heat pipe although it is almost as thick as a thumb, to cool both your CPU and your GPU. As we expected, in combined load, the GPU was throttling heavily, compared to the competition.