Sony VAIO SVE14AJ16L RAM Replacement

Step 1 RAM

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Turn your laptop off before starting.
Turn the laptop upside down onto the closed lid so that the bottom is facing you.

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Step 2

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Locate and remove the lone screw on the RAM cover with a Phillips #0 head screw driver.
Carefully pry the RAM cover up.
There will be some resistance, so use strength and not speed to remove the cover.

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Step 3

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Tool used on this step:

iFixit Opening Tool

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With the cover removed, peel back the black protective plastic to expose one of the two RAM sticks.
Make sure not to touch any part of the blue board itself, and only handle the stick from it's edges.
Gently, but firmly push back the two side anchors that hold in the RAM using either an iFixit Opening Tool or your fingernails.

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Step 4

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Once both anchors are released from the RAM stick, the stick will spring up at an angle
Finally, carefully pull the RAM stick away from the laptop at the same angle it is sitting at.

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