ASUS F15 FX507ZC4 Won’t Open

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I’m trying to open my ASUS F15 as I ordered a 1TB stick to throw in to finally upgrade the 512GB. That and I’m finally going to try and clean it regularly as my cat loves the thing.

The problem is mine is different than all the tutorials and manuals I look up. There should be 11-12 screws and one captive to the lid, but I removed all the screws fully and there’s only 6? On top of that, it won’t pry or open easily and I don’t want to force it open.

Any suggestions? I don’t have the right pry tools but the video I watched the guy was able to just pull it open with his fingernails, I’ve tried an old plastic card and a plastic dish scraper thing but it won’t budge unless I use a tiny screwdriver (conservatively just enough to stick the card in before taking it out, I don’t want to bend/scratch/crack anything)