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Difficulty

Easy

Steps

3

Time Required

                          5 minutes

Sections

2

  • Rear Panel
  • 2 steps
  • RAM
  • 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Rear Panel
  • Lay the iMac display-side down on a flat surface.
  • Loosen the three Phillips screws securing the rear panel to the iMac.
  • These screws are captive in the iMac. The center screw will stop turning after about 3.5 turns and the outer screws will stop turning after about 5.5 turns. Do not try to remove these screws from your iMac.

Lay the iMac display-side down on a flat surface.

Loosen the three Phillips screws securing the rear panel to the iMac.

These screws are captive in the iMac. The center screw will stop turning after about 3.5 turns and the outer screws will stop turning after about 5.5 turns. Do not try to remove these screws from your iMac.

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Step 2

  • Lift the rear panel slightly from the bottom edge of the iMac.
  • Pull the rear panel toward yourself and remove it from the iMac.

Lift the rear panel slightly from the bottom edge of the iMac.

Pull the rear panel toward yourself and remove it from the iMac.

Step 3

              RAM
  • Rotate each of the two RAM retaining arms away from the RAM chip.
  • Pull the RAM chip straight away from its socket.
  • Repeat this process for the other RAM chip.
  • Be sure the RAM arms are fully rotated away from the RAM socket before reinstalling any RAM chips.

Rotate each of the two RAM retaining arms away from the RAM chip.

Pull the RAM chip straight away from its socket.

Repeat this process for the other RAM chip.

Be sure the RAM arms are fully rotated away from the RAM socket before reinstalling any RAM chips.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Darren Fox - Mar 29, 2011

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Way too easy. Doubled my RAM in 5 minutes. Computer runs like new again.

frederikchalmer - Feb 15, 2016

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Can i get 6 or 8 gigs ram?

Gary Wayne - Feb 22, 2016

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Do both the ram slots have to have ram in them

When I cut it on the Apple pops up then a colored screen comes up with horizontal lines