HPR3521: Upgrades to Acer Aspire 5 Slim




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Summary: Upgrades to Aspire 5 Slim A515-43-R19L Replacement for the Acer Aspire 5750 Aspire A515-43 How to Install an Additional Hard Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiadRhJ70Rs Specs { CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200U GPU: AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 Display: 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS Storage: 128GB SSD, NMVE RAM: 4GB DDR4, upgradeable to 32Gb Weight: 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) Ports and connectivity 2x USB Type-A 2.0 1x USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) HDMI } Why? The system would randomly kick me out, back to the login screen. This was due to low RAM (4Gb) and high RAM usage from Firefox What? RAM: 16Gb DDR4 HD: 500Gb spinning drive Other uses for the upgrade Room for Virtual Machines Future upgrade SSD Screw locations Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image Inside the laptop Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image Power/Battery plug location Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image Legend for inside the laptop Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image