Hey thanks man you don’t know how long I spent trying to find a video like this

thanks for the video, I have the same model and you helped me a lot. Greetings from Chile

Thanks for your tutorial. I did upgrade my laptop SSD.

Very nice and detailed video.. thanks for your efforts.

Viorel esti the best man! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this video. Recently I have bought this acer aspire a515 series and I have been impressed, overall for the price. I have upgraded to 20 gb ram and to m.2 ssd pcie crucial p1 1 Tb and the machine is very fluid.

Excellent video! So many thanks!

Thank you, very useful !!

Thanx, just took mine apart and saw that slot, but wasn't sure if the ssd would work

It will be my first time upgrading my laptop and I'm quite scared but thanks to your vid, I found comfort that it will turn out great! Just a question, I've seen somewhere that just moving the OS to the SSD without formatting the HDD will cause the OS to not get the maximum read/write speed. Is this true? Is it always recommended to wipe the HDD first then migrate the OS? Thanks! Much love. :)

thank you very much. I bought an ACER A15-51G for $ 700. It is so slow I feel like tossing it out of the window. I will try upgrading the SSD and hope It improves.

Thank you for such a comprehensively made video. I have an ACER ASPIRE A515 51G, with a soldered on 4 GB ram, and an intel i5 8th gen and a 5400 1 tb hdd. Can I add a 16 gig ddr4 2400 mhz to it? Also, can i only add a sata m2 and not a pcie one?

As promised. I made all the changes, following this video and my laptop is quite fast now. Thanks for your explanation. The only thing I had to do differently was clonning the operating system, as the tool you mention in the video only allows to clone in paid versions. Again, thanks for your help and your assistance.

Thanks a million times...

Very very informative

hello friend, a question, do you know if you can add a fan? or if there is a more powerful fan to connect it? that would be a great video and upgrade

A tip for anybody who doesn't have the mounting screw: the screws that hold in the 2.5 inch hdd are the same size as the m.2 mounting screw! If you can't find any online, one of these will work. My m.2 screw hole had a yellow plastic piece in it, however, so make sure that is taken out first!

Very good video!! Can I change the RAM without disconnecting the battery?

My friend, your video has been very helpful. Instead of getting a new laptop to replace mine, I will follow this to install an ssd and additional ram to see if I can give my Acer A515-51-57 DX a second life. While the hardware part is actually similar (maybe the same) do you think the ram type (2133 mhz) and that same ssd would fit mine as well?

my laptop is the same model but comes with 8gb ddr4 memory can I upgrade it, and will it make it run faster cos to be honest it is slower than a wet week and it is a new laptop

I'm currently researching how to upgrade my aspire 5. The video was helpful, though i am confused by the choice in dual memory. So far as I had the understanding both memory sizes and speeds most match for best performance. Acer say's that this laptop can support 32gb of RAM. correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't you have to remove the original 4gb stick with soldering iron then solder in a 16gb RAM. I have no interest in soldering this project. My questions are 1. can i mix the original 4gb RAM with a RAM the same speed but different size and receive the full performance and compatibility with 2 sizes, same speed? Or would it be wiser to match size as existing ram that is not removable?

good video and helpful

ive just realize mine only has 4 gb built in but no Extra ram chip installed in it. i hope it will help my laptops performance. im still thinkin abt upgrading it to SSD but we will see i might as well buy a new gaming laptop. im using an ACER 5 just like yours. and so far some games it works fine on medium settings but i havent tried it with SSD and More RAM im excited to see the outcome though

thank u sir

sir, i have this laptop and i want to add more ram to the free slot, its ok to add any type of ram (ddr4) or it needs to have certain frecuency and memory?

Hey I have a question! The RAM slot that you showed...So, it had like 4gb and you put an 8gb stick? Or was there another slot underneath the motherboard? Is it possible to run dual channel on this computer? I bought this exact model yesterday and I don't know if I should buy a 4gb or an 8gb stick, as it currently has 4gb, I'm thinking in putting another 4gb stick making a total of 8gb, but if it only has 1 Ram sslot hen I'd be screwed by doing that. Thanks! :)

Hi, nice video, can I remove the battery without any problems and keeping using the notebook directly in energy?

when placing the ssd it does not recognize it, you have to do something else so that it appears to be able to format

Please explain why did you put nail polish on the screw of ssd. How will it indicate that the screw is tight

Didn't you have problems booting from the sd?, because in my notebook the bios doesn't show the new sd m2 as a boot option.

