Acer Aspire One ZG5 – How to replace the ram – How to remove the case Acer Aspire One ZG5
Turn
the netbook upside down with the battery at the top, away from you.
Unlock
the battery by sliding the switch located near the left hinge to the left
"unlocked" position.
Slide
the latch located on the opposite hinge from the lock while pushing the battery
up. 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.
Lift
up the panel and remove it from the case. Disconnect the two antenna cables
from the left side of the wireless card.
Remove
the single 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screw from the bottom left of the wireless card.
Gently lift up the left side of the wireless card and slide the card out of its
socket.
Turn
the netbook over and open the display so that the keyboard is facing you.
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.
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.
Disconnect
the ribbon by lifting the black plastic hinge and removing the clear blue
cable.
Close
the display and turn the ZG5 over so that the battery compartment faces away
from you.
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.
Turn
the netbook back over and open the display with the keyboard cavity facing you.
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.
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.
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.
Disconnect
the two antenna cables from the right side of the wireless card.
Remove
the single 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screw from the wireless card.
Gently
pull the wireless card to the right and slide it out of its socket.
Disconnect
the display cable from the top left of the motherboard.
Disconnect
the speaker cable from its socket on the motherboard.
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.
Remove
the two 4.7 mm Phillips #1 screws that connect the display to the motherboard.
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.
Lift
the entire motherboard assembly out the case.
Turn
the motherboard over so the RAM is facing up.
Simultaneously
release both latches on opposing sides of the RAM. The RAM should spring up.
Pull
RAM straight out from the slot.