I purchased an Acer Aspire one 14 inch cloud book Model # Aspire One 1-431. The machine has windows 10 home, 2gb of Ram (Non upgradeable), and a 30 gb hard drive (Non upgradable.) This is my question The Machine has nearly 0 apps on it other than whatthe computer came with. Since I have had it it seems like every time I turn it on it is always updating something. And now it is telling me that it can't install updates because there is not enough space on the C drive so what am I supposed to do now withthis there isn't even enough hard drive space to operate the operating system that was Pre installed on the machine. I have been an Microsoft loyal user from day one. This has got me thinking.
When it comes to low capacity drives, your are options are the following:You need to download ISO, connect a USB external hard drive with lots of space and use it to accomodate the upgrade.Step 1: How to download official Windows 10 ISO filesStep 2: How to Upgrade to Windows 10 Creators Update on a Drive with Limited SpaceORBlock the upgrade and stick with your current version:Please be advised some users are reporting issues with the Windows 10 1709 update. Make sure you backup before attempting to upgrade:Best, Andre Windows Insider MVP MVP-Windows and Devices for IT twitter/adacosta groovypost.com. Yes, that is becoming a very common problem on the forum.' Officially' MS says that 32bit Win 10 requires only 16GB to install, while 64bit requires 20GB. On that basis a 32 GB drive sounds reasonable.
But it ignores a couple of years of monthly minor updates and 6 month major updates. Plus at least a few applications.The end result is that 12 to 16GB of 'free' space quickly shrinks until it is too small for updates.At this point you can do some extreme hard disk cleaning, eliminating everything that is not absolutely necessary: stuff like 'free' Candy Crush etc. Plus moving some remaining applications off to SD drives Plus using a USB/SD drive to help with the update.But eventually, all of the exteme measures will not be enough.Bottom line, although MS claims a 32GB drive is adequate for Windows 10, in the real world it is only enough for a device with a very short planned obsolescence date. 2 or 3 years. Sorry.In addition to the links Andre provided here is one more technique you can use2017 03 06- HOW TO INSTALL APPS ON A SEPARATE DRIVE ON WINDOWS 10 – EXTERNAL DRIVEBy Mauro Huculak Monday, Mar 6, 2017 at 7:00 am ESTWhen your PC has limited storage space, or you simply want to keep things separate, use this guide to install or move apps to a different drive on Windows 10.“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” Steve Wozniak.
Writes: Windows 10 will launch in less than a week and it is supposed to work flawlessly on devices already powered by Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, as Microsoft struggled to keep system requirements unchanged to make sure that everything runs smoothly. Device drivers all the way back to Windows Vista platform (WDDM 1.0) are supported. Softpedia performed a practical test to see how Windows 10 can run on a 7-year-old Acer Aspire One netbook powered by Intel Atom N450 processor clocked at 1.66 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, and a 320 GB mechanical hard disk. The result is surprising to say the least, as installation not only went impressively fast, but. I have about the same netbook, and I've never used the Windows 7 that came with it, but want to put it back specifically so I can put Windows 10 on it to play with it.
I lost the Clonezilla image I made of it years ago and am on the verge of ordering the backup media from the Acer website - I've come up empty on a WIndows 7 Starter ISO. I've loved my little Acer, I've had three bike wrecks with it, one of which my entire body weight went up and down the thing twice as I rolled over my backpack, not a scratch. I double the RAM from 1 to 2 GB the day I bought it and put an SSD in later.
The SSD was incredible when it came to increasing the battery life and performance. I've told people it's the laptop Fischer-Price made, and I say it in a bragging manner, I still love my little netbook.
I bought my first-generation Acer Aspire One in 2008, back when the 'netbook' segment was still new. It even became my main computer for some months, and was quite happy with it — Except, of course, for the 9' 1024x600 screen.Two years ago, I upgraded to a Acer Aspire One 756. Better processor and more memory allow me to virtualize whenever I need to do some Windows stuff (twice a year or so). That and a 10.5' 1366x768 screen, with mostly the same weight became godsend.Having a computer that allows me to upgrade once every five years, and that can be bought at US$300 at the supermarket. That's what I call convenience. I was upset when Microsoft decided they didn't want Netbooks to exist anymore and used their clout to force the reputable companies out of making them.