Hi Viorel! Good video!! I have an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-70RE that came with a 1TB HDD and 4GB of DDR4 + 16GB optane RAM. I would like to add a m2 ssd to it, particularly this model: Kingston A400 M.2 2280 240 GB (very cheap) Also, this ram: Crucial - 16GB DUAL RANK SODIMM 260-pin DDR4 2400MT/s Memory Do you think they are compatible? Do you recommend any brand and model? Thank you!!

Hello, i have same laptop but in task manager it says that i have 1 of 2 slots used, but there is no second slot , so i should buy single 16gb kit right ?

Can you help me which one I should buy to put an SSD on my acer I want to buy it on aliexpress but I don't know which one to choose if you can help me with a link which one I have to choose well I await your answer and thank you very much me puedes ayudar cual es la que debo comprar para colocarle a mi acer una SSD quiero comprarla por aliexpress pero no se cual elegir si me puedes ayudar con algun link cual es la que tengo que elegir bien espero su respuesta y muchas gracias

Hello, I have the model A515-51-51NZ I would like to know what type of M.2 to use, in the entrance of the m.2 there is only one slot and I saw that you put one of two

Hi brother, thank for your good video. I want to upgrade my laptop speed as well. Could you tell me how many GB of RAM that you have upgraded? and how much maximum RAM can be upgraded in this Acer Aspire 5 A515 51G series? 16GB or can be up to 32GB? Thanks and much appreciated to hear from you.

Hey, I have the same model. I wanted to know what ssd type you installed. Is it sata type or PCI type?

Hello, I have an Acer 515-51-76BP I had disassembled it, and it have a M.2 slot, do you think that it works with NVme??

can I do that on the Acer Aspire 3 A315-51-5647? I open it and I saw that it have the ssd slot.

Did watch it for maybe in the future to upgrade an m.2 and also encouraged me to clean the fan... temps went down 20º-10ºc, was thinking on changing the thermal paste but seems it´s very stable and nice. Nice video i would love to ask if it is posible to add a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB. Mi laptop´s model is A515-51G-751G i7 7500u 8gb ddr4 1tb wd 2.5hdd gf940mx

Hi, Did your model have the intel optane memory? Or just the open M.2 slot?

that's the model of your notebook acer a515-51g-35zt What kind of ssd do I need for my notebook? It has a 16gb optane but it is useless that part that is to accelerate the hard disk something like that I want to change to a ssd can that.

i have got a A515 41G T48Q 8GB ram 1 tb hdd. is it the same procedure? Thank you.

I have to remove the hdd before installing ssd? Please reply thank you

Does it support NVme interface or just only SATA in m2?

Hello I have an almost identical model (Aspire 5 A515-51-5885) it is a good machine, although replacing the keyboard is hell, is there any limitation in terms of the M.2 SSD capacity? Can I put a 1 Tb m.2 on it? Greetings from Mexico.

Sir, what is the rpm of that hdd that you pulled out in your laptop? Thanks sir!

Hey , my model are already installed with 128gb ssd . Now im planning to upgrade it to 256gb ssd . So how do i migrate the file from the old ssd to the new one ?

Hey man, nice video, I have a question, where buy you the screw for slot the m.2, because i bought the 970 evo in my acer aspire 5 but don't have the screw :((, help bro

We have the same specs in our laptops but my problem is when I add up the SSD, I can't find it in system though it was recognized in the bios, can you help me on this?

Hello. I know this is really late but I'm looking forward to upgrading my RAM. I currently have the A515-51G with a 4GB DDR4. Does the laptop have one slot or two slots? And where is the original RAM? This question seems to have different answers on different websites.

Nice video. do you know if i can add a nvme ssd? i have an aspire 5 A515-51-50RR, same core, 8gb ram, no video graphics card.

can you share the purshare link of M.2 SSD If I install this SSD in my acer I will lose my files and programas?

hello i want to ask a question the aser aspier 5 battery is no enough just 5 hr can't do a thing so shlod i buy some high end laptop battery how can fit and drop it in

How to give boot order to ssd in this laptop

Can you please specify the exact model no of this laptop

I want to migrate my OS to SDD 238gb but the Migration program says it is too small, but I can see in the video you are using even smaller SSD. Why is that?

Grea tutorial Viorel Caia . I have Acer aspire 5 A515-51g -5072 . i called acer support to make sure this laptop has m.2 Port they said yes, but the say you cannot use HDD and SSD at the same time use either them of them in one go. is that work together i see you did both together and do i have the same laptop you got? plz reply thanks in advance

I don't understand, does it accept M2 and NVME? Or just M2? M2 and NVME not peripheral different?

hello friend, I'm looking for a ram memory ddr4 sodimm 8gb at 2133 MHz but where I live (Colombia) I can't find it, could you tell me where you bought it? Thanks in advance

Sir, I have 8gb Acer laptop of same model as your video, what is the specification or allowed maximum capacity for the empty ssd m 2 slot? Can I also replace the 8gb ram with 16gb?

