Acer Aspire 3 (A315-59) review – affordable but slightly impractical

Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

To open this device, you have to undo 10 Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom panel with a plastic tool, and remove it from the chassis.

Here, we find a 43Wh battery pack. To take it out, you need to unplug the battery connector and undo the two Phillips-head screws, securing the battery in place.

As you can see, there are two SODIMM slots for memory expansion. They work with DDR4 and support dual-channel mode. Storage-wise, there are also two slots. One of the M.2 PCIe x4 slots supports Gen 3 SSDs, while the other can work with Gen 4 too.

The cooling comprises one heat pipe, a heat sink, and a fan of medium size.

Author: Alex Iliev

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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Fabricio

2 years ago

Buenos dias, tardes o noche. Tengo una duda, se puede colocar HDD en el espacio libre? Con un adaptador o esta bloqueada la opcion devido al doble m.2, y tambien si version con la nvidea mx 550 (a315 – 59 514E )usa la misma placa madre.

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