Repair Laptop

This guide explains how to replace or upgrade memory modules in Acer Aspire 5500 series laptop. Thanks to benardcometh.blogspot.com

Fortunately, both memory modules can be easily accessed through the bottom of the laptop. It makes the memory upgrade a five minute procedure.

According to Crucial, Acer Aspire 5500 series laptops can handle up to 4GB RAM total and you can install up to 2GB RAM module into each memory slot. Use Crucial Memory Advisor tool to find the correct memory type.

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The following instructions will help you to replace the keyboard on Acer Aspire 3600 series laptops. The disassembly steps should work for Acer Aspire 3610, 3620, 3630, 3640, 3660 and 3680 laptops.

Replacing the keyboard on your Acer Aspire 3610 laptop is not as difficult as it may sound. Make sure your computer is unplugged from any power source, then remove the battery.

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The following instructions will explain how to replace the hard drive and the DVD drive in an Acer Aspire 3610 laptop. I’m not familiar with Acer laptops but these instructions could be the same for other Aspire 3600 series laptops, such as Aspire 3610, 3620, 3630, 3640, 3660, 3680.

1. Hard drive replacement instructions here

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You will find instructions for replacing or upgrading RAM (memory) in an Acer Ferrari 3400LMi laptop in this page. Just scroll down to the entry number 17.
This laptop has two memory slots. One of the memory slots can be easily accessed through the door on the bottom of the laptop. The second memory slot is hidden under the keyboard and you’ll have to remove the keyboard in order to get to it.

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In this guide I’ll explain how to take apart an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. I’ll show how to remove and replace major laptop components such as CD/DVD drive, memory, hard drive, wireless card, cooling fan and keyboard.

In the next article I’ll explain how to remove LCD screen and replace inverter board.

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This step-by-step guide illustrates how to replace the keyboard on an Acer Ferrari laptop. Instructions were created for Ferrari 4000 series.

The entire operation to replace built in Laptop keyboard takes but a few minutes and requires one small screwdriver plus one small philips screw driver.

Be careful when you insert the screwdriver between the keyboard and the laptop case to release latches. If the screwdriver accidentally slides up, you can pop up a key cap from a key on the keyboard.

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In this guide I will remove the LCD screen and FL inverter board from an Acer Aspire 3620. The guide will work for other Acer Aspire models. If it works for your, please mention the model number in the comments below.

You’ll find my first disassembly guide for the same Acer Aspire 3620 in the previous post where I explained how to remove the motherboard and clean the cooling module.

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You have an Acer Aspire 5000 series laptop. The power port (DC jack) inside the laptop got broken and of course the laptop is out of warranty. What can you do? You can take it to a repair shop and pay tons of money OR fix the laptop yourself.

Thanks to Charles for his Acer Aspire 5000 disassembly instructions. The power connector is soldered to the motherboard and in order to replace the connector you’ll have to take the whole laptop apart and remove the motherboard. If you feel uncomfortable taking the laptop apart, do not even try it. You can damage the laptop.

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In this tutorial I’ll explain how to remove LCD screen and replace inverter board in an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. This tutorial will work for many other Acer laptops with the same body.

In my previous article I was taking an Acer Aspire 5100 apart.

OK, let’s get inside the display assembly.
First of all, turn off the laptop, unplug AC adapter and remove the battery.

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This tutorial will help to install an internal Bluetooth v2.0 adapter into your Acer Extensa 5420 notebook. I think this tutorial might work for Extensa 5620 notebook series too, but I’m not 100% sure.

For this upgrade you’ll need a compatible 4-pin internal Bluetooth adapter, you can find it here. Make sure to contact the seller and confirm that you are getting a compatible adapter.

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