I laughed my butt off when they came back in the name of Chromebooks - the first Acer Chromebooks as far as I could tell were basically a repurposed Aspire One anyways. These are actually seeing some real adoption, schools in particular in this area require kids to have a Chromebook, that they will issue, or something that will do the same things as a Chromebook if a parent will provide (my buddy sent his daughter with a first gen Surface tablet with Chrome).I see the entire Chromebook phenomenon as a fuck you to Microsoft for the bullying they pulled forcing manufacturers out of that market anyways. The fact ChromeOS is Linux they pushed them right back where I thought they should be (mostly) anyways.On that note - Chrome does horrible full-screen, which is almost a requirement on a netbook. I went back to Firefox over it on my netbook, and went back to it everywhere as a result. Glad I did, I'm not happy with the current state of Chrome. With (upgraded) 2GB of RAM and Linux/KDE using the Netbook desktop and an SSD for what it's worth mine does Youtube just fine, since it's WebM, I don't go to CNN but it manages with other Flash based video that needs to die. The fact is as far as Windows is concerned I hit the power button when I bought it to make sure it could boot, upgraded the RAM, did it again, then I plowed it and put Linux on it so I've never really seen how well it works with Windows.
The fact that Windows 7 Starter qualifies for t. In fairness, Word is merely a program that displays a mixture of text and graphics, that can be formatted in numerous ways, with or without style sheets, viewable on a variety of different media types, with a turing complete scripting language that's capable of controlling every facet of how each document is viewed, including interacting with the user via forms, and modifying the document on the fly.Whereas a web browser also has to be able to download those documents via HTTP, which totally justifies it needing several hundred times as much memory.
One reason to replace the original drive is to boost performance. The original hard drive rotates at a speed of 5400 RPM.
This is relatively slow, even by modern standards. One option is to replace it with a drive that rotates at 7200 RPM. This will mean lower seek times (how long it takes the drive to retrieve data) and can improve boot and application launch times. Of course, this also comes at the expense of reduced battery life and an increase in the amount of heat produced by the netbook.The solution to this, if all one cares about is fast boot and application launch times, is to replace the original hard drive with a SSD. SSDs are faster than traditional hard drive as they have no moving parts. This also means that they consume less energy and produce less heat. The drawback of SSDs is that they currently carry a higher price tag and offer less storage than cheaper hard drives.Of course, you may just need extra storage space.
You don’t have to opt for a faster hard drive in this case. Currently, 2.5” hard drives are available in capacities up to 1 TB, which is more than six times as much storage as the original 160 GB hard drive that came with your netbook. It’s fairly simple to replace the hard drive in an Acer Aspire One netbook.
Simply shut it down, remove the power cord and remove the large panel that has two screws locking it in place. Now, we must remove the caddy that the current drive is installed in. It is held in place with a single screw.
Remove the screw and slide the caddy towards you or towards the front of the netbook. Lift it out of the netbook.Now, the hard drive itself must be removed from the caddy. It is held in place with four screws, two on each side of the drive. Remove those and lift the caddy off. Now, you can attach the caddy to the new hard drive or SSD. With the drive face up (the label, logo and drive information are on this side), place the caddy on top with the section that is screwed into the netbook on the right. Reinsert all four screws and tighten them.Gently insert the caddy with the new drive into the netbook.
Slide it in the opposite direction to connect the drive to the SATA power and data connections. Screw in the caddy to lock it in place and reinstall the plate along with its screws. The Aspire One D250 has a mini PCIe slot on the motherboard. However, mSATA SSDs won't work in this slot as the slot itself is not wired to pass SATA signals for the BIOS to read it as a storage device.
The mini PCIe and mSATA connectors just look the same. So, don't buy an mSATA hard drive or you'll be sorely disappointed. Your best option is buying a 2.5' SSD in a large size capacity that supports the SATA III standard (up to 6 Gb/second/600 MB/second). That way, you'll have an SSD that you can install in another laptop or desktop computer if your Aspire One D250 breaks or fails.
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The memory on your Acer Aspire One AO532h netbook is customer replaceable. The memory is expandable up to a maximum of 2 GB, employing industry-standard soDIMMs (Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Modules). The computer supports DDR2 667 MHz RAM.Note: Existing RAM may need to be replaced in order to expand to the maximum of 2GB.What you will need to upgrade your memory:.
