Acer Aspire 5951g - Removing keyboard to access RAM slots

This thread should help Acer Aspire 5951g owners gain access to the default ram slots in their machine or help them replace their keyboard.

NOTE: There are usually 2 empty slots behind the easy accessible back cover. The 2 default slots are behind the keyboard.

Please note, the ram you put in this machine should be at least 1333 speed to maintain your current performance levels (in my case I would rather keep the 4gb of 1333mhz factory ram over installing 8gb of 1066mhz ram).

Here is the email I received from Acer, I hope this helps people enjoy their Aspire 5951 as much as me.
*****EMAIL*****

Hello *****

There are 2 sets of x2 ram slots on this machine.

one you can easily access via the bottom of the machine
the other behind your keyboard

i have attached a few images from our service guide (unfortunatley due to company policy i cannot send the entire PDF to you)

REMOVAL OF KEYBOARD:









THEN YOU CAN DO THE RAM SLOTS





Best regards,

*******
Quality Control Engineer

*****EMAIL*****

I hope this helps anyone else with my issue. (I found that I want to wait until I buy better ram perhaps 18**mhz speed before I just drop any old sticks in)

 

Also I would like to thank Ray24 over at the Acer Ethos AS8951G/AS5951G Owners Lounge thread for helping me install the (what should be defaulted) dolby home theatre v4 system. Check pages 29 and 30 for the final solution and links.

I have benchmarked this system on Heaven twice with the default 1366x768 screen resolution.

with my factory 2x2gb ddr3 1333mhz = Scored 431

with a failed attempt at upgrading the ram to 12gb by adding 2x4gb ddr3 1066mhz in the empty slots behind the backing plate = 0

After I installed the Ram I needed to do a system restore because of corrupted boot files (don't ask me how this happened) and I decided to run heaven anyway despite the obvious problems I had caused myself it ran for a about 30 seconds and crashed.

I will now wait until I get myself 2x4gb sticks of 18**mhz ram as I remember seeing in a thread somewhere that this is compatible.

 

perfect description! Thank you - worked perfect for replacing the keyboard. A little note:

Step 2: removing the connetors
The remove has to be done very carefully, otherwise the conector poles will deform.

regards cybix