How to Disassemble Acer Aspire 5 A515 Laptop

[@Bohasu]

Thank you for this video, i need to clean my ventilator, my laptop is getting pretty warm, with this video i am sure i can do it myself instead of paying a lot of money to a computer store to do it for me!

[@matteo.casetta]

Great video! Rare to see a complete teardown 👌

[@HansRo4ming]

This was very helpful as I had to replace a keyboard on the 10th gen model as the kids had spilt a drink on it. One thing to note is the SSD standoff, but other than that amazing video and thank you, saved me a lot of money.

[@tizzlebub]

Thanks! Upgraded my ram in just a few minutes!

[@billybob5171]

Thank you for the video my one son flopped on my daughter's laptop and broke the back hinges off from the monitor side and this was very useful in the repairs that I had to make

[@HendrixTheBunny]

I don’t have anything to open mine up so I just started beating the crap out of the plastic area where the fan is 😊

[@runforitman]

this was a big help, thank you I was thinking those ribbon latches were all the ones where you have to push part out

[@stopthink9000]

Thx for the great video! I recently bought one of these, upgraded RAM and installed SSD. It didn't come w/ a fingerprint reader - I was thinking about modding and replacing the touchpad w/ one that had one. after watching your teardown I've decided against it as it looks way too deep. I'll check out a USB option instead. Thanks again!

[@carladams5058]

thanks so much. This was a big help replacing a dc power jack for my daughter. Just wish I had more flux so I could have used my solder wick! At least I had the solder sucker. Repair shop wouldn't fix it since I opened it to diagnose. Worried about electrocution?

[@austininmedford]

Darn, thanks for this video I bought 32 GB kit 16x2 and I thought I would be able to add both sticks, didn't reazlize that the 8GB it comes with is soldered on

[@plusquare]

always check before buying

[@freakishdivinity]

I need help on getting the bottom of it off I don't have anything to get it out

[@emilefeniyanos6711]

Great Vid! Helped me disassemble mine. Do you know where the GPU would be located on the motherboard ? My best guess was underneath the heat sink, the chip without the thermal paste on it

[@vanessaalmodovar612]

It worked!! Thank you so much!!

[@cristopherbarcenilla2879]

how many rams and storage slots are there? planning on upgrading.

[@foxymochakitten]

I need to replace my keyboard (DESPERATELY) - do you have a video on how to do that with the plastic rivets situation? I'm thinking I could straight up cut through them and glue them back when I'm done but if there's another way I'd like to do that.

[@zadock6370]

I just took mine out yesterday. to remove the rivets, I use a really small flat head screwdriver to pried/pulled off each and every individual rivet head. the rivets are cylinders with a larger flat circle heads (similar in shape to a short fat nail), so you only need to pry/break off enough of the circle head so that the metal case/keyboard can go through the rivet cylinder, basically turning each rivet into a cylinder instead of a nail shape. it is a very long and time consuming process and if you aren't careful, you could break something else or even puncture the keyboard. it would likely be easier with a dremel to grind off the rivet heads or use a soldering iron to melt away the rivet heads, but if you don't have those, a really small and thin flathead screwdriver will work. you don't have to break off the entire rivet, only rip off the larger rivet head. if you have any questions, feel free to ask me through a reply to this.

[@buzdugmarius7876]

Isn't weird that there is no thermal pad on the chip next to the CPU ? I belive that might be the iris graphic chip . I can bet that this think is getting hot as well .

[@farahcum5207]

Should we put a paste on it than?

[@gabrielalcantara9275]

Hi bro, amazing video, congratulations, but is it possible to add a hard disk inside the laptop or not, only works with the SSD?. Also until how much RAM does the laptop support? I would appreciate it if you could answer me... Thanks for making this kind of interesting videos.

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

Only SSD, no bay for HDD. You would have to google your full model number to find the RAM answer.

[@creeperthekingcreeper8234]

Is this the same thing as on the acer aspire 5 515-44? The one with the amd cpu?

[@nicolociusani5138]

i have the same question

[@nicolociusani5138]

I find out this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIqZnpScocSleas&ab_channel=TechnoPanda go to 8:25, it has 2 ram slots

[@АлександрБрундза]

@@nicolociusani5138 techoPanda test 515-43 non 515-44.

[@ricardohakr97]

Nice video, do you know what type of ram is baked on ?, there is one SODIMM slot but also 8 GB of ram soldered on, I want to put a matching stick in mine

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

DDR4-2666

[@Azdin]

I've been a desktop jockey for decades, and only recently had to get a laptop for work. This helped me figure out how to upgrade the RAM, so thank you for this video! One question for you: What's the significance of that piece of clear plastic that's stickied to the battery (and to the head of something right of the Wi-Fi card) which you ripped off prior to pulling out the battery? Can I remove it or is it required to stay?

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

You can remove it.... a lot of laptops have those in misc. spots. Never had any issue with removal.

