How to Replace RAM/Memory in a Laptop Computer
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- Опубліковано 9 сер 2013
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This is a general video on how to replace the RAM or Memory in a laptop computer. These steps may be a bit different, and in some cases totally different, than what you have to do to get your RAM out. But the general idea is the same, so if you follow these steps, you will be able to replace your memory.
First, get a service manual for your laptop. Some are very easy to find, others extremely difficult. You should be able to find a free copy of your somewhere around the internet though. An example of one is this for my laptop (Inspiron 17R Special Edition 7720): ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspiron_laptop/inspiron-17r-se-7720_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf
Next, decide if you want to use an ESD strap or not. I have never used one and have never had a problem, but you could be the one in a million where it's an issue. So if you want to live dangerously, just touch something metal to discharge your static before working on the laptop, and wear shoes. If you want to use an ESD strap, this is an example of what you would get: www.amazon.com/Belkin-Anti-Sta... These just basically make it much harder for you to build up a static charge that you could shock a component with.
Next, shut down the laptop and remove all power sources from it. This includes the Wall plug, and the battery.
After this, it is time to disassemble the laptop to get to the RAM. This can include several different methods. The easiest method is the one shown in the video where the RAM can be found under the covers on the bottom of the laptop. Unfortunately, not all laptops are made like this. The next "class" would be having to remove the whole bottom to get to the memory. A good example of this is the 2011 Macbook Pros, where you have to take out 6 screws, and then the entire bottom comes out. Another version is where you'll have to take all the screws out of the bottom, then take the keyboard out, then remove screws from under the keyboard, and then separate the laptop into 2 halves. This is the worst version to deal with, and can be seen on quite a few Acer models, older HP's, and many Netbooks.
So once you know how you need to get to the memry, you can proceed with taking it apart. Make sure you have a system for keeping track of which screws go where. One method I use is taking a video of the disassembly process that I can rewatch to put it back together. Another method is to draw a rough picture of the laptop and put double sided tape over it. Then whenever you take a screw out, stick it on the picture where it goes.
So now you can start taking out the screws. Make sure to apply a decent amount of direct downward force, but not enough to break the plastic. If you try to apply pressure at an angle, or don't use enough pressure, then you are much more likely to strip the screw and will create huge problems for yourself.
Some screws need to be taken out of the laptop entirely, while other screws stay embedded in the plastic. So if a screw seems stuck, don't get out the needlenose and rail on it. Usually the trick is that if it's difficult to get out, it's supposed to stay in.
After you have take out the screws needed to get to the RAM (you may have to repeat this step and the last multiple times if you laptop has layers to go through) pull on the plastic covering gently to remove it. Some of the plastic coverings will have clips that need to be gently removed, so apply a little force to stuck areas to test if there are clips, but generally if the plastic is not coming apart easily, it's either not meant to come apart, or you forgot to take out a screw.
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Nice video. No stupid music. Just informative. I wish all UA-cam "how to" videos were like this!
Chaz Z yeah
I know. Basically every tech video has stupid music in it.
True
Yep.
yeah i think youtube should change its policy . right ?
Hi I actually went to my local computer maintenance store about 2 days after I posted this and bought 2 GB. Everything is smooth and my laptop runs like butter. Thanks for help.
The second step worked for me! Thank you so much!
Thank you for such an helpful, informative video. I put in new RAM with no trouble. Great tutorial. Thanks!
Thank you so much for the help! I just have two questions. 1) Would this work with any HP Laptop? 2) Could I insert 2 sticks of RAM with different memories (2 GB, 8 GB)?
I appreciate that you covered all the details. Thank you.
Hey, thanks for the video. I was able to get my laptop working again by following your video. Appreciated.
love your voice, makes your hearers very calm.
Thanks! This video helped me a lot
Thanks mate, you made it easy to follow your video.
Thanks for this. It really helped me
Holy shit man its 4 am my laptop screen went black and weird beep sounds started coming . I thought my laptop was dead.
I opened the laptop just like u showed in the video cleaned the RAM with a brush and inserted it back in . And bang laptop started working again. Thanks man for the video keep em coming
Well explained, easy to understand! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thanks dude it's really helped me👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hey, thanks for this good video, pretty complicated without help :)
Very helpful video, v. informative. Thanks!
Thanks this was very helpful!
You a real one i had to reseat my ram and this was mad helpful
Thanks this was very helpful
This was very helpful, I could not get it back in the computer correctly, it would not start up. Thanks!
Well explained!!👍
Great help with my NB100 Toshiba Netbook Memory upgrade !! Cheers from Canada :>)
Thanks bro.cuz I thought we can't change the RAM in a laptop .You change my view thks
nice vid man
Thank you brother, it worked! May Allah reward you.
Great instructions thanks
Still need this in 2023 thank you!
good video! so valuable
Thank you... You really gave a very detailed tutorial. This is the first time I saw how a RAM or inside a laptop looks like. Can you tell me how do we actually the suitable RAM if we wanna upgrade our laptop's RAM? I have 4GB RAM but I want 16GB so I can play cool games.
