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3
Time Required
5 - 10 minutes
Sections
2
- Battery
- 1 step
- RAM
- 2 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Use a coin to turn the battery locking screw 90 degrees to the right.
- Lift the battery out of the computer.
Use a coin to turn the battery locking screw 90 degrees to the right.
Lift the battery out of the computer.
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Step 2
RAM
- Remove the four Phillips screws from the memory door.
- Slide the memory door away from the memory compartment.
Remove the four Phillips screws from the memory door.
Slide the memory door away from the memory compartment.
Step 3
- Release the tabs on each side of the RAM chip at the same time. These tabs lock the chip in place and releasing them will cause the chip to “pop” up.
- Pull the chip directly out from its connectors.
Release the tabs on each side of the RAM chip at the same time. These tabs lock the chip in place and releasing them will cause the chip to “pop” up.
Pull the chip directly out from its connectors.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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iamkiyoshi - Oct 1, 2016
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Why does my computer only show 768mb RAM after the upgrade? 1 RAM slot is the soldered 256mb and the other is 1gb…. Hm…