[@Rqmco]

Hey, is there a way to fix the keyboard light? Mine didnt work from the beginning

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

Possibly, check the connection to the motherboard, we disconnect it at 7:11 its the thin ribbon next to the fat keyboard ribbon. I would also make sure there is no software setting for it in the OFF position.

[@ashwin2350]

@@Sellbrokedotcom Hey! Is there any way to get acces to the keyboard? spilt coffee on mine, backlight is now a yellow colour

[@neeraj007ify]

@@ashwin2350 @SellBroke i got the same problem, the keys are sticky but working fine, I was hoping if you have found a solution to it.

[@ashwin2350]

@@neeraj007ify sorry man i don’t think there’s a solution, it’s rly hard to get access to where there’s coffee spilt, but it’s working for now i pray it works forever

[@ashwin2350]

@@neeraj007ify smells faintly like coffee, and the backlight is a light brown colour but that’s about it, i also broke some key caps in the process of cleaning

[@awesomechicken5551]

thanks for the vid. if anyone knows could you put the SSD in a desktop. I'm just wondering

[@stanmanning539]

My improvised spudger refuses to penetrate so I'm going to try using my reciprocating saw to get the bottom panel off.

[@mayotte3398]

How do I re-attach the wifi cords?

[@swagiermariusz]

Ahh finally know where the SSD is. It's so small that I initially thought it's another RAM card 😉

[@KaiEpic]

Is the top where the keyboard is build in, plastic or aluminum?

[@jaredakin1288]

Aluminum

[@SecretsofScorpio]

How would you remove the grommets for the speakers ? Do you need a special tool or would some household item work ? Thanks in advance and thanks for this tutorial, it gave me the confidence to order a keyboard / palmrest assembly replacement (finally)

[@ashwin2350]

any way to get access to the keyboard backlight or keyboard? got coffee spilt on mine, backlight is now a yellow colour i’m very very stressed out!

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

Sorry this palmrest has the keyboard integrated, you have to break it out of the plastic rivets holding the backing plate. Replacement of the palmrest/keyboard requires disassembly of most of the laptop.

[@ashwin2350]

@@Sellbrokedotcom do u think dried up coffee will seep through and eventually corrode that metal plate? really worried and scared

[@ashwin2350]

@@Sellbrokedotcom do u also think the coffee will mess up my keyboard, this is the first day of use after i spilled coffee

[@HansRo4ming]

@@ashwin2350 I just replaced the keyboard on mine, comes as a unit and cost me £21.16. I would make sure you have some good screwdrivers as 1st time I used Draper's jewelers and stripped a head on one of the motherboard screws, had to get me some Engineer pliers to remove it and buy a pack of 500 assorted screws to replace 1 M2-3 :)

[@ashwin2350]

@@HansRo4ming how’d u get the plastic rivets out

[@kookoon]

Does anybody know if is possible to add an additional 2.5" SATA HDD on this notebook? It looks like there's room for it.

[@kyuko101]

Yes, you can. You get the drive bay and screws in the box along with the laptop.

[@farcry3940]

Removin Bezels so satisfyin

[@mahmoudadeeb5426]

Hey Guys, I have this laptop, I stopped working for me, I took it to 2 repair shops, both said the motherboard is dead, and that it is real expensive to replace and i would be better off getting a new laptop, I had only bought it store bought a few months prior to it wrecking, its not covered by warranty as it apprantly had liquid damage cause by user (me), is there somewhere i could buy the motherboard for a decent price my self and just replace it on my own ?

[@alonsonavarro3011]

ebay, craigslist used, that's your cheapest option. Sometimes you can find replacement units sold new.

[@mikenaughton4298]

Thank you!

[@dabrudda5251]

I dont know if anyone else has this problem but the screw on the wifi module seems to be stuck and very hard and im scared cause i might strip it. This is a problem because you cant upgrade the ssd because the connecter for the ssd is under the wifi module. I dont know what to do at this point. Anyone help???

[@donellson05]

Thank you so much

[@Filipe419]

Where is the lid sensor?

[@janstehlik8713]

thanks!

[@go2playlist]

Thanks! Like

[@cIeetz]

anyone else having a problem with these laptops overheating? I have a similiar model and it heats up and freezes so easily

[@alooooooo.wav.]

ive been having mine set up with cold packs underneath bc its hot enough to fry an egg--- it starts to heat up if i open more than one tab on chrome now :( . im currently hoping that upgrading the ram/ssd + a good cleaning will help it run better , since i had been overworking it to hell and back.

[@Czechbound]

The big problem with this model is he hinges failing. This video doesntgo near the hinges

[@admiral7599]

Dude I hate these fucking laptops that use plastic clips to keep in place when you have FUCKING SCREWS. Your plastic piece of shit doesn't need any more than screws. Really pisses me off cause you need solid thin pieces which I don't have.

[@olchasterin]

help e man im a 11 year old child please man respond please!!!!!!!!!!!