Inside Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32) – disassemby and upgrade options

So, how does a passively-cooled laptop look inside? Let’s see!

Check out all Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.


1. Remove the bottom plate

For a budget-oriented device, this one has quite a lot of screws. The exact number on the bottom plate is 15 and they are of a Phillips type. After you unscrew them, you just need to pop the side of the laptop with a plastic pry tool and the panel will come off extremely easy. Sadly, there are no options to upgrade either the RAM nor the storage.


2. Battery

As expected, the battery unit is rather small – 37Wh. If you want to replace it, it is held by only a single Phillips-head screw.


4. Cooling system

Since there are no moving parts in this notebook, it is safe to say that it stays completely silent at any time given. Ultimately, this means that the CPU is passively cooled by what looks like a rather big copper plate.

Check out all Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

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bu talal
bu talal
4 years ago

there is any possibilitty ti upgrade hardisc

Dexter
Dexter
3 years ago
Reply to  bu talal

Yes. But it’s not something easy. You can soldering an usb cable on the mainboard on one of the usb ports that laptop have. At this cable must be attached an adapter for SSD : usb to ssd. This you will do it if you don’t want to keep the ssd outside of the laptop.

Nizam
Nizam
3 years ago
Reply to  Dexter

what abt using an sd card. It has a card reader. Just get a good quality card.

Andrew
Andrew
2 years ago
Reply to  Dexter

Do you mean usb to sata?

owner
owner
2 years ago
Reply to  Dexter

bullshit , there are places for sata connectors and m.2 on board , just solder properly and thats all

owner
owner
2 years ago
Reply to  bu talal

yes , you can solder m.2 socket as well with two capacitors and two zero ohm resistors on board