Upgrading RAM - eeepc 1008HA - to 2GB - Part 1
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2009
- Here is the part 1 of the video where I open entire netbook and replace the 1GB RAM with 2GB RAM.
Part 2 will show putting things back together and confiming the RAM upgrade.
my casual writeup about the entire venture
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Used this in order to retrieve some data from the hard drive.. Thanks for the clean and instructfull tutorial, helped me a bunch.
Thank you for the effort. I followed through and it worked. Except,
1) at 1:55, the keyboard connector requires the "sliding up and down" of the black mini tabs
2) at 4:30, the tiny cable between the mainboard and the metal plate requires "lifting up and down" of the WHITE mini connector
Changing the HDD is simply pulling out the HDD with a silicon black jacket. Be careful not to break the SATA connector when you push it back in.
Thank you for posting this video. I pulled my Eee 1008HA out of the closet and used this guide to upgrade the hard drive. Everything works!
Thanks for the guide.
It took me forever and I wouldn't have been able to change the RAM without this!
Thank you very much for your perfect manual. It was very easy to change the battery and upgrade the RAM - it hardly takes longer than the video.
Great video.
No way I would have figured this out myself without destroying it :)
Thank you very much.
Thanks for sharing these efforts with the world. It gives a good sense of what the job involves. Disassembly looks a lot like when I installed a dual band Wireless-N WLAN card in a 900. Keyboard out, break sticker, split case, etc all look familiar.
I would not have gone trough all this for the sake of RAM alone.
Replacing the SATA drive with SSD or faster drive would be on my list.
This was a very helpful video. You can do other things, to like change the hard drive. I want folks to learn from my misfortune. If you will be disconnecting any other ribbons or cables to do anything else. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. Right in the middle of reconnect my ribbons, my fan kicked on and then ZAP! Puff of smoke! I'm a little angry at myself for not thinking of that first, but afterward, it was like: duh! Others have written about this below, but it bears repeating.
This is insane! The Ram module is right under the back panel! If are a simples dor there, We should upgrade the ram with any difficulty.
Of corse, great video and help.
Other than partially broken english, it seems like you did a good job.
Cool video.
Thank you man!!! you helped me to get out the hard drive!!! Nice!!!!
IDEA just remove the vent on the underside since the ram module is right over the vent dremal tool would make light work of this job for some of us. A little epoxy and the piece you've cut is replaced. I'm a dremal wiz so perhaps it's just workable for a few of us.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? I CANT LEAVE IT PLUGGED IN TO THE WALL WHILE I TAKE IT APART? I THOUGHT IT WAS STANDARD PROCEDURE TO LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER PLUGGED IN TO THE WALL IN ORDER TO "GROUND" IT WHILE WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE LEFT IT PLUGGED IN TO THE WALL! YOU ARE MY HERO!
Acabei de isntalar a memória, não é tão fácil devido a construção da Asus, mas não é bicho de 7 cabeças não, com calma e seguindo os passos vc faz tranquilo. Uma dica super importante que não tá no vídeo é que depois de tirar o teclado e antes de vc tirar o conector da bateria (fita azul), do lado dele tem um interruptor minúsculo, desligue o mesmo e só ligue antes de colocar o teclado.
Wow, thanks man. Great video :)
@MGinx just because the guy didn´t tell about to switch off the battery.. i done the same fault.. had my eee 25 mins working :/
I did finally change my RAM to 2 GB & the battery but as it's a broker's battery I have some trouble with this not Asus product.
It's like if the battery wasn't recognised and the level of it is unknown.
Does someone know about what to do ?
@jamestervid Hope you find an answer, I have the same problem, very lose already and it's only been a short time. Really unfortunate.
Well just followed this, but for some reason the netbook just WONT turn on, tried to put the old ram back in as well but no luck think by trying this I just killed my machine just cant see why the power button wont work.
@thegoodbyeheaven It's not very well to upgrade the 1008HA Xp in Vista.
Vista is too heavy for such a machine.
difficult to see in this video. I have 1Gb DDR2 (SODIMM). Can I add one this or do i have to replace the internal 1GB SODIM with a SODIM of 2GB. In that case I skip this exercise.
so sorry. I no more own this machine. don't remember what this was.
Beautiful! BRAWO!
It is really great that you guys make this video - thanks for that.
But I really don't recommend that anyone without proper knowledge do this at home!!!! My computer cannot start because I've put in 2GB RAM - I simply doesn't do a thing when I push the startbutton, and I follow every step very neat. It is really sad - so DON'T DO THIS AT HOME!!!
Thanks bro :)
Not for faint hearted
@balticbeau ok.. need a new motherboard -.-
Vaya, de poco ha valido. No se ve ni como saca la ram, ni como pone la nueva
I did finally change my RAM to 2 GB & the battery
But as it's a broker's battery I have some trouble with this not Asus product.
It's like if the battery wasn't recognised ... and the level of it is unknown.
1 Gig is more than enough for these single core netbooks with XP . Its the low power cpu thats the limiting factor ,if u want Win 7 then by all means upgrade to 2 gig ,but it will still run sluggish if u have virus protection runing in background .Not got a dual core netbook , but i bet they run a lot better .As far as small pcs go now touch tabs are the way to go.My relatively cheap Ainol android tab runs rings around my Asus 1008ha running Xp .shame really because its a nice little netbook
To think that today it's possible to get a 128 GB RAM stick is insane compared to the mesely 2 GB
Seems like we've come a long way
Muito bom!! Os brasileiros agradecem! Poderia ter mais 1 slot.. pra deixar com 3 gb! ;)
oh god the horror! maybe i should just get a 1005
HA weights 13% more and is not as small maybe?
yes :) get a 2 gb ddr2 667 mhz ram. then theres an access panel on the bottom. theres only one slot so get a 2 gb stick lol
Screw that I'm getting the 1005 just made up my mind shitznel
I can DIY assemble a PC, but havng watch the video I think I will get the service of a computer repair technican if I want to upgrade the RAM and change the HDD of my eeePC 1008HA to a SSD. The process involve virtually tearing apart the entire netbook and I consider the risk is too high for an amateur.
On my 1008 you only need to remove one screw.....
. Why open whole laptop when there is only 1 screw to release, and that opens the ram compartment to replace the ram stick. THINK TWICE, before starting it.
Good for you. Please check the full model number before referring to this.
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