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日本How to open Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 – disassembly and upgrade options
Business notebooks come in any shape and form now. Thankfully, this one still offers some upgradeability on the inside.
Check out all Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 prices and configurations in our Specs System, or read more in our In-Depth review.
1. Remove the bottom plate
To get inside this notebook, you need to undo 10 Phillips-head screws. Six of them are captive, while the rest will get off. Then, pry the bottom panel with a plastic tool, and remove it from the laptop.
2. Remove the battery
Here, we find a 45Wh battery. To remove it, unplug the battery connector, and undo the 3 Phillips-head screws, holding it to the chassis.
3. Upgrade memory and storage
There are 8GB of DDR4 RAM soldered to the motherboard. You can expand it via one SODIMM slot, which supports memory sticks of up to 32GB. Our configuration features two M.2 PCIe x4 slots, which work with Gen 4 SSDs.
4. Cooling system
This device’s cooling comprises two heat pipes, a heat sink, and a large fan. In addition, tiny heat spreaders take care of the VRMs.
Check out all Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 prices and configurations in our Specs System, or read more in our In-Depth review.
Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 (Intel) in-depth review
We can't believe it has already been four years since Lenovo released the first of their "stylish" business laptop devices. Now, the subbrand is more widely recognized, and many people are preferring modern looks to the old-school ThinkPad vision.The latest product to come to fruition is the Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4. It can be found in both AMD and Intel iterations. Interestingly, team Red "only" provided the refreshed Ryzen 5x25U chips, while the Intel model is equipped with an Alder Lake CPU. Furthermore, you get to choose between 15W TDPs and 28W ones.As you can imagine, we chose [...]
Pros
- Wide I/O, which includes an SD card reader
- Two M.2 storage slots, one of which runs at 4.0 speeds
- Fingerprint reader embedded in the power button
- Wi-Fi 6, PCIe x4, Thunderbolt 4
- Doesn't use PWM for brightness adjustment (LEN140FHD)
- Comfortable keyboard with a backlight and spill-resistance
Cons
- Covers only 53% of sRGB (LEN140FHD)
- The 45Wh battery option doesn't provide a great battery life
