Comments on: Acer Aspire One RAM or Hard Drive Upgrade

By: Chris Y

Chris Y — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:46:10 +0000

Great instructions, thanks. Any recommendations on the hard drive imaging/cloning software to use to migrate old drive contents to new? Instructions worked like a charm, but my cloning procedure didn’t. New drive wouldn’t boot. Any gotchas to be aware of?

By: Yusef

Yusef — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:08:40 +0000

Let me try this again, thanks for posting the photos, it helped me tear down and put my daughter’s computer back together. Regarding the shut down every 30 seconds; my daughter’s computer was doing the same thing. (At first I thought it was the hard drive but I have an external drive reader and it tested out just fine.) So, I followed the above instructions and noticed the left hinge was loose near where the power supply plugs in. I also noted that the hinge comes up and makes a 90 degree angle which is supposed to come in contact with the motherboard but didn’t. My daughter mentioned she’d heard something rattling around inside, I found the rattling was a missing screw from said hinge that had lodged itself in the fan. After retrieving the screw and putting the Acer back together, lo and behold everything works now – no shutdown and the hinge is nice and tight.

By: chris nijares

chris nijares — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:24:47 +0000

is ACER A110 is SATA?

By: arsee

arsee — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:44:58 +0000

I needed a small computer to use in my car to communicate with my engine management controller. I use it to load tuning data as well as an mp3 jukebox.

I wanted an SSD for it’s shock and vibration resistance as well as it’s speed. The tiny Acer logs realtime data and processes it on the fly faster than any other laptop I have.

I used an Intel X25-M 160gb SSD, the memory upgrade, and Windows 7 Ultimate and turned this Chihuahua into a Pit Bull. The SSD is running in native trim under the O/S, battery time increased dramatically, and it operates flawlessly.

By: Ian Kerr

Ian Kerr — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:56:28 +0000

Hi, just to say thanks for your excellent instructions and photographs; managed to successfully replaced failed HD on a machine that was just shy of 2 years old. Not happy about that but maybe I just expect too much. In any event I now have a WD Scorpio drive installed which I couldn’t have done without your help so thanks again for providing these things online.
Cheers

By: greg klee

greg klee — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:19:39 +0000

What is the original speed of the hard drive in the system? I want to know if it is worth the effort to buy a 7200 rpm or solid state hard drive.

By: george

george — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:41:52 +0000

I am very happy with my new mini and it works a lot better than all my older ones. I’m in the querie of ‘revamping’ old systems and I saw a friend of mine acquire one and I just had to have it. I talked with him and he finally relented, 100 bucks wasn’t too bad. I put her through several batteries of tests and she came out with flying colors except one. SHES not big enough to handle to much though, I will attempt to upgrade her in the ram and hard drive department and I logged on to you guys, thanks for the info. wish me luck back at ya

By: raymundo dionicio

raymundo dionicio — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:15:21 +0000

Video cable is very tricky,
needed to insert from the left corner first.
It has no click, so its has to go all the way.
Be carefull to leave it full inserted and aligned.

By: raymundo dionicio

raymundo dionicio — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:04:30 +0000

Installed an Intel x25-v sata and the new Linux Mint Debian Edition.

This hot, slow and noisy dove have become a cool, silent and blasting falcon.

Thanks a lot for the great help.

This is a task to do with plenty of time, low caffeine and silk fingers.

A good lamp with a great lens could be of great help, too.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:46:27 +0000

Nope, It will not support it. The system will not boot up if you put more than a 1gig stick in. (the other 512mb is internal on the mobo). 1gb stick is best you can do.