* Posts by Martin Rowe

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How to upgrade an Acer Aspire One netbook's memory

Martin Rowe
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SSD to HDD upgrade

I upgraded the memory to 1.5Gb at the same time as putting in a Seagate Lyrion 30GB 1.8" HDD. The memory was fine - the hard drive was a bit more tricky, as I had to file down the plastic edge on the ZIF connector ribbon and at first connected it upside down - at least in comparison to the few photos I'd managed to find of similar upgrades. +1 for a follow up article on the HDD upgrade.

The AA1 is far better for the upgrade (running Ubuntu 8.10) and gets a lot of use. I also bought a compatible 6600mAh battery which gives it 6+ hours of moderate use - much more useful than the 2 hours of the original.