RAM Upgrade Lenovo G580 with Intel B960 (intel pentium sandbridge)

[rambleach]

Hello everyone,
I have an old Lenovo G580 (model Name: 20157). the configuration is as follows:
CPU: Intel Pentium Sandbridge B960 @2.20 GHz.
RAM: 2 GB DDR3 1333MHz
OS: Win 7 , 64 bit
Motherboard: Lenovo G580 1900004WIN8 STD SG
Now I want to expand the RAM to 8 GB. According to the Lenovo Service centre the laptop supports 8 GB RAM. I have seen that it has only one slot for RAM. Is there any way to check RAM compatibility before actually buying one ?Please help if you can.
Buying a new laptop is not an option for me right now, I do pretty basic stuff, watching movies, running simulation software (MATLAB), browsing the net and occasionally editing images in Lightroom.

 

[jaslion]

Check your laptop if it has 1 or 2 ramslots. A g580 is supposed to have 2 so it can support 2*4gb.

 

[rambleach]

Check your laptop if it has 1 or 2 ramslots. A g580 is supposed to have 2 so it can support 2*4gb.

It has only 1 RAM slot. I have checked by opening the back.

 

[SkyNetRising]

It has 2 ram slots - one on top of the another. To access bottom slot, you have to remove module in top slot first.

 

[rambleach]

It has 2 ram slots - one on top of the another. To access bottom slot, you have to remove module in top slot first.

Thanks for the reply

I am pretty sure mine has a single RAM slot, what do you think? Please refer to the pictures
https://ibb.co/g7gdB8
https://ibb.co/kq0ido

 

[SkyNetRising]

Yes. Your board doesn't have second ram slot.
Should be located, where strip of contacts is with white paper in the middle.

 

[rambleach]

Yes. Your board doesn't have second ram slot.
Should be located, where strip of contacts is with white paper in the middle.

So will my Laptop support a 8 GB RAM, ? How do I know?

 

[_DarkDragon_]

Yes. Your board doesn't have second ram slot.
Should be located, where strip of contacts is with white paper in the middle.

So will my Laptop support a 8 GB RAM, ? How do I know?

Yes. It will support 8GB x1 DDR3 RAM or 8GB x1 DDR3L RAM.
I will keep you updated once I find the second RAM Slot.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes. It will support 8GB x1 DDR3 RAM or 8GB x1 DDR3L RAM.
I will keep you updated once I find the second RAM Slot.

4 years later....

Please don't dredge up ancient threads.