How to Upgrade a Notebook - Changing the Memory
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The first thing you should do before touching your computer regardless of make of model is shut it down, unplug the power cord and remove the battery. Also, don't forget to ground yourself; one static shock to your computer could fry it beyond reasonable repair. Doing these few simple steps will make this upgrade successful and safe.
On my Dell Inspiron 6000, you need to practically take the whole computer apart to get to the guts of it. With the Gateway 6000 series, I only need to remove the bottom cover. There are a few screws that are holding the cover in place. Simply unscrewing them and removing the cover will expose the main parts of the computer. I have to give Gateway props for making this so easy. After you open it up you will see the big copper cooler and fan. To the right of these are the memory slots.
This one came with one 512 MB stick of memory, which left one slot unused. All you need to do is insert the other stick into the slot, make sure it is in, and then push it down until it pops or locks. This is fairly standard for all memory in most notebooks. Think of the pushing it down as using the clamps on a desktop board; it just helps to hold the memory in.
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