BootIce_reordered.jpg' alt='Norton Ghost Boot Flash Disk Usb 32Gb' title='Norton Ghost Boot Flash Disk Usb 32Gb' />Hirens BootCD 15. Updated on 07112012 BattStat 0. Battery Status monitor and power management freeware for Windows 7VistaXP2000 x86x64. Taking apart Acer Aspire 5. In this guide Ill explain how to take apart an Acer Aspire 5. Ill show how to remove major internal components. In the next article Ill explain how to remove the screen. First of all, make sure the computer is turned off, the power adapter is disconnected and the battery is removed. Both memory modules, wireless card, cooling and and hard drive can be accessed from the bottom. On August 21st, millions of Earthlings will gather to watch as a total solar eclipse sweeps across the centerline of the United States over the course of 90 minutes. Remove four screws marked with red circles and loosen two screws marked with green circles. Remove both covers. Removing DVD drive 1. Remove one screw red circle securing the drive. Push the drive from the case with a flathead screwdriver. Pull the drive and remove it. Download Numerical Electromagnetic Code Free on this page. Removing hard drive 1. Pull the hard drive to the right side until its disconnected from the motherboard. Lift up the hard drive. If you are replacing the hard drive with a new one, youll have to transfer the mounting bracket to a new drive. My Aspire 5. 10. 0 had a 8. GB 5. 40. 0RPM SATA HDD installed. You can upgrade it to a larger capacity HDD or SSD. Removing memory modules 1. Carefully spread latches on both sides of the memory slot until the module pops up at a 3. Pull the module out by the edges. Acer Aspire 5. 10. You can install up to 4. GB RAM total. Up to 2. GB module into each slot. You should use PC2 5. DDR2 6. 67. MHz 2. SODIMM RAM modules. Removing wireless card 1. Disconnect both antenna cables. Grab the antenna cable connector with your fingers and unsnap it from the connector on the wireless card. Kis Rtm Kis Rtm. Spread latches on both sides of the wireless card same way as you did with RAM modules. When the wireless card pops up at a 3. Remove wireless card. Removing cooling fan 1. Remove two screws securing the fan. Carefully disconnect fan cable from the motherboard. Lift up and remove the fan. My laptop had a lot of dust trapped between the fan and heatsink. This dust buildup kills normal airflow inside the cooling module and causes overheating. You can blow off dust using canned air. Heres how you can replace thermal paste between the heatsink and CPU. Removing laptop keyboard. In the following steps Ill explain how to disconnect and remove the keyboard. Lift up the bezel with a flathead screwdriver as it shown on the picture below. Remove the bezel. Remove two screws securing the keyboard. Carefully lift up the keyboard, its still attached to the motherboard. The keyboard is connected to the motherboard via a flat ribbon cable. Before you can remove it completely, youll have to unlock the connector and release the cable. Carefully move the black tab about 1 2 millimeters up with your fingernails as it shown on the picture below. DO NOT SEPARATE THIS TAB FROM THE CONNECTOR, IT HAS TO STAY ATTACHED TO THE CONNECTOR. If you break the connector, youll have to replace the whole motherboard. Be careful. 7. Now you can release the cable and remove the keyboard. You can support my work It takes hours to create one disassembly guide and only a minute to donate.