Small Phillips-head screwdriver. Plastic flat screwdriver. Memory upgrade module(s)Installing MemoryThe computer has one memory slot that is customer-upgradeable from the bottom of the computer.
Another great way to improve performance is to replace the AO722’s slow hard drive with a SSD. The (which includes a data transfer kit) or the (drive only) are my top two choices.
They both offer 3 year warranties along with good performance and reliability.If you have the nice little Acer Aspire One 11.6″ netbook you may be wondering how to upgrade it for maximum performance. So here is a photo tutorial on how to upgrade the RAM on an Acer Aspire One AO722 laptop. You can also see how to remove the hard drive & upgrade to an SSD ?IMPORTANT NOTES:+always remove the laptop’s battery. before beginning any component removal/upgrade+ be careful of static electricity as it can damage your laptop.
To ground yourself, periodically touch a metal object (other than your laptop) to discharge any static electricity -or- invest in an. ?.to remove the battery: before the battery can be removed, there is a spring loaded tab/switch that must be moved into the unlocked position.
The tab is located on the bottom of the laptop near one corner of the battery just above the “Tutorial” label in the 1st photo below. You can use a pen, small screwdriver tip, or possibly just the tip of your finger to slide the tab and then you can easily remove the battery. Hi there,thank you so much for your tutorial! I’ve never done this before so I have a couple of newbie questions.What speed of RAM did you put in, ie: the mhz? How many pins was the connection? Does the laptop have more than one slot for RAM so that if I want to upgrade to 4 GB, I could just buy another 2 GB stick? Also, is there a specific physical size I should get for the SSD or are netbook SSD’s the same size as regular laptop ones. What percentage of performance increase do you think you got from these two upgrades?Finally, do you have a link for where you got your ram and ssd drive from?Thanks so much!
Hi Bobo,Thank you for your comment and sorry for the delay in responding!#1 RAM speed: DDR3-1066/PC3-8500 (so 1066MHz to specifically answer your question)#2 The connection was 204 pin#3 The laptop only has one slot for RAM. However, according to previous commenter Jason it supports up to 8GB DDR3 memory in a single stick (that size memory is still pretty expensive and more difficult to find so my recommendation is 4GB for the best “bang for your buck”).If I were searching NewEgg or Amazon for memory for this laptop, I would be looking for 1 x 204-Pin DDR3-1066/PC3-8500 SO-DIMM#4 The physical size of the hard drive / SSD is 2.5″ wide and 9.5mm tall (same as a regular laptop)#5 Percentage% increase: difficult to quantify, but the laptops feels MUCH faster. For everyday web browsing/rebooting/opening programs to me it feel 100% faster.
It performs more like a regular laptop now and less like a netbook. However, there are still tasks/program (Photoshop, compression, etc.) that are limited by the processor.#5 I recycled some memory from a different notebook, but here is a link to some very nice for a reasonable price (only $21.99 as of today!) and here is the link to the which has performed so well.Best regards,-JD. Hi Bobo,You are very welcome. Congratulations on the upcoming upgrade, very exciting! Keep us posted on how it goes ?I do not recall if it has a dedicated USB charging port (so you can charge your phone etc. Even when the computer is off), but if it has one then there should be an option in the BIOS to turn that feature on/off. If you don’t see the option, then it probably doesn’t have that feature.Sorry to not be of more help!
If I find out anything more I will let you know or perhaps another commenter can give you a definitive answer?Best regards,-JD. Hi JD,I upgraded my laptop tonight. After upgrading I tried to see if I could get the task manager to show the computer using more than 2 gigs under the “performance” tab. I ran a video conversion, rendered a file on an editing software, played TV wirelessly and played an HD video on Youtube, all at the same time lol. The task manager never did get past 2 gigs (it got to 1.92) in the little graph but I could definitely see it caching the extra RAM which means it’s still making use of it. Just the fact that I was able to do all of those things at once without any of the programs crashing was impressive. The video wasn’t playing back smoothly but I’m not expecting this thing to work miracles.Overall, I’m very impressed with this little laptop/netbook.
Maybe one day I’ll even put a solid state drive on it although the price of SSD drives will have to go down significantly first. I’m loving the 500GB of storage right now.Thanks again for the tutorial and answering all of my questions!
