Acer Aspire One AOA150 Manual Download

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Acer Aspire One AOA150-1570 Disassembly

Model

The Acer Aspire One AOA150-1570 is the model with the 120GB hard drive (not the Flash drive) and

1GB RAM with Windows XP.

Disassembly

Beware of the ESD (ElectroStatic Discharge) hazard. Wear a grounding wrist strap.

Remove the

battery

Remove the

6 screws

from the bottom of the case. There are 3 across the front and 3 in the battery

compartment.

Pry up the 2 rear

rubber feet

and remove the

2 screws

underneath them. Stick the feet to the battery for

safekeeping.

Bottom of machine with locations of screws marked

Note: The 3 short screws go in the battery compartment.

Summary of Contents for Aspire One AOA150

Page 2: ...e edge of the keyboard Press them toward the back of the machine with a small flat screwdriver Gently pry the keyboard up from the top Be careful not to pop off any keycaps There are small nibs holding it in place on the sides and they will resist removal Be careful of the keyboard cable Keyboard locking tabs ...

Page 3: ...s up disconnect the keyboard cable by gently pulling up on the right edge of the black cable lock near the blue part of the cable When it rotates up the cable can be pulled free Lift out the keyboard Keyboard cable connector ...

Page 4: ...Disconnect the touchpad cable which is a smaller version of the keyboard connector by lifting the black lock mechanism Touchpad cable connector ...

Page 5: ...hich screws go where There are some different sizes Screw locations in top cover There are also locking tabs around the edge of the top cover You will have to pry it up to get it started Remove the top cover by tilting up the touchpad end and pulling it toward you ...

Page 7: ...ull it toward you to get it out from under the left rear tab under the LCD cable The hard drive will come with it You can leave the LCD cable in place the wide ribbon at the left rear Flip them over Boards flipped over On the back of the mainboard you will find the RAM socket and the Hard Disk ...

Page 8: ...d RAM socket If you are changing the hard drive remove the 2 screws holding the enclosure in place and then pull the drive from the SATA socket Remove the 4 screws holding the enclosure to the drive If you are adding RAM the socket is easily accessible This computer has 512MB soldered to the top of the board and a 512MB SODIMM in the socket on the bottom of the board ...

Page 9: ...Just for Information The RAM looks like this You can zoom in to 200 to see the details the image is higher resolution than it appears here The RAM stick ...

Page 10: ...The Hard Drive looks like this You can zoom in to 200 to see the details the image is higher resolution than it appears here The hard drive and its enclosure ...