Can you show how to make bios settings?

Can this laptop work without ram. Because once my laptop had keyboard issue I gave to authorizised service centre. They fixed keyboard issue, n it function pretty well after that. Recently my laptop stopped showing display due to Lockdown at my place I showed to a local person he told there is no ram so its not displaying! Now my question is how can it work without ram almost a year then. Kindly guide is it possible to use laptop without ram for a year???

Hey, I put a new WD SSD but the laptop doesn't turn on after that. I even pressed the reset button. Any ideas?

Can you share the buying links of RAM and SSD suitable for this laptop

Hello i'd love to do this upgrade myself but unfortunately i'm not able to find this memory in any stores in my country. Are there any alternative memory cards i could use instead of this samsung one? thx for answer :)

I have a question, I have the same computer but I don't have the 2.5 HDD. I want to add it but I don't have the connector. Where I can buy it?

I have a 2TB, 8GB model, would motherboard support another 1TB ssd on it? and I am also getting 16gb ram, so that total would become 20GB. Is this fine?

hello this laptop is compatible with Kingston KC2500 256 GB?

Can i change the hdd without take the power off? And can i take a same ram 8gb to upgrade it in 16 gb? Btw thanks for the information!

Does Acer A515-51G-558W has m.2 ssd slot to ? Or its the same too?

Can I use ddr4 2400mhz on my Acer Aspire 5 A515 51G?

it's possible change gpu? i have one acer aspire 5 with radeon rx 540 2gb, A10 cpu. thank's and great video!!:)

Will the Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 2280 Nvme be supported too?

Hi, my model is a515-51-75uy is it possible to add gpu? Mine doesn't have one it's integrated intel hd 620

Dear Friend, I am trying to put 250 GB external SSD in my system ACER ASPIRE 5 A515-51g partition is already in MBR mode, I am trying to change it to GPT mode, if I change my system partition at installation (external SSD) time, my hard Will drive data be deleted or not?

Hey, my screen is pushing off the bottom left hinge and it's seems to get worse. Is the problem with the screws holding the screen? Can I open it and fix it, or should I take it to tech repair (expensive)?

Sir I can see only one slot pin on motherboard but you put two slot pin in SSD. I need to put SSD in my laptop Can you explain

Does installing ssd by ourselves void the warranty of laptop? Will service center charge money to do so?

The ram should be DDR4 SODIMM? and the SSD is M.2 type? I have Acer Aspire A517-51G-52LB I want to upgrade my laptop. Thanks in advance.

Did you end up getting the screw?

I have the same laptop but it already comes with the slot occupied and it only has 4GB, will it be bad? since i have read that these motherboards come with 4gb soldered to it

I hae the laptop A5151 51 76 h2, I7 7500, intel HD grapihs , it aplly too use a ssd m2?

I also use m.2 860 with SATA interface, is it really support nvme SSD? Going to buy new one because need more storage

So ur ram now, it runs in single channel or dual channel memory?

Hi, I have the same laptop since 2019. It’s a good laptop but gives electric shocks along the edges/ metal frame when plugged in. Does anyone experience the same? How do I fix this?

@Viorel Caia i have an acer aspire 5, model: a515-51g-518r, with i5-7200U and 4GB RAM DDR4. I want to upgrade it with a ssd m.2. But i found that this motherboard does not support NVME ssd, only SATA. Can u help me please?

Will a Samsung evo 960 work in this laptop?

did you remove the original memory or you can place 2 memories in acer aspire 5?

what are you doing when you entered the bios mode in minute <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="723">12:03</a> ? i'am confused

I have A 515-51-76H2 is = to 515-51G ? is the same model

Dear Viorel, why when i put a new SSD M2 256 MB on Mi Acer 515-51 , this dont start on??? only when i put the AC conector on the lap then start up? ...so i put off the new SSD and then start!!! why?

I have original windows 10 how to copy original OS this from HDD to SSD

Hi, I have the same model, but my laptop doesn't show that I have 4gb onboard it only shows the ram that I have installed?

Very good, what do i must buy on amazon or another website for make the same thing please?

I have A 515-51-76H2 is = to 515-51G ? (to Arrgentina) gracias thanks

Hey hai.. I have the same lappy.. Screen is flickering when I lower the brightness below 100.. And if brightness is 100 it don't flicker.. Can you please help me

What about adding graphics card?

What is the model of the SSD ?

is there any limit on m2 can we put 512 Gb or only 256gb

Como puedo saber si le cambiaron el disco duro por otro dañado de los mismos tera! :-(