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How to Upgrade your Netbook – Part 1, Adding RAM

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The Ram Compartment on an Acer Aspire One.

The Ram Compartment on an Acer Aspire One.

You will be able to add extra memory to a netbook or laptop in under 10 minutes.  The Acer Aspire One, one of the most popular netbooks , is featured here, but many netbook have idential or very similiar procedures.  Click the ‘read more’ link for the instructions and the full video.

Here’s how:

  1. Unscrew and remove the bottom plastic cover
  2. Locate the empty DIM {definition}
  3. Line up the notch on the memory stick with the notch in the empty DIM
  4. Insert the memory stick into the DIM (slot that the memory stick goes into) at a 45 degree angle
  5. Press the memory down until it is flat against the motherboard and the two side clips “click”
  6. Screw the plastic cover back onto the computer
  7. Power on the computer and verify that the memory is detected

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