What tool to open up laptop

wigster · Thursday at 22:10

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)

wigster · Thursday at 22:21

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.

wigster · Friday at 21:52

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.

wigster · Saturday at 07:17

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.

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

wigster · Saturday at 16:22

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.

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.

wigster · Sunday at 07:15

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.

Yes it has 4gb that is soldered but there is also a upgrade slot for the RAM.