What tool to open up laptop

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I need to open up my Lenovo laptop so I can upgrade the ram, What does everyone use?

Overclockers has something but it's a metal blade (IFIXIT)
 
I will try a card first, it looks really tight so that's why I thought a tool would be better, found all the screws just was uncertain on prying it open.
 
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Thanks everyone, sadly a credit card or any plastic cards won't do the job as the case is very thin, so will definitely need a thin tool.

Good news is I know where all the screws are none are hidden.
 
darael said:
What's the model of the Lenovo laptop? Laptops aren't usually as bad to take apart as they were about 10 years ago.
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The last one I took apart was so easy but that was a long time ago but back then all you could replace was the HDD.

This model is a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15ITL05
 
darael said:
From the YouTube video I found, you just need to undo a few screws and prise the bottom off your laptop. If you have a bit of plastic in your recycling, you could use probably use that to get the laptop apart. A piece of milk carton, maybe even folded in two, would probably do the trick.
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Yep 10 screws, might try the plastic from the milk carton, I want to get it apart before I find a place to get the ram.
 
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Snapshot said:
Are you sure the RAM in your Ideapad isn't soldered so not upgradeable? It is soldered in my five-year-old Ideapad 5 and current Ideapad 3s.

I used a debit card cut lengthways to remove the base of my Ideapad.
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Yes it has 4gb that is soldered but there is also a upgrade slot for the RAM.
 
I managed to pop it open, I had to use my penknife to pop open the top corner then from that corner I slid my old medical card.

Hopefully it will be easier now to pop it open when I get the RAM.

Surprised there wasn't much dust.
 
Slogan said:
It should be easier to open up after the first time of doing so but I'm always reluctant to use metal when prying plastic panels open, as they can gouge. Actual guitar picks are good in theory but I find them to be very brittle and snap off inside the joins when prying, which can create its own problems.
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I didn't want to use the knife but that was the only thing I could use to open it up a bit, I watched a video and the person used something similar to open up the corner then he used a plastic tool, whare ever he was using to start it off was something proper,a guitar pick would have been to thick to start it off.
 
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