Acer Aspire One Zg5 Ram Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

                          25 minutes

Sections

Battery
3 steps
Wireless Card
5 steps
Keyboard
4 steps
Top Case
6 steps
Internal Wireless Card
3 steps
Motherboard
6 steps
RAM
3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery

Turn the netbook upside down with the battery at the top, facing away from you.

Turn the netbook upside down with the battery at the top, facing 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.

Unlock the battery by sliding the switch located near the left hinge to the left “unlocked” position.

Step 3

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

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

Step 4

              Wireless Card

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.

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.

Step 5

Lift up the panel and remove it from the case.

Lift up the panel and remove it from the case.

Step 6

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

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

Step 7

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

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

Step 8

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

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

Step 9

              Keyboard

Turn the netbook over and open the display so that the keyboard is facing you.

Turn the netbook over and open the display so that the keyboard is facing you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Step 12

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

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

Step 13

              Top Case

Close the display and turn the ZG5 over so that the battery compartment faces away from you.

Close the display and turn the ZG5 over so that the battery compartment faces away from you.

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.

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.

Step 15

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Step 19

              Internal Wireless Card

Disconnect the two antenna cables from the right side of the wireless card.

Disconnect the two antenna cables from the right side of the wireless card.

Step 20

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

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

Step 21

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

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

Step 22

              Motherboard

Disconnect the display cable from the top left of the motherboard.

Disconnect the display cable from the top left of the motherboard.

Step 23

Disconnect the speaker cable from its socket on the motherboard.

Disconnect the speaker cable from its socket on the motherboard.

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.

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.

Step 25

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

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

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.

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.

Step 27

Lift the entire motherboard assembly out the case.

Lift the entire motherboard assembly out the case.

Step 28

RAM

Turn the motherboard over so the RAM is facing up.

Turn the motherboard over so the RAM is facing up.

Step 29

Simultaneously release both latches on opposing sides of the RAM.
The RAM should spring up.

Simultaneously release both latches on opposing sides of the RAM.

The RAM should spring up.

Step 30

Pull RAM straight out from the slot.

Pull RAM straight out from the slot.

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

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Marc Teclas Garcia - Jul 19, 2013

Thanks a lot!!

It worked for me!

Stone Forest - Oct 12, 2013

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.

facebook - Mar 13, 2016

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.

Osnola Aijem - Jan 10, 2014

@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!

el capitan - Mar 15, 2014

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

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