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日本How to open Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 – disassembly and upgrade options
Mobile workstation? Why not? But it has to meet some standards. Upgrade options are one of the prerequisites, and we can say that it is pretty fine in this aspect.
Check out all Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 prices and configurations in our Specs System, or read more in our In-Depth review.
1. Remove the bottom plate
To get inside this device, you only need to undo 7 captive Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom panel with a plastic tool and remove it from the chassis.
2. Remove the battery
Battery-wise, you get a 52.5Wh unit. It lasts for nearly 12 hours of Web browsing, or about 7 hours of video playback. To take it out of the chassis, you need to undo six Phillips-head screws.
3. Upgrade memory and storage
Here, we see one SODIMM slot, which works with DDR4 RAM sticks. Furthermore, there are either 8 or 16GB of memory soldered to the motherboard. As for the storage, you get one M.2 PCIe x4 slot, which supports Gen 4 SSDs.
4. Cooling system
The cooling inside features two heat pipes taking care of the CPU and the GPU. In addition, there is a big fan, and a couple of heat spreaders for the VRMs and the graphics memory.
Check out all Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 prices and configurations in our Specs System, or read more in our In-Depth review.
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 (Intel) in-depth review
Thanks to laptops like the Dell XPS, mobile workstations get a bit more attention than before. Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 is not among the most popular devices on the market, but it is special in its own kind.You see, it looks like an ordinary business laptop. More so because of its ThinkPad heritage - testified by the pretty boring boxy design. However, Lenovo has paired it with Alder Lake-P series processors, and an optional NVIDIA T550 graphics card.If you are into this stuff, you should know the T550. However, if you are not acquaintanced with workstations, you will be thinking "w[...]
Pros
- No PWM (AUO B140UAN03.2 (LEN403D))
- The spill-resistant keyboard is great for typing
- Wi-Fi 6 and LTE support plus optional super-fast fingerprint reader and IR face recognition systems
- Well-populated I/O with 2x Thunderbolt 4 ports
- Decent battery life
Cons
- 56% sRGB coverage (AUO B140UAN03.2 (LEN403D))
- The price gets very high when you go for the highest specs
- The touchpad is not very responsive