Cheers
Rupak
You only need 8gb to play most games
Nice Job bro
Thanks, brotha!!! Saved the day, or should I say hours lol and hours and hours
very usefull. thanks for kind usefull helpfull information
Thank you very much.
Really good
THIS IS HELPFUL TO THE MAX.
I recently got just cause 3, and it was saying I have low memory, I checked the page of the website I got it off, and it said 8 gb. My computer crashed a number of times, and I checked direct x. it said 8 gigs. so I asked my friend if he was having the same issue, as his computer had almost identical stats to mine, and he said no. this was veeeery weird. so, I am looking to buy more ram, and I use this as a kind of warm up for when I get the ram. And you know what?! there was ONE. STICK. OF. 4. GIGS. And I got the computer off of amazon Prime! I'm not happy with them, and I will be getting more ram immediately. Still, really im0ressive that jc3 can run off of 4 gb of ram. Thank you again.
wait, just checked again, and the ram is just in a weird place. the layout is all ducked up. Yes, ducked.
Hi, very good video, can i know the model ure using seems easy to replace the ram. thanks
Good news: it's not broken and it came back on! Yaaaasss!
Bad news: I've actually gotta buy a new memory stick of ram, but it's ok.
Thank you for the help.
Thank you
Thanks! It was very helpful
Glad I could help, let me know if you need a tutorial for anything else
+howtwos101 I wanted to take the screws out and I stripped the one in the middle. How do I take it out without drilling?
One thing to try is a flat head screwdriver, because you may be able to get enough grip where it's not stripped (usually a phillips will strip the center and leave some on the sides) after that, if it is at all slightly accessible, try gripping the edges with pliers and unscrewing it that way. The last thing to try, if it is your only option, is to get something thin and straight, and superglue it to the screw (make sure to get a brand that bonds well to metal and the material you are gluing it to) then twist it out. You have to be really careful with this method and use only a very small amount of glue, because any extra will leak over the sides of the screw and actually glue it down, basically making it impossible to remove.
+howtwos101 Okay thanks!
I used 3 different drills only 1 worked and it took me 3 seconds! Very easy and thanks for your support! :)
Thank you Sir.
great info thx
Thanks. Now I know how to safely remove a RAM stick without breaking it. I think I grounded myself a bit too many times though. (Because I was scared to ruin my only laptop)
Thanks u a life saver thought my computer was dead
Thank you . My monitor wasn't working and i heard that the ram is the prob so i removed it and it worken (removed just 1 of 2)
So since there are two ram card, is it important that they are the same kind? or can it just be random amounts of gigabytes?
Thanks!
Thanks 👍
thanks dude
THANK U SOO MUCH
love your voice
i have an hp elitebook and i removed the ram and put it back in just to see if i can do it without messing up. but when i turned it on, the screen wont load and there's 2 flashing icons on like its hotbar or something. this might be equivalent to the blinking noises that the laptop might do that you talked about. of course i did remove it again and put it back but it just wont work again. can you give me some advice on what should i possibly do to make it work again?
You probably broke something while opening the laptop itself since there are some laptops where you need to pop out the cover using a knife in order to open the laptop, if your laptop is one of those, you probably accidentally cut a wire inside the laptop.
i like this bro
Thank youuu man i finally removed my RAM ;)
That was helpful
Thank you... A lot...
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! I was about yo break my laptop but you saved this peace of trash :) thank you
Thanks.
It worked brah
Thanks
thanks !
thank you
If i have 1 stick of ddr4 2400, does the other stick have to have 2400, or can i put 2666mhz in the other slot?
So there's no need for you to remove the hydrive first before the ram?
Thank
Also I've got my Toshiba satellite pro L850 00C001 series here and I think there maybe a screw with plastic over it.
Thanks, I now have quadrupled my RAM.
From 8 to 36.
Are there 2 ram cards in the laptop in the video?
Or do both of the count as one?
There are 2. The computer would operate with just one, but some memory operates as dual channel, where it is faster if you have 2 sticks instead of 1. Generally, you want the two sticks to be identical but there are plenty of cases of mismatched RAM working fine.
Is it important to have the same ram type? I have ddr3 4gb in my laptop and i have a different kind of ram 2gb ?
will it work
It doesn't necessarily need to be the same size (mixing 2GB with a 4GB stick is fine) but it is important for it to be the same speed (PC3200 needs to be matched with another PC3200)
howtwos101 how do I know which ram is the same does it say it on it?
please notice this comment, question can i take the ram of one laptop and put it in another laptop to increase ram?
the device is the ram of windows 8 and windows 10 laptops
my laptop has 4gb card and 2gb card,can i add 4gb card to that?or does it have to be 4gb and 4gb slot if im aiming for 8gb ram?
thank
I broke the lock retainer,any ideas how I can rig it to work?
