Lay the iMac display-side down on a flat surface.

Loosen the three Phillips screws securing the rear panel to the iMac.

These screws are captive in the iMac. The center screw will stop turning after about 3.5 turns and the outer screws will stop turning after about 5.5 turns. Do not try to remove these screws from your iMac.

Lift the rear panel slightly near the bottom of the iMac.

Pull the rear panel toward yourself and remove it from the iMac.

Rotate each of the two RAM retaining arms away from the RAM chip.

Pull the RAM chip straight away from its socket.

Repeat this process for the other RAM chip.

Be sure the RAM arms are rotated fully outward before installing new RAM chips.

Remove the following three screws securing the inverter to the chassis:

• Two 7.9 mm Phillips.
• One 26 mm Phillips.

When reinstalling the inverter, be careful to route the purple and black cables around the screw mount. It is very easy to pinch the cable and damage the insulation.

Slide the inverter toward the edge of the mid-plane, then lift it out of the iMac.

Be careful to not pry up against the RAM brackets.

When reinstalling the inverter, press the blue and white cables down in the edge of the midplane before lowering the inverter down into the midplane. The black cable can be routed near the hard drive thermal sensor cable.

Disconnect the large inverter cable connector from the inverter by pulling straight away from its socket.

Disconnect the small inverter cable connector by pulling it straight away from its socket.

Disconnect the hard drive thermal sensor cable from the thermal sensor board on the hard drive bracket by pulling the cable away from the heat sink.