Lenovo ThinkCentre E73z - Installing or Replacing a Memory Module

3.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage75.
4.Removetheopticaldrive.See“Replacingtheopticaldrive”onpage82.
5.Locatetheconverterboardinthecomputer.See“LocatingmajorFRUsandCRUs”onpage66.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecuretheconverterboardtothemainbracket.
Figure35.Removingtwoscrewsthatsecuretheconverterboardtothemainbracket
7.Disconnectthethreecablesfromtheconverterboard.
8.Lifttheconverterboardoffthecomputer.
9.Toreinstallthenewconverterboard,connectthethreecablestothenewconverterboard.Position
thenewconverterboardandalignthetwoscrewholesinthenewconverterboardwiththoseinthe
computer.
10.Installthetwoscrewstosecurethenewconverterboardtothemainbracket.
11.Reinstalltheopticaldrive.See“Replacingtheopticaldrive”onpage82.
12.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage108.
Installingorreplacingamemorymodule
Attention:Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe
“Importantsafetyinformation”onpage1
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceamemorymodule.
YourcomputerhastwomemoryslotsforinstallingorreplacingDDR3SODIMMs(smalloutlinedualinline
memorymodules).Wheninstallingorreplacingamemorymodule,use1GB,2GBor4GBDDR3SODIMMs
inanycombinationuptoamaximumof8GBofsystemmemory.
Chapter9.ReplacingFRUs97