Can I superglue it in
It still reads the memory and works good, but the bottem seated ram is not pressed down all the way
Buying a Lenovo IdeaPad 130, 4gb of ram 500gb hard drive. I went to the questions and answers section and some guy asked if it was possible to upgrade, the answer was no it wasn't user upgrade and had one RAM slot but I was wondering how it would be integrated like would it become apart of the laptops motherboard or would it just be a little harder to take out and easy to put it back in..? Do I really have to let a certified technician do all this? This is probably a very stupid question but I would thank you if you took time out of your day to answer this.
Is there any way you can take apart a laptop with no screw on the bottom?
I have two laptops everyone but i am gamer both have 4gb ram so i thinks it is possible or not to remove one laptops ram and put it in another
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Nice, What if I just PUT One slot of Ram instead of two? Is it oke or not for My laptop?
2 is ideal because it works faster (dual channel) but if you want to put in one it WILL work just not as quickly as 2. If you do decide to only use one, you must put it in the bottom slot
do you need to reformat your laptop when replacing your old ram with a new one? what are the other things to consider when replacing a ram?
good
is ram gonna make the preformance better or is it something else?
It contributes but there are other things like CPU, graphics card etc
thx
How would I remove my cover, mine has a flat nail-like plastic cover over the screw hole
thank you. you got 5 minutes of talking but you helped me figuring out how to pop it off
would this work on ASUS X205Ta eebook small laptop
Desktops are so easy to swap out the ram, im replacing ram in my husbands laptop in a few days and I need all the info I can get.
my laptop has 2gb ram can i replace it with a 4gb ram?
Yes
+adrian bzovi See how many gb of ram your motherboard supports
+adrian bzovi check with Crucial.com and scan your laptop
You need a SO-DIMM for that :/
yes, you break the 2 GB chip APPROXIMATELY in half and you will have two 2GB = 4GB.
this way you save money
Do both sticks of ram need to be the same.
Not usually
I did exactly same thing, but I cannot start the laptop now. I did not hear any bip sound, but nothing shows on the screen. And when I put the original RAM back, it does not boot either. What is going on
i used to clean my DESKTOP CPU so easily but it took me lot of experience and time (patience) ... but handling a laptop that too a new one... is like handling a time bomb-anytime anything can go wrong :P
planing to add a ram to my LAPTOP
the question is
1)my desktop uses ddr3 and so does my laptop,
so can i use my DESKTOP ram for my laptop?
and my lap has 2ram slots
1slot has -4gb ddr3 ram and in the other slot can i add a 8gb ddr3 ?
when i put an other 2GB ram did it need a driver or some thing like that
+Yacin le grand I don't really understand, but if the question is whether you need to do something afterwards, no.
when I put my slot 1 ram to slot 2 . then I start laptop .it starts beeping not booting..then again I put ram to 1 slot. now booting working. help me
Hi there!
What if my battery cannot be removed? Should I try adding RAM anyway?
(*I have Sony VAIO laptop)
+Michael K Some newer laptops, especially Ultrabook have started coming with non removable batteries, but this does not mean the ram cannot be replaced. My new laptop (G752 Asus) doesn't have a removable battery, but the ram can still be replaced.
I would suggested googling your laptop model number for a service manual, that will give you clear instructions for replacing the ram if it is possible in your laptop.
thanks mate!
pls sorry I am new to this does changing my ram delete my entire or any files on my pc or is RAM and HDD storage a different thing , thanks .
RAM holds data only temporary and only when a PC is powered on. HDD is different and holds data even when the pc is powered off. RAM is more expensive per Gigabyte but its much faster, while HDD is slower but can hold much more data so its used for storing data for long time.
So dont worry, ram is not holding any files! Ram memory is only being used from programs so they can run, the programs themselves are installed on the HDD and when you open the pc or double click to open a program only then they load into the faster RAM memory!
Can I take ram from another laptop and us it in another ??
Any data loss ????? Plzz tell me
so since that's the exactly same type, could I use laptop RAM on mac?
Yup, mac's will have a compatible ram list, but pretty much any ram at that speed will work.
can ia ask u i have a 2gb ram can i change it to 4gb of ram
Bro my laptop have 4gb ram i can make 6gb ram change !!!????plz plz answer
It is good way to ...
Also, i have a question. My laptop has a limit of 2 gb, but i want to get 4gb. Will it damage my laptop?
No u should upgrade to Windows 64 bit
You have been added to watch later. I plan on getting a cheap laptop, with 4gb, and hopefully, RAM is cheaper than getting an 8gb RAM laptop, lol
Well 8gb is only 50$
Well actually I don't know about laptop ram
It probably is cheaper than Desktop RAM. I plan on using it for college purposes. However, I wanna be able to play a few games, on the go.
+TheGamingNerd 8gb is enough for games although not quiet good enough for the high games which is why im hoping to get atleast 16 gb of ram
ThunderDoes 8gb ram is enough for high in pretty much every game, Battlefield 4 in highest settings run at least 60 fps. I haven't tried GTA V though as the download time would be too long on my shitty 5 Mbit/s connection.