Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement

Step 1 Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement

• Turn the netbook upside down with the battery at the top, away from you.
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Step 2

• Unlock the battery by sliding the switch located near the left hinge to the left "unlocked" position.
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Step 3
• Slide the latch located on the opposite hinge from the lock while pushing the battery up.
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Step 4
• Gently loosen the two Phillips #0 screws in the small panel that covers the wireless card.
• These screws are built into the panel and aren't meant to be completely removed.
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Step 5
• Lift up the panel and remove it from the case.
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Step 6
• Disconnect the two antenna cables from the left side of the wireless card.
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Step 7
• Remove the single 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screw from the bottom left of the wireless card.
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Step 8
• Gently lift up the left side of the wireless card and slide the card out of its socket.
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Step 9
• Turn the netbook over and open the display so that the keyboard is facing you.
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Step 10
• There are three tabs located on the top of the keyboard.
• Start with the spudger pointing towards the display and pry up to push each tab off the keyboard.
• As you move to the next tab, ensure the previous tab doesn't reset itself.
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Step 11
• Lift top of keyboard up. If it doesn't lift easily, there may be tabs on the sides - use the tool to ease them aside and/or shift the keyboard from side to side.
• There is a short ribbon cable connecting the keyboard to the netbook.
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Step 12
• Disconnect the ribbon by lifting the black plastic hinge and removing the clear blue cable.
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Step 13
• Close the display and turn the ZG5 over so that the battery compartment faces away from you.
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Step 14
• Remove three 5.8 mm Phillips #0 screws from the bottom of the case
• Remove three 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screws from the battery compartment.
• Remove two 5.8 mm Phillips #0 screws from underneath the feet near the hinges.
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Step 15
• Turn the netbook back over and open the display with the keyboard cavity facing you.
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Step 16
• Flip up the retaining flap on the trackpad ribbon cable ZIF connector.
• Using the blue tab, pull the trackpad ribbon cable from its socket on the motherboard.
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Step 17
• Remove the five black 4.7 mm Phillips #0 screws from the metal casing.
• Remove the single silver 4.3 mm Phillips #00 screw from the right side of the metal casing.
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Step 18
• Starting at the red rings along the hinge, insert a spudger or plastic opening tool into the seam between the two halves of the case.
• Slide the spudger toward the front of the device, releasing the small clips that hold down the top case.
• Gently lift off the top case.
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Step 19
• Disconnect the two antenna cables from the right side of the wireless card.
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Step 20
• Remove the single 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screw from the wireless card.
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Step 21
• Gently pull the wireless card to the right and slide it out of its socket.
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Step 22
• Disconnect the display cable from the top left of the motherboard.
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Step 23
• Disconnect the speaker cable from its socket on the motherboard.
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Step 24
• Remove three 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screws from the small I/O board.
• Remove a single 3.9 mm Phillips #0 screw from the front of the motherboard.
• Some laptops may instead have a single 4.7 mm Phillips #0 screw.
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Step 25
• Remove the two 4.7 mm Phillips #1 screws that connect the display to the motherboard.
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Step 26
• Gently lift the I/O board up from the right side of the case.
• The I/O board is attached to the motherboard by a short cable.
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Step 27
• Lift the entire motherboard assembly out the case.
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Step 28
• Turn the motherboard over so the RAM is facing up.
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Step 29
• Simultaneously release both latches on opposing sides of the RAM.
• The RAM should spring up.
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Step 30
• Pull RAM straight out from the slot.
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