Hi Jaroc, thank you for your question.The C60 is a nice CPU and I am happy you’ll be upgrading your 722’s memory ? The Acer specifications list DDR3 1066 MHz for both the C50 and C60 versions:+AMD C-Series processor C-50 (1 MB L2 cache, 1 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 9 W)+AMD C-Series dual-core processor C-60 (1 MB L2 cache, 1 GHz with Turbo CORE Technology up to 1.33 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 9 W)This is normal, as memory speed is largely independent of CPU speed (for example a 2.8GHz CPU and a 3.4GHz CPU may use the same memory). In this case the C50 and the C60 are limited by their, which limits memory to 1066MHz speeds (even if you install 1333MHz memory). Good luck and enjoy your netbook Jaroc!Best regards,-JD.
NOTE: there is nothing preventing you from installing 1333MHz memory in your 722. Here is an example from Amazon of.Also, on the Acer specs page lists at least one configuration that ships with 1333MHz memoryHowever, the Acer 722 (even with the C60) does not seem to utilize the full 1333MHz memory speed and instead runs it at 1066MHz speeds:Thus, there will likely be no real benefit to the higher speed RAM. However, there will also be no problems when running it either.
So the choice is yours! Hi George,Thank you for your good question.Unforunately, from, the AO722 is not mSATA compatabile ? mSATA generally requires the manufacturer to build in support, and unfortunately not many companies are doing it yet. Here is some more info on the topic:Can any notebook take an mSATA SSD? Despite the mini-PCI Express form factor, a mini-PCI Express slot must have support for the electrical connections an mSATA drive requires. For this reason, only certain notebooks are compatible with mSATA drives. Most compatible systems are based on Intel’s newest Sandy Bridge processor architecture, using the new Huron River platform.There are a few options which you may have already considered:#1 NON-MSATA MINI PCI-E SSDAn older style (non-mSATA) mini pci-e SSD may work.
Here is an Amazon like I am talking about. I suggest that type of older mini pci-e SSD because they do not require mSATA support and have generally worked with ASUS/Acer/Dell netbooks since the original EEE netbook and Dell Mini 9 etc. Therefore, there is a good chance they will work with the AO722!#2 HYBRID HDD/SSD INSTEADis also an option if want the space of a HDD and some of the speed of an SSD. I installed a in my sister-in-law’s laptop and it has performed admirably. Another benefit is that you do not have to deal with seperate boot drive / data drives. Of course it is not quite as cool/versatile as your separate SSD/HDD idea ?#3 ALTERNATIVE LAPTOPS THAT SUPPORT MSATAIf you ever decide to change laptops, I highly recommend the Lenovo X220.
It is a roughly similar size to the AO722 but it supports 2.5″ 7mm drives (SSDs or HDDs) and it fully supports mSATA! I am running that in my current travel setup. Also, the Dell M6500 (and other similar models) can support FOUR drives: (2) 2.5″ bays, (1) 2.5″ HDD in optical bay adapter, (1) mSATA SSD port ?Sorry to not have better news George ? Please keep me posted with what you decide, and happy computing!Best regards,-JD. Hey Tracy,Great job upgrading the memory!To me there are three primary areas where SSDs trump hard drives:PERFORMANCE – A SSD can provide a great performance boost when is comes to anything that involves disk access: booting up the computer, suspend/resume, loading program, copying files, decompressing files, etc. All of these operations should be much faster.POWER SAVINGS – Some SSDs use significantly less power, resulting in longer battery life. Also, since disk accesses are faster it can actually result in the drive being powered on less (i.e. Operation completes and drive goes into low power mode more often).RUGGEDNESS – Finally, SSDs have no moving parts and are thus can be more rugged than a traditional hard drive.Finally, the main DISADVANTAGE to a SSD is the high cost per GB and the limited capacity.
For example a 512GB is about as big of a SSD as you can reasonably buy, and even those are pretty darn expensive. Whereas a 1TB laptop hard drive is actually fairly cheap.Also, if you are doing a lot of CPU or graphics intensive stuff then you may not notice much increase in speed from the SSD, because it does not have an effect on computational speed.I hope this help, please let me know if you have any other questions!Best regards,-JD.
