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Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement

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  1. Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 1
    • Turn the netbook upside down with the battery at the top, facing away from you.

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    • Unlock the battery by sliding the switch located near the left hinge to the left "unlocked" position.

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    • Slide the latch located on the opposite hinge from the lock while pushing the battery up.

  4. Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement, Wireless Card: step 4, image 1 of 1
    • 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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    • Lift up the panel and remove it from the case.

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    • Disconnect the two antenna cables from the left side of the wireless card.

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    • Remove the single 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screw from the bottom left of the wireless card.

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    • Gently lift up the left side of the wireless card and slide the card out of its socket.

  9. Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement, Keyboard: step 9, image 1 of 1
    • Turn the netbook over and open the display so that the keyboard is facing you.

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    • 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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    • 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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    • Disconnect the ribbon by lifting the black plastic hinge and removing the clear blue cable.

  13. Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement, Top Case: step 13, image 1 of 1
    • Close the display and turn the ZG5 over so that the battery compartment faces away from you.

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    • 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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    • Turn the netbook back over and open the display with the keyboard cavity facing you.

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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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.

  19. Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement, Internal Wireless Card: step 19, image 1 of 1
    • Disconnect the two antenna cables from the right side of the wireless card.

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    • Remove the single 3.9 mm Phillips #1 screw from the wireless card.

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    • Gently pull the wireless card to the right and slide it out of its socket.

  22. Acer Aspire One ZG5 RAM Replacement, Motherboard: step 22, image 1 of 1
    • Disconnect the display cable from the top left of the motherboard.

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    • Disconnect the speaker cable from its socket on the motherboard.

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    • 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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    • Remove the two 4.7 mm Phillips #1 screws that connect the display to the motherboard.

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    • 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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    • Lift the entire motherboard assembly out the case.

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    • Turn the motherboard over so the RAM is facing up.

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    • Simultaneously release both latches on opposing sides of the RAM.

    • The RAM should spring up.

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    • Pull RAM straight out from the slot.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Thanks a lot!!

It worked for me!

Marc Teclas Garcia - Reply

This guide lacks important information and technical accuracy.

The ZG5 can handle a maximum of 1.5GiB RAM, and realistically, can handle only an extra 512MiB RAM on top of the 512MiB fixed RAM, because of variations in the actual amount of RAM on the card you install.

I followed the entire guide, I have no more available RAM, and the tracker pad no longer works.

Thanks a bunch! I now have a netbook that is no longer a functioning netbook.

Please remove this guide until it addresses these important issues.

Stone Forest - Reply

You are unfair to the author. This guide worked absolutely fine, and the guide has nothing to do with how much capacity your Acer Aspire One has, it has to do with how to exchange the RAM...

IF you want to fix things like highly compressed technology / like a mini laptop / yourself, you need to be sensitive. The way I have seen 9 out of 10 persons, they do not have that sensitivity. It is not a fault on you, and does not make you wrong. But you must be conscious about if you do not have the necessary sensitivity to do this work.

IFF your pad is not working, then try to do the same operation once more and be aware of how the mini laptop is to be handled at the various parts. I would guess that we are missing a wire in your laptop or something like that.

And - if you want it put in another way - since you couldn\t master doing it - then the money you saved on that RAM exchange - you can now spend them on fixing that small pad problem - with a professional.

I am blaming you for blaming the author.

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@Stone Forest - Come on, I followed this guide to upgrade my son's and my wife's friend's netbooks without problems at all. All you have to do is make sure you do the work on a static-free surface, wear your anti-shock/static wristband (do this ANY time you handle computer equipment!) and follow the steps. Voila!

Osnola Aijem - Reply

I tried to install Kingston KVR667D2SO/2GB. the result is that doesn't work. did anybody try to install the 1GB?

el capitan - Reply

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