Lenovo x201/x201s 16GB (2x 8GB) RAM support

Hello everyone,
I have a X201s notebook - which is a very decent one with i7, 8GB and 256GB Samsung PM800 SSD.
I have been running on 8GB since day one in 2010 when I got it. Now I need more RAM and tried to upgrade to 16Gb but the 8GB sticks I bought froM GEIL or G.Skill just does not do. I have read that Corsair produce similar results.
The BIOS does recognise the RAM and show it as 16GB, however Windows 7 stops booting where the graphical part should appear (the flying balls), so does Windows 8 when I try to install it. No MS OS can be installed either.
Windows Memory Check runs but VERY slow. I would say it would take a month for it to complete.
Tried both BIOS 1.36 and 1.38.
Question to Lenovo - any plans to support 16Gb for X201?
So far I seen people tested GEIL, G.Skill, OWC, Corsair - neither of them had any luck.
Thanks.
Question to all - anyone got it running with 16GB?

Hello Kromulator,
I don't think the restriction of the RAM is due to the processor.
The X201/X201s can not support more than 8Gb of memory due to restrictions. More than likely these restrictions are due to the motherboard.
http://www.lenovo.com/psref/pdf/ltwbook.pdf
But as you can see on the link I have provided on the X201 section toward the bottom, the Max RAM is 8Gb.
BIOS will recognize more RAM but can not do anything with it. The RAM will sadly be motionless and unusable.
8Gb is the Max and 4Gb is the standard.
To speed up the computer a good idea would be possible an SSD or a partition for cache.
I hope this helps,
Alex
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