Laptop Upgrade - Lenovo Ideapad 320 | Step by Step (Full Guide)

[@YoussGm]

DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BEFORE TOUCHING ANYTHING ELSE! Not unplugging the battery can cause you to short out the motherboard and it will break the laptop.

[@firam109]

I use this laptop . I change the ram for play gta 5 . Thanks for the video

[@Youtube-zeroxfn]

Ur underrated

[@YoussGm]

Thanks!

[@wolfofallstreets5901]

Is this applicable to IdeaPad 530s? Please say yes!!! 🥺🙏🏼

[@YoussGm]

It is not the same laptop so the internal components are layed out differently. I would be cautious and if you don't have experience opening laptops look for a specific tutorial to your model. Otherwise keep track of screw lengths, and remember how to put it back together.

[@mQumboz]

thanks, friend. my neighbors have this laptop and I am helping them clean it up and upgrade some parts. I'm considering - updating the RAM to 16, what brand/kind do you suggest? - updating the hard drive to an SSD, do you think it's worth it? - does the laptop accept slot SSD (not sata)? I need to research this - updating to windows 11, I'm kind of skeptical about this but windows 10 will lose support soon

[@YoussGm]

You can't go wrong with Crucial brand ram, any will do fine though. (1.35V, for the ram speed check taskmanager). Upgrading it to 16gb might be hard since the laptop has 4gb soldered, so you can add either a 4gb stick to get 8gb total, a 8gb stick for 12gb total, or a 16gb stick for 20gb total. I'm not sure of the max ram supported on the laptop, a 16gb stick should work fine though (google it) Upgrading to an SSD is one of the best things to do, it improves speed and responsiveness so much. The laptop does not have an ssd slot (nvme), only 2.5inch sata. Updating to windows 11 is something I wouldn't do. I'm still on windows 10. Windows 11 is more intensive and has features i don't want. It's up to your neighbors preferences. I would avoid updating from 10 to 11, instead do a clean windows 11 install to avoid problems. Goodluck!

[@damianwesoowski9896]

Hi, do you updated ram to 16gb ? what kind for ? It works ?

[@RotterFederico]

Interesting how you glued these thermal pads, could you provide more information on how to distribute them? I have the same machine and I am having temperature problems this summer.

[@YoussGm]

The thermal pads don't help that much and might even act as an insulator the way i put them. I put them on the vrms, the chips that distribute electricity since they are prone to overheating. They have r47 or 4r7 written on them, some are different. But that's basically it. Also some on the heatspreader to add thermal mass, basically delaying the moment when it overheats.

[@RotterFederico]

​@@YoussGm Well there, maybe I'll copy that and see what happens. Tomorrow I will receive the thermal paste, if everything improves a little better do as you did to see if there are better results. Because now, around here, it is impossible to buy a better PC. hello thanks for the info

[@YoussGm]

That's great! I'd love to know the results you get, goodluck!

[@YoussGm]

How are the results? Hope it went well!

[@goorthiss]

You should try using phase-change material Honeywell PTM7950. It comes in as a sheet, lasts longer and performs in my experience works better than traditional pastes.

[@YoussGm]

Thanks for the comment! For a cpu of this caliber, some regular thermal paste will do the job just fine. If i get a better performing computer i'll definitely look into using the honeywell ptm7950.

[@deukaesly]

Are all of the screws are the same size? I just need to know that so I can fix mine.

[@YoussGm]

They are not all the same size. If I remember correctly there are 3-4 sizes. You need to separate the ones from the plastic back, the ones holding the battery, fan screw, and heatsink screws. Not 100% sure but just look at the screws and label them together on a piece of paper. Make sure to disconnect the battery.

[@deukaesly]

@@YoussGm Thank you, I need to transfer everything to the new case so that's really important for me

[@YoussGm]

Then labeling is very important, if you look next to the screw holes, you can see written mx-2 and other names which tell you what type of screw it is, so you can use that to identify. Goodluck!

