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Upgrading the motherboard for a Gateway E-4100 computer so that it can run Windows 7 is possible, and you won't even need to swap the motherboard out. All that does need to be done is to add random-access memory (RAM) to the motherboard. The processor that comes with the E-4100 is perfectly acceptable to use with Windows 7; however, since the computer comes only with 512 megabytes of RAM, you will need to swap out the RAM sticks and replace them with 512 MB RAM sticks so that you have the 1 gigabyte minimum required for Windows 7.
Instructions
1. Turn off your computer and unplug any cables that are connected to it.
2. Lay the computer on its right side on a table or some other flat surface where you can work on it. Touch the metal part of the case to ground yourself.
3. Open the latch on the left side of the case and lift the cover off the case. Locate the DIMM (RAM) slots on the motherboard. There are two of them. Open the levers for the two slots.
4. Pull the RAM sticks from the slots (they should come away easily). Align the first new RAM stick over the slot (it goes in only one direction). Push down until it clicks into place and the levers close on their own. Do the same for the second RAM stick.
5. Put the cover back on the case and close the latch for the cover. Plug everything back in. Your E4100 computer is now ready to work with Windows 7.
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