<h3 id="upgrades-to-aspire-5-slim-a515-43-r19l">Upgrades to Aspire 5 Slim A515-43-R19L</h3>
<p>Replacement for the Acer Aspire 5750</p>
<p>Aspire A515-43 How to Install an Additional Hard Drive<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiadRhJ70Rs" class="uri">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiadRhJ70Rs</a></p>
<h4 id="specs">Specs</h4>
<pre><code>{
 CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
    GPU: AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
    Display: 15.6&#x201D;, 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
}</code></pre>
<h4 id="why">Why?</h4>
<ul>
<li>The system would randomly kick me out, back to the login screen.</li>
<li>This was due to low RAM (4Gb) and high RAM usage from Firefox</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="what">What?</h4>
<ul>
<li>RAM: 16Gb DDR4</li>
<li>HD: 500Gb spinning drive</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="other-uses-for-the-upgrade">Other uses for the upgrade</h4>
<ul>
<li>Room for Virtual Machines</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="future-upgrade">Future upgrade</h4>
<ul>
<li>SSD</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Screw locations</em><br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_001.png"><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_001_thumbnail.png" alt="Screw locations" /></a> <br/><small><small><em>Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image</em></small></small></p>
<p><em>Inside the laptop</em><br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_002.png"><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_002_thumbnail.png" alt="Inside the laptop" /></a> <br/><small><small><em>Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image</em></small></small></p>
<p><em>Power/Battery plug location</em><br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_003.png"><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_003_thumbnail.png" alt="Power/Battery plug location" /></a> <br/><small><small><em>Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image</em></small></small></p>
<p><em>Legend for inside the laptop</em><br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_004.png"><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3521/image_004_thumbnail.png" alt="Legend for inside the laptop" /></a> <br/><small><small><em>Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image</em></small></small></p>
