Swift SF314-41G: Questions regarding upgrade of RAM and SSD

xorinet

Hello everyone!

I have a Swift SF314-41G-R157, with serial no. NXHFHSG0109xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I've heard that there is one free RAM slot and one free M.2 PCIe slot available within the laptop. I've also heard that installing new RAM or SSDs with capacities that exceed the manufacturer's recommended limits could cause risks or compatibility issues.

I'm slightly curious as to what these risks/compatibility issues exactly entail. Does some part of my laptop's system not support these capacities? Will installing higher capacities of RAM/SSD (say, 16GB instead of 4GB or 1TB instead of 512GB) risk causing instability? If so, why?

I'm also looking into upgrading these components. Do the benefits of having more RAM or disk space outweigh the risks that such high capacities impose on my laptop? Are there any datasheets/recommendation documents I should have on hand?

I look forward to your response. Thanks a lot!

[Edited to remove personal information.]

brummyfan2

Hi,

You can upgrade memory up to 12GB(4GB onboard+8GB) in your model, if you add more than 8GB, either it will work or may not boot but it will not damage the laptop, as for the M.2 SSD, you can upgrade up to 1TB because other users are using it in this model, the SSD may run slightly hotter than the recommended size, again, it will not do any damage to the motherboard.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/49625962

billsey

Just a correction there, you can upgrade the SSD to any size you can afford. There aren't any filesystem limitations and the bus supports much larger ones than are currently available. Also note that although the block diagram (not publicly available) shows a SATA co-lay on the M.2 slot, all drives they shipped with the model were NVMe, either x2 or x4.

brummyfan2

Hi,

You can upgrade memory up to 12GB(4GB onboard+8GB) in your model, if you add more than 8GB, either it will work or may not boot but it will not damage the laptop, as for the M.2 SSD, you can upgrade up to 1TB because other users are using it in this model, the SSD may run slightly hotter than the recommended size, again, it will not do any damage to the motherboard.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/49625962

billsey

Just a correction there, you can upgrade the SSD to any size you can afford. There aren't any filesystem limitations and the bus supports much larger ones than are currently available. Also note that although the block diagram (not publicly available) shows a SATA co-lay on the M.2 slot, all drives they shipped with the model were NVMe, either x2 or x4.

xorinet

Thank you very much!