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RAM memory upgrade / replacement

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  1. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Remove the battery: étape 1, image 1 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Remove the battery: étape 1, image 2 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Remove the battery: étape 1, image 3 de 3
    • Turn the laptop upside down and gently lay it down on a flat surface.

    • Slide the battery release latch to the right and the battery will pop up slightly.

    • While keeping the latch slid with one hand, grab the battery with the other hand and remove it by pivoting it upward.

    • At this point some users would turn the laptop upside down once again and press the power button a couple of times. They say that this should help dissipating all of the remaining electricity around the device. Up to you :)

  2. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Remove the captive screw of the service door: étape 2, image 1 de 1
    • Remove the Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw using a PH#00 screwdriver.

  3. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Remove the service door: étape 3, image 1 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Remove the service door: étape 3, image 2 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Remove the service door: étape 3, image 3 de 3
    • With an opening tool pry off the tabs that secure the service door to the base enclosure. Start with the long edge.

    • Continue along the short edges.

    • Once you have pried the service door off as it is in pic#3, it will come out of the rear edge very easily.

  4. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Identify the components: étape 4, image 1 de 1
    • RAM memory modules

    • HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

    • mSATA SSD slot

    • Wifi & BT module (Wireless card)

  5. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Offset the protective flap's boomerang-like effect: étape 5, image 1 de 1
    • Without bending it, gently turn the RAM modules' protective flap to the left and stick it to the base enclosure with a piece of adhesive tape.

  6. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Dismount the top memory module: étape 6, image 1 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Dismount the top memory module: étape 6, image 2 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Dismount the top memory module: étape 6, image 3 de 3
    • Take the spudger and place it over the bottom retaining arm so that the former can have a good grip on the latter. When you feel the grip, straightly towards yourself and quite forcefully, push the retaining arm off. You are going to hear a tiny click when the arm will be detached.

    • Repeat the last operation on the top retaining arm. This time pushing it off towards the opposite direction: as soon as you released the second arm also, the memory module will tilt up immediately.

    • The top memory module is now released, and, if you're grounded, you can take it out of its slot. Grab the module as it is shown in pic#3 and - maintaining its inclination and making it lightly and repeatedly swing as a pendulum (btw left and right, as the bent blue arrow tries to show) - pull it out and put it away.

  7. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Dismount the bottom memory module: étape 7, image 1 de 1
    • Repeat the same process on the bottom memory module in order to remove that one too.

  8. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Mount one of the new modules inside the bottom slot: étape 8, image 1 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Mount one of the new modules inside the bottom slot: étape 8, image 2 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Mount one of the new modules inside the bottom slot: étape 8, image 3 de 3
    • Are you grounded? If yes, take one of the new memory modules and align it with the connector by the correct side: the close-to-the-middle indentation of the module has to face the highlighted pin.

    • Then, keeping it tilted and carrying on the "pendulum" movement, gently push the module inside the slot. STOP when you feel you can't go any further: the new memory module should be now tilted and totally inside the connector - as it is shown in pic#2 - and the indentation of the module should almost be attached to the centring pin.

    • Once that the module is so positioned, gently press it down pushing it in the middle with your fingers until you hear a loud click: that sound means that the retaining arms have correctly grabbed the module and that the latter one has been successfully inserted!

  9. RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Mount the second module on top of the previous one: étape 9, image 1 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Mount the second module on top of the previous one: étape 9, image 2 de 3 RAM memory upgrade / replacement, Mount the second module on top of the previous one: étape 9, image 3 de 3
    • Repeat the same process in order to insert the remaining module and it's done!

Conclusion

You have successfully replaced the RAM memory! Congratulations :) Now remove the tape and reassemble the service door and the battery. Enjoy the new piece of hardware, cheers!

Roberto Bartolacci

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