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StardustOne
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November 26th, 2021 20:00
How to remove the Vostro 5415 back cover plate without breaking or damaging it?
I would like to upgrade the RAM on my Vostro 5415 and the back cover plate has screws that I can remove.
I have all these plastic tools that I saw in a video but this back cover plate is so tight, my plastic tool damage the bottom plate.
I have stopped trying to open it because of this and I cannot do any upgrades now. I thought okay this may be easy, but it is not. This video I found, the person just slides in a plastic tool and does a few movements and the plate comes off, mine does not, it is impossible to remove this bottom plate without damaging the notebook.
I gave up on upgrading the RAM and this was the main reason I bought this notebook in the first place, to upgrade RAM or even the SSD. But since I cannot open the back cover plate without risking to break, scratch it (yes it is made of plastic), this is now impossible.
Has someone here done this without breaking or damaging the back cover plate? Why is there so much force needed to do the opening? I cannot understand why this back cover plate even requires any clips, it is attached to the notebook with screws, why have clips?
StardustOne
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Posted December 2nd, 2021 16:00
Updade from my side:
Ok after watching lots of videos, how people were able to remove their Latitude back covers, I figured out the best tip would be not to use any spreader tools but to use a credit card.
It was not too difficult after all and I managed to remove the back cover without breaking anyhting, although, the section with the LAN port, to my surprise, this was not easy, so I moved around the other side and was able to pry open the back cover without any damage. But it is not so easy as it looked in the pictures.
The RAM is now replaced and the cover, again closed. I had a few issues with the two screws that have retainers because it was not easy to tighten them because of the retainer putting pressure against the back cover.