Introduction
If you have defective RAM chips, or are just looking to beef up your system, this guide will show you how to locate and replace the RAM you have installed on your system.
What you need
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Remove the 6 screws on the edge of the laptop using a screwdriver.
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Remove the back casing being held on by the one single screw. First, lift the casing at the edge where the screw once was, then carefully lift at the rest of the edges to loosen the casing. Pull the casing towards the edge where the screw was.
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Remove the battery by sliding the switch circled in the picture and pulling the battery out.
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Flip the laptop over and pop the back cover off behind the screen, by grabbing it on either side and pulling it up, vertically off of the laptop.
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There is a cable connecting the cover to the laptop, shown in picture 2.
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Disconnect the cable by pulling apart the white connectors, shown in picture 3.
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You may now remove the keyboard plate. Simply lift from the back, and pull it off all the way around.
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Caution with removing the keyboard, as there are 5 ribbon cables that connect the motherboard to the keyboard (motherboard port locations shown in picture 2).
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The ribbon cables must be carefully disconnected from the motherboard side, by flipping a latch on the port and pulling the ribbon out.
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Once you have successfully removed the keyboard plate, locate the two blue rectangles in the middle of the laptop.
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The RAM chips are being held in place on either side by small spring-like levers.
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Simultaneously pull both of the levers out by the tabs shown circled in picture one, and the RAM chip should lift itself, awaiting removal.
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Simply pull the RAM chip out of its port, and it is ready to be replaced with a new RAM chip.
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Note that each bay has a line roughly 2/3 of the way to one side, and that determines which side of the RAM module goes up when replacing it. (Shown circled in picture 2)
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Also note that the levers should click back into place, locking the RAM in when it is pushed down all the way, but the RAM should not click into the port. The RAM chip slides into the port, then pushes down and clicks into place.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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