[@deukaesly]

@YoussGm Hi bro, I upgraded to 8 GB RAM and SSD, and then removed the battery because it was inflated. Now it's turning off after using it for a few minutes, do you know why it's happening?

[@YoussGm]

Message me on discord: YoussGm3o8 So you're using the laptop without a battery, just plugged in. Could be that it needs more power than it can take from the charger. Could also be something with the ram, try removing the ram and putting it back in, making sure its in all the way. You can also try to remove the new ram and see if problem is with the new ram or something else. When it turns off does the screen just go black and the fan turns off? Or is there a bluescreen or something.

[@gogee8510]

Good video. Did you add an additional 4GB of RAM, as mine has an empty DIMM socket but looks like it had 4GB soldered?

[@YoussGm]

Thanks! Yes, i added a 4gb stick of ram one year ago. It does in fact have 4gb soldered.

[@gogee8510]

Thankyou for your quick response. One of my jobs for next week.@@YoussGm

[@siddharthpatnaikodialive]

@@YoussGm is addition of 4gb ram makes it speed ? or ssd need to convert

[@YoussGm]

@@siddharthpatnaikodialive ram won't make the laptop faster, the ssd is what makes it load stuff faster.

[@siddharthpatnaikodialive]

@@YoussGm ohk thanks, but HDD to SDD costs more for this old model, if. i put a 4g and total of 8gb, can it be a bit faster for normal use, bcoz it hangs a lot ..

[@israamagdi680]

Thank you very helpful

[@user-gp6km8wk9i]

Guys what screw bits do i need?

[@muhammedefekubilay9860]

What are the dimensions of the thermal pads and do they work for cooling? I'm talking about the ones that sit on the motherboard.

[@YoussGm]

I believe they are 2 mm thick. They help transfer heat from the components to the bottom of the laptop, making it take more time to thermal throttle than without them. It will still throttle though because the heat is just spreading, not leaving entirely.

[@redwan257]

hey, can i put 1 stick of 16gb of ram into the laptop? instead of 12?

[@YoussGm]

Yeah I guess you can put one 16gb stick. It won't be in dual channel but should be fine. About the instead of 12, maybe you meant 2 but there are no 12gb ddr4 ram sticks to my knowledge.

[@redwan257]

@@YoussGm thanks for your fast reply 😭on chatgpt it says that theres only 12gb of maximum ram on the 320-15ikb idea pad but like it also said, the bios can only use upto 12gb since it's the "max" i dont know, have you tried 20gb, like 4 gb 1 stick and 16 gb second stick?

[@YoussGm]

I have not tried that but reddit says otherwise, stating that 20gb works. Just google "ideapad 320 20gb" and first link check the comments. Thanks for watching!

[@UzairAhmad]

I have this laptop. RAM: I upgraded my the ram to 20GB but unfortunately it will serve as 16GB. 4GB soldered+20GB additional and It's providing me 20GB of RAM. SSD: I replace the 2TB HDD with 256GB SSD. Removed the CD/DVD Drive: Removed the DVD Drive and attached a kit to use my 2TB HDD as storage drive in place. The system works very well. but still I need clean my laptop and remove old past and apply new. The Graphic card is AMD 4GB and is underpower but it can't be upgraded, I think. If there is anything I can upgrade, I will. Please suggest me more upgrades.

[@YoussGm]

You can experiment with undervolting the cpu for lower temperatures using Throttlestop, I have a stable -100mv and the cpu stays at 3.4ghz constantly.

[@cptlawm5750]

excuse me, can i upgrade the cpu and gpu for this type laptop?

[@YoussGm]

Sadly no, the cpu and gpu are soldered on and it would require some specialized equipment, patience and the possibility to fail.

[@cptlawm5750]

@@YoussGm Is there a motherboard that fits that laptop with a pga socket?

