icarus4586
Senior member
A while ago, I was looking for some information on how to open up my emachines M6805 to add RAM internally and put some Arctic Silver on the cpu. I found some stuff on the {H}ardforums, but nobody really showed how. Wereshark has a webpage dedicated to it (as well as some posts on AMD's forums), but again, no real step by step.
He has a lot of pictures here: http://www.wereshark.com/m6805/
I also took a few pictures: http://www.rit.edu/~ntp0166/experiment.html
To get it open, you'll need the normal assortment of Phillips heads, and also a very small flat head screwdriver.
First, unscrew all of the screws on the bottom. (and unplug and take out the battery)
Fold back the LCD panel all the way. Use the small flat head to get under the plastic housing on the hinges. Do it at the very top of the hinge, and basically pry directly up. Doing this will unclip some uhh, clips under the plastic hinge housing, and will loosen the little bezel thing with the power and "convenience" buttons. There are a few other clip-ish things that you'll have to work a little bit to get undone, but the rest isn't too hard. If something seems to be sticking and the bezel is bending, make sure that all the screws on the bottom of the laptop are out.
That was really all that I had problems with, the rest is pretty much a simple matter of unscrewing stuff inside.
Getting at the RAM was tricky though. I couldn't figure out how to take out the memory card reader, so I basically had to very carefully finagle the old RAM out and the new one in.
He has a lot of pictures here: http://www.wereshark.com/m6805/
I also took a few pictures: http://www.rit.edu/~ntp0166/experiment.html
To get it open, you'll need the normal assortment of Phillips heads, and also a very small flat head screwdriver.
First, unscrew all of the screws on the bottom. (and unplug and take out the battery)
Fold back the LCD panel all the way. Use the small flat head to get under the plastic housing on the hinges. Do it at the very top of the hinge, and basically pry directly up. Doing this will unclip some uhh, clips under the plastic hinge housing, and will loosen the little bezel thing with the power and "convenience" buttons. There are a few other clip-ish things that you'll have to work a little bit to get undone, but the rest isn't too hard. If something seems to be sticking and the bezel is bending, make sure that all the screws on the bottom of the laptop are out.
That was really all that I had problems with, the rest is pretty much a simple matter of unscrewing stuff inside.
Getting at the RAM was tricky though. I couldn't figure out how to take out the memory card reader, so I basically had to very carefully finagle the old RAM out and the new one in.
