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Two RAM slots allow up to 1 GB of PC100 or PC133 RAM.
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Turn the keyboard locking screw so that it is parallel to the space bar.
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Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.
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Lift the keyboard out by pulling it up and away from you. Rest the keyboard, face down, on top of the track pad.
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Pull the keyboard ribbon straight up from the logic board. Place the keyboard aside.
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Your laptop should look approximately like this.
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Remove the two silver Phillips #1 screws that attach the heat shield to the internal metal framework.
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Lift the heat shield up and pull it toward you.
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Your laptop should look approximately like this.
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Firmly grasp the plastic tab attached to the Airport card and pull up and then to the right.
On mine, the airport card had been put it with the orange ribbon OVER the top, so had to unplug the righthand connector and then plug it back in after (see pic for Step 8)
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Disconnect the antenna cable from the Airport card.
To disconnect the cable, you just pull on it with enough force. It's just a straight up plug, no special tabs to unhook. I was a little shy as I never want to yank on old electronics, but just slowly turn up the amount of force you're pulling with until it comes loose.
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Pull the battery cable directly up from the logic board.
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Remove the battery from its holder by pulling up and to the left.
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Your laptop should look approximately like this.
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Remove the long silver Phillips #1 screw from the heat sink.
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Remove the two T8 Torx screws that attach the heat sink to the processor.
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Lift the heat sink up from the left side and pull it out.
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Grasp the plastic tab on the processor's right side and pull it directly up.
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Your laptop should look approximately like this.
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Release the tabs on each side of the RAM chip at the same time. These tabs lock the chip in place and releasing them will cause the chip to "pop" up.
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Pull the RAM chip out.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Way too many steps in my opinion. First, the battery should be removed. I saw no reason to remove keyboard, folding it over was enough. Also, saw no reason to remove PRAM battery, I did disconnect it, however. The AirPort card didn’t have to be removed, either. Once the shield was removed along with the heatsink, the processor board just popped right out. When replacing board, make sure the little tabs are in their slots since the board won’t push back in all of the way. Thanks iRobot!
