[Guide] Lenovo Ideapad S340 Laptop on Catalina

[jonnny313]

The manual says "4GB Soldered + 4GB DIMM DDR4-2400". Will 4+8GB work OK? Is it worth it?
I'm thinking of upgrading as much and logical as I can.

the processor should support up to 2 x 16 GB DDR4 2400. But i don't know if the mainboard and bios will run in 4+8GB or 4+16GB mode. Someone should try it but i don't think its worth it unless you are running stuff that needs a lot of memory. I'm running 4+4GB on a daily base and everything is working just fine

 

[Dr.Aequitas]

I'll keep it as is.
Got the BCM94360CS2 already, waiting for NGFF A/E adapter and gonna watch prices of SSDs until then.
Downloaded the latest confirmed EFI folder.
Hopefully I'll have an almost fully working hackintosh in a couple of weeks now.

 

[curtistn]

The manual says "4GB Soldered + 4GB DIMM DDR4-2400". Will 4+8GB work OK? Is it worth it?
I'm thinking of upgrading as much and logical as I can.

From post #1...

Memory: 4GB Soldered + 16GB DIMM DDR4-2400

 

[ClashFarmer]

4+8 should work. I had 4+16 in it and did not notice much of a difference, again I am not a power user. I put it back to 4+4 after I bought the super cheap Motile laptop from Walmart since that only came with 4gb.

 

[Dr.Aequitas]

From post #1...

Memory: 4GB Soldered + 16GB DIMM DDR4-2400

Which is 15IWL and I'm using 14IWL. There could be some difference, I don't know.

This is from the manual of my version of 14IWL and it says 8GB max offering.

 

[jonnny313]

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[Dr.Aequitas]

Does it matter when to install Catalina, before or after replacing wifi card with BCM94360CS2?
I have the chip but A/E adapter has weeks to arrive. Should I wait for it?

 

[jonnny313]

No need to wait. Just swap the cards after the adapter arrives and everything should work out of the box. I have to wait some weeks for my delivery too. While waiting I'm using a tp link Archer t2u nano usb card. Works great!

 

[ClashFarmer]

Given there was a good discount on the HomePod, I bought one. However I was unable to directly Airplay my music to the HomePod from the IdeaPad. I don't know what checks Apple does to prevent this but the easy work around was to use an app call Airfoil. If anyone knows of a cleaner fix without using Airfoil, let me know.

 

[Dr.Aequitas]

I have some problem. When I change SATA mode to AHCI, Windows won't boot, it cannot see the M.2 SSD boot device (Windows). It only boots to Windows if I revert back the SATA mode to RST from BIOS. Anyone having similar problem?

FIX: I solved this issue with these instructions.