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In this post I explain how to upgrade memory or hard drive on Lenovo G570 laptop.
To be precise, I’m working on a Lenovo G570 (Model Name: 4334).
Also, at the end of the post I show how to remove and replace the cooling fan.
Make sure the laptop is turned off before you start disassembly.
STEP 1.
Remove laptop battery.
Loosen four screws securing the cover on the bottom.
STEP 2.
Lift up and remove the cover.
STEP 3.
Remove two screws securing the hard drive.
STEP 4.
Slide the hard drive to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.
Lift up and remove the hard drive.
STEP 5.
You’ll have to transfer the mounting bracket and aluminum hard drive shield to the new hard drive.
NOTE: I don’t think you’ll need to transfer the shield if upgrading to a solid-state drive (SSD).
Remove two screws on each side of the hard drive and remove the mounting bracket.
Carefully pill off the aluminum shield.
Lenovo G570 laptop has a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed.
You can upgrade this drive to any other large capacity 2.5″ SATA hard drive or 2.5″ SSD (solid-state drive) which is more expensive but fast and quiet.
I prefer to use known brand SSDs, such as Crucial, Kingston, OCZ.
After replacing the hard drive you’ll have to reinstall the operating system.
STEP 6.
Both memory modules can be accessed on the bottom of the laptop.
In order to remove the memory module you’ll have to spread latches on both sides of the memory slot.
STEP 7.
The memory module will pop up at a 30 degree angle.
STEP 8.
Carefully pull the memory module from the slot buy the edges.
Use same technique to remove the second memory module.
Lenovo G570 (Model Name: 4334) can take up to 8GB RAM.
You can install up to 4GB RAM module into each slot.
Memory used: PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM SODIMM 204 pin.
NOTE: your laptop has to run a 64-bit OS to be able to use all 8GB RAM.
REMOVING COOLING FAN.
If the cooling fan started making noise, it can be easily remove and replaced.
In order to remove the fan you’ll have to disconnect one cable from the motherboard and remove three screws.
After that lift up and remove the fan.
If the heat sink is clogged with dust, you can clean it with compressed air.
April 24th, 2013 at 10:32 pm
@ Autumn,
You have a regular 2.5″ SATA drive installed. You can buy any 2.5″ drive and it should work.
Here are dimentions of a 2.5″ drive (from Wikipedia): 2.75 in × 0.275–0.59 in × 3.945 in (69.85 mm × 7–15 mm × 100 mm) = 48.895–104.775 cm3.
April 24th, 2013 at 1:40 pm
Hello, I have the Lenovo G570 laptop and recently my sister stepped on it and broke the hard drive, I need to replace it. the issues I’m having is the hard drive it came with is 2.75″ not the standard 2.5″. If I order a 2.5″ will it still work?
Hard drive model WD7500BPVT-24HXZT3
7500GB
5400rpm
2.75″
I’m stuck looking up this same hard drive its generally a couple hundred dollars where I can get a comparable 2.5″ for $60-$100.
I also don’t understand why they didn’t put a standard size hard drive in, as it seems this model generally has a 2.5″, unless I’m completely missing something
Thanks
April 13th, 2013 at 12:25 am
can u tell where the cmos battery is located because i forgot my bios password so i have to reset it I’m having lenovo g570 thnk s in advanced
April 2nd, 2013 at 9:21 am
@ sachcha,
I guess it’s up to you. This is an older laptop but it can handle up to 2GB RAM total.
April 1st, 2013 at 6:47 pm
Hi, I have a HITACHI PN35K5T laptop with 80GB HDD and 1GB RAM. I need to increase my HDD. Is it worthwhile to replace another HDD and RAM?
March 1st, 2013 at 4:19 am
@ Faisal
Replacing your Hard Drive isnot abig issue you can do it yourself instead of giving it to a technician
Just buy anew hard drive and open the case as shown above and install the new hard drive
1 TB HDD = 100 $ Approx.
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:02 am
hi
my name is faisal
i owned th lenovo g570 laptop from past 2yrs
withing the last 2 yrs . i didnt face nay problem but suddenly a month back it started creating problem for me ..
when i checked out in the service centre here ..
they are saying my internal hard disk is corrupt .. and the cd-drive is also not working …
when i asked the technical department for the reason they arent saying anything … whasts the problem .. that has my harsdisk to get corrupt…
i hardly used to use the latop for my projects….
and when i asked for the parts replacemnet cost they say it wil cost around 8500-9000
so i dont know what to do … whether to replace it ..
or anyidea do u have what wil be the cost..
u can u give me any suggestion what to do
or what is the problem regarding it ..
plzz help me i am very tensed .. becuz i need to work on my ty projects from now onwards…
i have given for servicing at ethecis .co.in in lower parel..
so plzz kindly guide me what to do .. to the laptop..
or where is the lenovo main centre…
awaiting ur reply
January 16th, 2013 at 7:04 pm
For a Lenovo G570 4334, can anyone describe the steps to upgrade the Pentium B950 CPU to a Core i5 or i3? I figure it needs a BIOS update but will it work power wise with the current cooling fan/heatsink? Anyone tried this before? What else is needed? TIA swifty
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:25 am
Thnx a lot! my g570 was not booting & out of warranty. Removing HDD & replacing it did the trick. Thanks again!!
October 30th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Hey I opened up the back of my g570 to clean it out. I did that fine, with the help of your instructions. thank you for those :0) however my wireless is not working now. it shows a red X over the wireless bars. a friend says I may have knocked the card loose but I can’t see where. can you help?