[SOLVED] Need to add RAM to an AIO; rage mode pending.

King of Mars

Ok, after some minor rage, I went outside to smoke, which is where I have all of my best ideas (seriously), and it occurred to me that I was going to have to start by removing the support frame in order to get the housing apart. I did this, then started to pull on the plastic, which began to lift away from the silver edge seen (along with the support frame/bar/whatever) in this pic: http://cdn.gateway.com/media/products/gallery/zx4931-31e/gallery_06.jpg After that it was just a matter of pulling straight up at certain spots around the edge and the backing was off. Score! After that, there were two small screws to remove, then the metal plate covering the guts had to be slid towards the top of the computer (the top if it were standing upright; I had it facedown on a table for this), then that pulled straight off as well. There are 4 slots for RAM, one of which holds a 2GB module and another with a 1GB, along with one each of a PCI-E x1 and a PCI slot (I don't remember if this one was PCI-E x16 or plain old PCI, it's late and I'm tired), which I thought was odd, because when I talked to the support rep at Gateway yesterday he said there were no PCI slots of ANY kind in it.

So there it is, problem solved. Thanks to anyone who took a look at this thinking they might be able to help, and I hope it helps anyone who ends up having to mess with one of these things in the future. Cheers.

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The computer in question can be found here: http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668797.php I've never used an AIO before, but I've built, rebuilt and repaired a million computers in my life, and I'm stumped on how to open the plastic housing without breaking it. There are no screws anywhere on it. These are fairly new and apparently not too popular, so google isn't helping, /g/ was about as useless as expected, chacha even more so. Please help. 3GB is not going to cut it.