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    acer laptop upgrades

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by whitetop, Jun 19, 2011.

  1. whitetop

    whitetop Newbie

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    hi new here

    I have a acer aspire 5552 laptop and the first thing was to upgrade my memory due to win 7 x64 being on it,ok i have 3 warranty stickers on it one on hdd+memory cover one on a screw hold and the other on the wifi cover (i think) ok so is there anyway i can upgrade the memory without braking my warranty as im not going to send it off just for a 5 min memory upgrade???
     
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  2. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    If you can change it without breaking the stickers sure. The acer 5550 is fairly old though isn't it? Your warranty must be near it's end?

    If I were you I would screw the warranty and just upgrade the RAM and any other component you feel like changing (wi-fi, HDD etc) I am surprised they cover these basic components with warranty stickers! Now on the CPU I can understand but not on RAM lol
     
    King of Interns, Jun 19, 2011
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  3. shakennstirred

    shakennstirred Notebook Evangelist

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    my acer 8930g didn't have any warranty stickers on the panel because as king says your usually aloud to upgrade hdd`s n ram.
     
    shakennstirred, Jun 20, 2011
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  4. whitetop

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    yeah its a bit old but still was in my price range just to learn qbasics than have my main pc messed with. yes i have stickers everywhere well seen as it was 2rd hand anyway i mite just upgrade it.

    ok can i ask one thing why does my memory and hdd heat up quicker than my gpu and cpu???
     
    whitetop, Jun 20, 2011
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  5. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    how do you know they heat up quicker ? HDD usually have temp sensors on them and run around 50-60C so 55C is a happy medium. Never seen temp sensors on memory.
     
    King of Interns, Jun 20, 2011
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  6. whitetop

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    its when i put my hand on the cover its hot but not that hot to worry about
     
    whitetop, Jun 20, 2011
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    For Acer, your warranty will not be void so long as you do not mess around with the processor (applying thermal paste is fine). For almost everything else your warranty will be intact.
     
    too456, Jun 20, 2011
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