[@YoussGm]

I don't think so. Considering the height constraints of the laptop, it wouldn't fit in the chassis. If you really search for it though you might find some crazy dude in china that has a diy one in his basement or something. Something you can do is just buy a motherboard with better specs from ebay and replace the old one.

[@MayankKumar-ct2sl]

Can anyone help me u have same laptop and my GPU is not showing on device manager it is showing intel hd620 i also tried re installing driver but it didn't work

[@YoussGm]

Is this a new problem or the gpu wqs just never detected since you got the laptop? Could be a bad windows update, or you simply do not have the same laptop model, since the ideapad 320 has different models that have different CPU and can optionally have a gpu. You might just not have a dedicated gpu. Check in your bios if it shows anywhere that you have a dedicated gpu.

[@DienTheVlogger]

Is it possible to upgrade it's specs?(have the same unit)

[@YoussGm]

You can't, only the ram and storage.

[@firam109]

Hello i use ram viper steel 8gb . Is it good for game ?

[@YoussGm]

Yeah it looks good. But if you already have 4gb ram in the laptop, its better to get another 4gb ram stick so you can run in dual channel. Running in dual channel gives a bit more performance but getting an 8gb stick should still be fine, especially if the games you play use a lot of ram.

[@firam109]

@@YoussGm ok thanks . What ram you use now in your laptop

[@YoussGm]

I have the 4gb ram already integrated from before. And i added 4gb ddr4 laptop ram from aliexpress, kllisre brand. Make sure you get the same speed of ram that's in your laptop by checking task manager.

[@firam109]

@@YoussGm ok . Did you play gta 5 ?

[@YoussGm]

@@firam109 i have not. I do play valorant though and get 130fps on average, lowest settings. So i assume you could get around 60fps or more on lowest settings gta5.

[@HL_369]

Interesting

[@almossgv2025]

I want to ask, how do you overclock the RAM?

[@YoussGm]

It's technically possible, but I DONT RECOMMEND IT!!! I tried to overclock it and bricked the laptop 2 times, so i needed to flash the bios manually again to fix it. It worked at 2249MT/s or something like that instead of the 2133 default but its unstable, after restarting the laptop it bricked. To overclock it, you will need to unlock the advanced section of the bios menu. To do that you can use the Insyde H2O unlocker made for lenovo ideapad 300 series, find by googling. In the bios then you have access to custom memory profiles. Do not do this, minimal gain for very big risk.

[@almossgv2025]

@@YoussGm I upgraded the RAM to 8GB 2133mhz according to the max speed but why does it only read 1068mhz?

[@YoussGm]

DDR stands for double data rate so some softwares, instead of showing 2133 show half of it as the speed so 1068 × 2. Task manager should show 2133 though. What software shows 1068? Guessing it's cpu-Z, then yeah its normal.

[@almossgv2025]

@@YoussGm I use a single channel .8gb and on CPU it says real clock 1068 and max clock 2133mhz

[@almossgv2025]

@@YoussGm I use a single channel .8gb and on CPU it says real clock 1068 and max clock 2133mhz

[@hinoka2911]

We got the same model but you have amd and I have intel lol. I didn't know it has amd version, how did you get that? I tried to search on Gg, it didn't show any 320 model has an amd on it, all intel. Or your model is newer than mine? Mine is i5 8250U mx150 320-15ikb

[@YoussGm]

No problem 👍, its an intel cpu but with amd dedicated graphics. Model is 320-15 ikb, 81BT I5-8250u with amd radeon TM 530 or something I don't remember The last thing 81BT is the parts config.

[@TercesGarret]

Rubbing alcohol to clean the paste? Is that safe?

[@YoussGm]

Yes it is safe! Just don't soak the whole motherboard in it and make sure to let it dry before applying new thermal paste.

[@elementx8046]

Why not ssd?

[@YoussGm]

I didn't have an ssd on hand and didnt want to buy one. It is a bit slow with an hdd but i don't currently need an ssd. I would however recommend getting one.