I have a Lenovo Y700-15ISK laptop that came with 16GB (2x8GB) RAM. On the seller's website it indicated that there were 2 of 4 RAM slots used, which sounded great to me - meaning that I can expand the RAM further.
I've used different tools to determine the actual number of RAM slots, such as Task Manager(Win 10), CPU-Z, Speccy and wmic, as suggested here [How can I detect the amount of memory slots I have?. The problem is that they report different things. See below:
(1). Task Manager:
(2). Speccy
(3). CPU-Z
(4). Wmic
The manufacturer's manual I found online indicates that there are only 2 x SODIMM slots. It also reports that the motherboard can take a max capacity of 16 GB (2x8GB, 2133Mhz), while other sources say that it can actually take upto 32GB (2x16GB) and has been tested. See here and here ... so i have reason to believe the manufacturer can make mistakes. Seems no one is certain. Who should I believe?
In the end, I've opened up the machine from the under side (following a guide like this), and I seem to only find 2 slots (so far), but because of the differing results from the tool reports, I feel there are 2 more RAM slots. Could there be a possibility that there are another 2 RAM slots hidden on the other side of the motherboard (or in some place that i can't easily find), or is it simply that there are only 2 slots and the tools are reporting wrong results? Anyone with experience with disassembling this entire machine who might know the motherboard (Lenovo Allsparks 5A) inside out?
NB: I know this question is pretty similar to this one [ Laptop reporting wrong count of RAM slots? ] ... but the machines are different.
