Difficulty

Easy

Steps

5

Time Required

                          1 - 2 minutes            

Sections

2

  • Back Casing
  • 3 steps
  • RAM
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Casing               
  • Close laptop and turn it upside down
  • Remove the 14 circular rubber covers with tweezers along with one smaller more cylindrical rubber cover.

Close laptop and turn it upside down

Remove the 14 circular rubber covers with tweezers along with one smaller more cylindrical rubber cover.

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Step 2

  • Using the #PH0 screw head, remove 14 (5.7 mm) screws from the back casing.

Using the #PH0 screw head, remove 14 (5.7 mm) screws from the back casing.

Step 3

  • Gently pry off the bottom case with the plastic opening tools.
  • Find the seam between the back case and the rest of the laptop casing.

Gently pry off the bottom case with the plastic opening tools.

Find the seam between the back case and the rest of the laptop casing.

Step 4

              RAM               
  • Locate the RAM cover on the back of the Laptop.
  • Using the #PH0 screw head, remove 1 (5.7mm) screw.
  • Use the plastic opening tool to remove the RAM cover.

Locate the RAM cover on the back of the Laptop.

Using the #PH0 screw head, remove 1 (5.7mm) screw.

Use the plastic opening tool to remove the RAM cover.

Step 5

  • Pull out the latches on either side.
  • The RAM should pop up.
  • Remove the RAM.
  • Repeat for other side.

Pull out the latches on either side.

The RAM should pop up.

Remove the RAM.

Repeat for other side.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Douggy - Oct 28, 2020

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I’m confused… it only seems like Step 4 and Step 5 are necessary. Does the battery need to be removed before replacing the RAM? If that’s why Steps 1-3 are there, there’s a lot of steps/information missing. It just goes from “take off the bottom case” to “remove the RAM cover of intact laptop”.