ES1-131 RAM and HDD user replaceable?

jeremiahyong · September 2015

Wanted to pick up an ES1-131 but sales person couldn't tell me if the RAM and hard drive were user replacebale or not. The specs are

Model ES1-131-C4UB (Black Diamond)

Intel Celeron Quad Core N3150

2GB Ram 500GB HDD

was hoping to upgrade to 8gb ram and put an ssd in it

IronFly · September 2015

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-ES1-131-Notebook-Review.146308.0.html

looking at the first picture, you need to unscrew and open completly the back, so no quick access with HDD or ram bay.

if there's any warranty sticker on this screws, you will avoid your warranty.

jeremiahyong · September 2015

But that one is a different model. It has the 32gb eMMc which is soldered on with the RAM and no SATA header

IronFly · September 2015

Yes, but has the same body. Smiley Happy

the HDD is placed on the left side, metallic gray part.

The ram stick is on the other side of the mainboard, facing the touchpad, so you have to take off the mainboard and can be upgraded to 8GB with a single ram stick.

jeremiahyong · September 2015

ok but can anyone confirm if the RAM is replaceable? or is it also going to be soldered on

IronFly · September 2015

i edited my previous post.

ram is replaceable, with only 1 ram stick and up to 8GB.

quinn5452 · January 2016

Yup, the RAM is replacable with a max of 8GB DDR3L. It is however not an easy task, since it is on "the wrong side" of the mainboard. Takes a lot of care.

The SATA header is not only unpopulated on the 32GB model, but also not connected on the mainboard so no way to solder one on either.

razvanu · January 2016

Hello,
For the model Aspire ES1 ES1-131 if you want to do the memory upgarde, you can found here -http://bit.ly/Aspire_ES11_Memory_Upgrade,
I will try to do the SATA Connector SSD Upgrade by soldering it to motherboard, keep updated but the warranty will be lost... Smiley Sad