We bought a stick of PNY SODIMM PC2-5300 DDR2 memory from PC World at a reasonable price and it came with a nice 10 year guarantee that will no doubt out-live the machine it was destined for. Here’s a picture of what we got. [Edit] We’ve found some Cheaper ram at Play.com
Here it is un-boxed.
Next thing to do is to flip your netbook upside down and take the battery out. Once it’s out loosen the 9 screw’s as marked in the picture below.
Once they’re loosened carefully start working the back off the netbook. You may hear some clicks as your working it loose but just take your time, once it’s fully loose carefully lift it clean off. The next picture is marked with a yellow rectangle where the memory slot is that you’ll be filling with you new memory. You’ll notice some black tape, just ignore that and leave it alone as it’s used as a shield for what we presume to be the already installed memory.
OK, grab your new memory and take a look on the bottom of it where the connections are, take notice of the gap thats there. If your not sure then take a look at picture 3 again and it’s on the bottom about 3/4 of the way along. If you now look at the memory slot on your netbook you will see where that groove fits. Here’s a close up.
Once you have your memory lined up your ready to push it into the slot, put it in at a 20-30 degree angle and carefully push, keeping an eye on the groove. As your pushing it into place it should go in very easily with minimal force, as it’s going in decrease the angle so it lies flat with the mainboard.
From the side.
Check the metal clips on either side of the memory to make sure they are clipped in. Also look at the groove on the bottom and see if it looks like the memory is pushed as far in as it can go.
Here’s a close up of the left hand metal clip.
Here’s a close up of the right hand metal clip and the groove on the bottom of the memory. If all these look the same then your memory is installed and seated correctly.
That’s it, the memory is installed.
Grab the back cover and carefully line it up and click it into place. Again, take your time, there’s no rush. Once your happy everything is lined up correctly tighten the screws and your just about done. We timed the process and it took under 5 mins, however, this isn’t a race so just go at your own pace. Less speed more haste.
Time to replace the battery and power on the netbook.
Once it’s fully booted, left click on “start”, then right click on “my computer” and select “properties”. A screen will pop up and you will now see that you have an extra GB of memory… Woohoo
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