Ideapad L340 got two versions, the normal ideapad and the L340 Gaming. Which is yours?

I thought they’re suppose to be the same?

M2 is previously known as NGFF, it’s the form factor of the small card sized stick

NVME is the standard, as compared to the legacy SATA or mSATA.

Specs wise the laptop should be running NVME card. But I not quite sure if the pins key will affect it or not here, didn’t take note on that when I open up mine.

P/S: I’m correct in that sense, m2 is the form factor. The SATA one is the one having extra key hole on the pins, according to the video you posted.

I thought they’re suppose to be the same?

M2 is previously known as NGFF, it’s the form factor of the small card sized stick

NVME is the standard, as compared to the legacy SATA or mSATA.

Specs wise the laptop should be running NVME card. But I not quite sure if the pins key will affect it or not here, didn’t take note on that when I open up mine.

P/S: I’m correct in that sense, m2 is the form factor. The SATA one is the one having extra key hole on the pins, according to the video you posted.

This is from the PSREF for ideapad L340-15API (but better you double check yourself).



Means the M.2 slot in your laptop doesn't support SATA type M.2 SSD's which is your Goldenfir SSD.

For example, if your M.2 supports SATA, it will be like the PSREF of the T495 below:

The wonders of L340 is that it can be a storage giant.

By default there’s a 2.5” bay for HDD/SSD.

Then there’s a M2 NVME SSD slot (can be occupied or not depend on your stock configurations).

Lastly, you can swap out the DVD ROM bay for a 2.5” bay which again can mount a HDD/SSD there.

This is the clone brother of L340, all be it lose out on USB-C port unlike L340.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-V155-R...t.435036.0.html

You can probably put a second 2.5 inch SSD where the DVD-ROM like what msacras said, but if you want to make you life easy, just get a M.2 nvme ssd like this one:

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/adata-xp...s694868599.html

You can probably put a second 2.5 inch SSD where the DVD-ROM like what msacras said, but if you want to make you life easy, just get a M.2 nvme ssd like this one:

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/adata-xp...s694868599.html

Yes, go ahead.

Just like mentioned above, do get NVME SSD just to be sure that it will work (some port don’t have support for the legacy SATA), you also get to enjoy a far higher speed with that.

I using 16gb ram Samsung 2666mhz seems okay. Very smooth for the price of rm189 worth every cent

L340 itself only RM1.5k, want to add a RAM that cost 1/3 of the laptop price meh? KEK.

Also, onboard only 4GB RAM, mean at most you get 8 GB of Dual channel RAM. Quite wasteful to put beyond 16GB into it.

Some issues i have faced with my laptops, maybe others have faced it and know of a solution:

T495: Sometimes when put to charge (while laptop is turned off), the laptop does not charge, unless i turn on the laptop, then only it starts charging - I have not found a solution to this.

Thinkbook 13s: Once put my laptop to sleep, after that, it cannot wake up. In the end, have to long press the power button to force a restart.