Hi J.D.,Thank you so much for those great step-by-step instructions. As you obviously know much more about the AO722 than I do, I was wondering if I could pick your brain on something. As I’ve forgotten my computer’s BIOS supervisor password, would you be able to let me know how to clear it or otherwise get into my BIOS? (that is, other than sending the netbook back to Acer and paying them over $100 to do it). The ever-helpful Jaroc has mentioned a procedure to clear the BIOS, but I read online that someone said that the Aspire One’s BIOS password is probably stored in an EEPROM — whatever that is — and not in the CMOS itself. Would you know if this is correct or not? And so will shorting/ clearing the CMOS eliminate the BIOS password, and if not, is there a way to short / clear the EEPROM?
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Hi M.H.,Thank you for your comment and for your good question(s).I am sorry that I do not have a definitive answer for you. Hi John,Thank you for your question!First, I want to make sure we’re not talking about the battery release slider? (which can be viewed in ).Assuming that’s not it, I looked online to try to find out about an additional tab lock on the bottom of the 0879 model. Unfortunately so far I have not found a good photo of the 0879 model’s bottom panel ? Since I haven’t seen the locking mechanism I don’t know what tool to suggest to you ? Do you happen to have a photo of the tab lock that I could view?Sorry to not be of more help yet!Best regards,-JDPS I have previously seen the AO722-0879 model at Target and it looks like a great laptop with the C60 processor etc., congrats on owning a nice machine ?. To answer:1 and 2.) Never mind, I accidently bought the wrong RAM sticks. I will re-order to remedy the mistake.
Please disregard my original post(s) until I receive my actual 8GB sticks. ?However, I have another question. I just purchased a Mmentus XT 750 Hybrid SSD/HDD.
I don’t have a lot of equipment at hand, just the Acer laptop and drive. Cheat codes san andreas for xbox 360. May you provide me with a remedy of how to clone the original HDD to the new Hybrid without the use of too much equipment/software? I’m trying to go on a budget.Thanks!
Hi Michael,Thank you for the updates and for the cloning question. Normally I use Acronis True Image for my cloning tasks,and often there are specials available in the $19-$29 rangeSpecifically, I used the bootable CD that Acronis can create. So in the case of an AO722 or AO725 I would connect a USB CD/DVD drive and then use the Acronis bootable CD to clone the drives.However, there are some viable free solutions out there.
For an overview I recommend this article:I have personally used Drive Image XML in the past with success ?and I believe it is still free for private non-commercial use.Finally, if you don’t already have a way to connect the 2nd drive to perform the cloning, here is a nice little! (w/hundreds of positive reviews)I hope this helps!Best regards,-JD. Love this site. I just got a AO725 and will use your instruction to upgrade the RAM to 4GB.
Thank you very much!!On another note, I am having problems with my Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi works everywhere (public places) except for my home cable modem/router. The LAN connection works fine and other computers/phones are able to successfully connect via Wi-Fi to my home network.
I’ve checked for solutions on the internet but have not found my specific problem. My idea is to just try to switch out the Mini Wi-Fi card (as maybe there is some weird incompatibility between the card in the netbook and the cable modem).Two questions. (1) Do you have a suggestion rather replacing Wi-Fi card? (2) If not, could you recommend a Wi-Fi card plus any additional instructions required to replace it?Thanks,Doug. Hi Doug,Thank you for your question, congratulations on your new AO725!I think you will enjoy the 4GB RAM upgrade once you do it ?As for the wifi issue, you might want to do a bit of checking in your router settings (perhaps trying a different channel for the wifi first,and looking through the properties of your wifi card’s driver (in Windows Device Mananger).
Hi Cris,Nice job on the RAM upgrade!It sounds like you are quite proficient with partition management software already, so I am not sure how much additional help I will be to you. I have backed up individual partitions and restored them in the past, but quite often (especially with hidden/recovery/boot partitions) I would then have to do some tweaking after the fact (like repairing MBRs etc.) to get Windows to boot.So, if possible I might suggest doing a full clone of the old drive to the new drive. Most of the cloning software today can easily handle cloning from two different sized disks, and I believe the software you are using (Easus partition manager) supports this feature:So, if you still have access to the original HD, then you could just clone the entire thing from the old HD to the new HD (or SSD).
