


The keyboard ribbon cable didn’t have a clamp I could find. One piece of advice: don’t forget to flip up the little ribbon cable clamps on the hard drive, video and touchpad ribbon cables and then lock them back down on reassembly. I was able to upgrade to 8gb memory, which this computer needs especially with external monitors. Intel® Core™ i5-5200U processor (3M Cache, up to 2.70 GHz)įor more guides, check out the Acer Aspire E5-571G device page. It comes with a Kingston 4GB PC3L-12800S RAM. Remove two screws securing the cooling fan and disconnect the cooling fan cable.Īspire E15 E5-571G cooling fan comes from Foxconn.Īcer Aspire E5-571G motherboard, the laptop has two RAM slots, that’s mean you can upgrade the RAM. Under the palm rest, you can get access to the hard drive, wireless card and cooling fan.ĭisconnect the white cable, remove two screws securing the hard drive module, you can remove the hard drive module.ĭisconnect two wireless antenna cables and remove one screw securing the wireless card.

The back of the palm rest, you can get access to the touchpad and keyboard, you can remove and replace the keyboard if necessary. Open the palm rest, be careful, touchpad cable still connected to the motherboard. Insert the guitar picks between the palm rest and base. Turn over the laptop, starting to pry up the palm rest with a guitar pick. I do not understand why Acer does not install a real optical drive. Pull out the optical drive, but I found it is not a real optical drive, it’s a bracket just like DVD drive. Looking for more guides? Follow us on Facebook for all the latest repair news. You can upgrade, clean your Aspire E15 E5-571G. In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble Acer Aspire E15 E5-571G to remove and replace the battery, hard drive, keyboard, palm rest, WALN, RAM, cooling fan, speaker, and motherboard.
