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    Aspire 3680: Replacing RAM and optical drive

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by aau, Jun 19, 2007.

  1. aau

    aau Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I have the Aspire 3680 I got from the Best Buy deal. Its working fine. I upgraded the RAM to 1.5GB and installed XP Pro. I have an NEC DVD Burner from my old laptop that I would like to install in the Acer, since it only comes with a CD Burner. How do I open up the machine to remove the old optical drive? Looks like there might be just one screw holding it in place underneath, but I'd rather not get carried away and break something. If anyone can pass along tear-down instructions I'd appreciate it.

    Also, whats the Max RAM it can put in here? The manual mentions 4GB, I've seen refs to 2GB as well. I'd like to install 2x2GB modules if that works and install a 64-bit OS. TIA
     
    aau, Jun 19, 2007
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  2. Roli

    Roli Newbie

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    As I know you can use max 4GB RAM. That 2 GB is max that Acer gives in. So you can buy laptop with max 2GB but you can upgrade it to 4GB.

    That is my opinion of course!
     
    Roli, Jun 19, 2007
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    ryandmi Newbie

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    i believed that max memory is 2GB
     
    ryandmi, Jun 20, 2007
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    Roli Newbie

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    No! I checked Acer 5100 series manual and it says this:

    Up to 2 GB of DDR2 533/667 MHz memory, upgradeable to
    4 GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support)
     
    Roli, Jun 20, 2007
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