Acer AOA110ZG5

I have been given an Acer AOA110 - this of course has the 8GB SSD module and only 512MB of RAM.

I would like to replace the SSD with a conventional HDD, and uopgrade the RAM to 1GB.

Question is, can this be done and if so what components should I order, that will be suitable for this machine.

Any guidance welcomed.

 

I found some parts here.
http://www.laptoppartsexpert.com/c-...10-zg5-notebook-repair-parts-accessories.html

 

Greetings, bicky1.

That's pretty steep for RAM - you may be able to save a few bucks at Crucial.com.

 

Hi Guys - thanks for your replies - think I will go up the Crucial rout !!

 

Hi my friend , welcome to MG's :major

You have to look at this topic

http://superuser.com/questions/7493...spire-one-zg5-netbook-model-aoa110-results-in

maybe your maximum ram capacity is 1.5 gb :wave

 

Alright plodr :wave

 

Hi Guys -looked at this topic, mine is the VERY early machine - Pink case !! - seemed to be more of a problem to sort than the machine is worth.
So here's what I have done - I installed LUBUNTU - removed all unnecessary programmes, just left the essential FireFox, LibreOffice, in case needed Internet Explorer and Skype.
This has left me with plenty of Hard Disk Space albeit on SSD, and the 512Mb RAM is just fine. The machine is quite fast, adequate for what it will be used for.

 

I have one of these + 2x broken ones for spares.

I have mine setup with the Crucial 1GB RAM upgrade (not an easy upgrade) and extra data storage on a basic SD card in the left side slot - it's just as fast as the fitted 8GB SSD, so fitting and booting from an even faster/larger SD than mine is an option.

The upgrade SSDs that might still be available (16/32GB) were fairly slow and quite expensive, the drives from #2 won't fit.