This would avoid the issue of potentially borking your recovery partition or boot functionality.I do cloning quite often by:+putting the new drive in a USB enclosure and connecting it to the laptop+run cloning software and clone from the old HD (still in the machine) to the new HD (in the enclosure)+after that is completed you can remove the old hard drive and install the new hard drivethen you are good to go ?ENCLOSUREHere is a, $7.99 with over 600 reviews and a 4+ star rating! ?CLONING SOFTWAREI use, but there are lots of.It is quite a coincidence but I did this process on my dad’s new Dell i660s just this afternoon, it went flawlessly and the new is spectacular ?Sorry to have diverged a bit from your specific question (recovery partition addition), but I was not certain enough of an easy method that would be guaranteed to work. Whereas with cloning I have a much higher level of confidence ?Good luck and please let us know how everything goes!Best regards,-JD. Tks for the info about cloning hd ?i mostly sync my important files to cloud services and copy stuff to pendrives, but i will check about cloning the drive to my system, to have a real hard-backup hereand another question about other item, is the spare mini pcie port useful?
Would it be possible to use an 3g pcie there? Or even placing a broadcom crystal hd card to get better decoding for videos?I´ve seen some ppl talking about placing this card in the spare mini pcie to decode videos faster and with less battery use, but do you know if its gonna work fine?tks! Hi Cris,Thank you for your follow up question.There is a lot of disparate info on the topic of mini pci-e cards and the AO722,3G Cards in the AO722The basic gist of it seems to be that the 2nd mini pci-e slot only support certain USB protocol based 3G cards. Specifically, Huawei brand as you can see in Acer’s driver page. So an appropriate is what you would need. Unfortunately I could not figure out an exact model number for you ?Other mini pci-e cardsA card might work in the first mini pci-e slot (the one occupied w/wifi right now) but probably not the 2nd one.
Hi Jorian,Thank you for your comment. That is awesome that your 722 has 2 ram slots, unfortunately the one I had only had one active slot:(you can see the lower ’empty’ slot actually has no soldered on slot, nor any retention clips, etc.)However, if your 722 has two slots then 2x4GB and possibly even 2x8GB should work just fine (of course you’ll need a 64 bit OS to fully utilize that much RAM).Thanks again for your comment!Best regards,-JDPS if you ever take some photos of your 722 w/two RAM slots, you should definitely comment again and we can post the photos for others to see. Hi Fer,Thank you for your comment. I apologize in taking so long to reply, things have been very busy this season!To answer your question:Yes, in my opinion it is still worth it upgade. With 4GB of RAM installed you will of have approx 3.3GB of memory addressable by 32 bit Windows, but what may make an even bigger difference that in your current 2GB setup a significant portion of your memory is likely being used by the GPU because it shares the laptops main memory. Upgrading to 4GB would allow the GPU to use RAM without taking so much away from Windows.
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I hope this makes sense, if you would like to read about it in more detail this thread has some good info:I hope this is of some help to you!Best regards,-JD. Hi Shelby,Thank you for your comment. Congratulations on the 8GB RAM upgrade, that is excellent!As for SSD guidance, and whether an X-25M will work on the AO722, you picked out a great SSD and should be good to go. ? The Intel X25M is a great SSD and the first-gen (G1) X25M is one of the first SSDs I ever used. The G2 that you are looking at (SSDSA2MH160 G2) is even better, they are reliable drives with a good warranty and of course Intel is a reputable company.
As for compatibility, the X25M should work great in your Acer. The X25M is a SATA drive and should be perfectly compatible once installed in the SATA bay of your AO722.I hope this info was helpful, please let me know if you have any other questions. Enjoy your nicely upgraded AO722 and keep us posted on how you like the SSD. ?Best regards,-JD. Hi Jeremy,Thank you for your comment.
I am inclined to think that it may be bad memory rather than wrong memory. Here are a couple reasons:#1 CMSO8GX3M1A1333C9 has been confirmed to work in other AO722 configurations#2 You mention that the laptop does power on and you see something on the screen (right?) but then the laptop does not make it fully through the BIOS post(most incompatible/wrong memory won’t even power on and there won’t be anything on the screen etc.)You probably already considered those two items, but my best guess that it is just a case of bad memory and hopefully an RMA will fix the issue!Best regards,-JD. Hi Dino,I imagine you have a C-60 CPU in your AO722?
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Liked your web site, so I thought I’d add a post on myrecent hardware upgrade, as well as, operating system upgrade to Windows 8. Iupgraded my Acer AO722 with the following memory and SSD:The hardware upgrade was easy, thanks to the instructionshere. But, why stop upgrading with just new hardware, might as well try Microsoft’slatest OS. The Windows 8 upgrade was more challenging, but it runs great on theAcer Aspire AO722 (C-60 processor). You have to invest some time getting usedto Windows 8. But, once I put in the hours, I’ve become a fan.
