Changing out the RAM was such a breeze.

First step would be unscrewing the single screw from the bottom of the G7 laptop.

Next get something flat where you could pop up the clips from around the laptop.

Once you have the bottom enclosure of the laptop removed you will see the RAM like shown in the image below.  You need to push on the side of the clip holding the ram into place and the RAM will pop out.  Take note on how it’s inserted because you need to insert the new RAM the way.

Once the RAM has been installed, place the bottom casing back on the laptop be sure to snap in all the clips and tighten the center screw.

Next power on the laptop, you will see a message telling you the amount of system ram has been installed.

After some research and a few days of testing I started going through what app’s are installed by default on the Dell G7.  Turns out I had two applications called “SmartByte” installed.  Once I uninstalled these two programs and rebooted my computer viola!  I noticed my speeds were back to normal.  

Honestly I’m not even sure why these are installed on the device at all.   

What a complete pile of trash that caused a 2 day head-ache and almost returning this laptop back to BestBuy.

Hopefully this post will help others before they return the device.