Dell Latitude D620 RAM Replacement

ID: 2395

Description: Guide to installing new RAM modules for the...

Steps:

1. Power down the laptop and remove the battery.
2. Open the laptop cover all of the way.

3. Locate the notch under the cover at the top of the keyboard
4. Using the spudger as a lever, lift the plastic covering
5. Carefully remove the rest of the covering from right to left

6. Unscrew the top portion of the keyboard using a #00 screwdriver

7. Hold keyboard from the top and gently pull towards the LCD screen to remove the keyboard from the case
8. Don't pull on the keyboard too forcefully because it is attached to the motherboard with a short, thin ribbon cable

9. Once keyboard is out of the case, lay it face-down on the track pad

10. Using a small spudger, pull back on the black bar to release the blue lever

11. Pull up on the metal bar connected to the socket to detach the ribbon cable

12. With the keyboard removed, you should be able to see ram slot A.
13. Place new ram into the slot making sure it is aligned

14. Replace the keyboard by following the previous steps in reverse
15. Close the laptop, and flip it over onto its backside

16. Loosen the screw that holds the RAM cover in place.
17. The screw cannot be fully removed since it is attached to the RAM cover.

18. Insert new ram into slot B