The SSD makesthe biggest difference in overall laptop performance. The hard drive was theweakest link in system performance. Windows 8 boots in 20 seconds, from thetime I push the power button, to the login screen. I upgraded from 4GB to 8GBof memory, so no dramatic improvement there. Hey JD,Thanks for the great info and inspiration for upgrading my AO722.
Bought this netbook for my RTW trip, and I now I can happily run Photoshop AND Chrome at the same time!! Unfortunately, now my problem is that the time I was previously waiting while the computer was paging is now spent on CPU bound processes, but that’s for another timeAnyway, one point of interest, and one request for assistance.First off, since 1666 MHz RAM came out, finding slower 1333MHz RAM at cheaper prices in SE Asia easy, but I finally landed this stick for 59SGD (about 47USD), so you can add that to your list of compatible memory chips.Secondly, ever since I swapped memory chips, I haven’t been been able to use the touchpad mouse and buttons on the machine. Luckily, I picked up a wireless mouse along the way (makes photoshopping easier), so it’s not totally useless. I haven’t done the next logical step of swapping chips back to see if it has to do with the new RAM chip, but I did open the case to see if anything was visibly loose and nothing looks too out of place. Ideas?Thanks again,Jared. Hi Bill,Thank your nice comment, those are awesome upgrades! I am a big fan of the 750GB hybrid drives as they offer a nice performance boost and large size, while being much less expensive than solid state drives.
? (of course I wish they also had cheap 750GB SSD available!;-))Unfortunately, I have been able to find any conclusive reports of anything worthwhile working in the empty mini PCI-E slot ? There are confirmed reports of the whitelisted 3G WAN (cellular) cards working, but in this day of 4G, wifi hotspots, and the high-cost of many data plans even adding a 3G cards to the AO722 is not that appealing. I certainly wish there were a way to put a nice mSATA card in or even a HD decoder card in the AO722, but alas it does not appear to work. ?Sorry to not have better news Bill, but I am very glad you have already upgraded your machine to the max!Best regards,-JD. If I take the RAM completely, nothing happens. Still just the blue light under the light bulb and nothing else.After taking it apart and making sure everything was in tact and connected, I put it back together and it still will not turn on with the adapter.
When I push the power button, only the blue light below the lightbulb icon turns on, then nothing. I then found if I remove the adapter and put the battery in it turns on. I can at that point actually plug the adapter in and remove the battery, and it will stay on. But, I can’t turn it on like I used to with just the adapter. Hi awakeanda,Thank you for the additional info, you did a great job of troubleshooting!A couple things to try:#1 reset all options to ‘default’ in the BIOS/UEFI and reboot (see if that helps)#2 remove power, remove battery, leave overnight (see if that helps)Other than those suggestions I am at a bit of a loss, as the behavior of your AO722 is quite unusual ?Please let me know either way if these suggestions help or not, I will be crossing my fingers for you for good luck!
?Best regards,-JD. Love the detailed instructions on the RAM upgrade. I went for the 8GB – works like a stallion on steroids!I’d like to upgrade the HDD also. Mine came with a piddly 250GB drive which is completely full with media and documents. I was wanting to go with a 750GB drive I removed from an ASUS laptop when I went 1TB and RAID mirroring.
I used Acronis to clone the Acer drive and expand the main partition, but the little Acer will not boot from it. Is there any limitation you know of with the Acer and 750GB??Thanks for a truly GREAT RESOURCE!
Hi Spike,Thank you for your comment. I apologize for the slow response.A 750GB hard drive should work just fine with the AO722. ? You may want to clone the entire drive (not just the main partition) as in my experience those other partitions are often required to do a hassle free transfer (that boots properly).If that is not an option, or you do not want to do that, you could try verifying the active boot partition:Good luck with your nice laptop and please let me know if you have had success!Best regards,-JD. Installed this 8GB memory stick in my AO722-0473 (C60/320GB) and it works:G.SKILL 8GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9S-8GBSQ. Currently $59.99.Originally came with 2GB, and was upgraded to Win8 Pro x64 a while ago using the Acer utilities. Memory used to be pegged at close to 100% under normal use and now is a comfortable 20%. Feels more responsive overall.Thanks for setting up this site.
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