How to change the ram in an Acer Aspire 5500z laptop
This may seem like a random post since I'm largely a mac user but I recently upgraded the ram in my sisters Acer 5000z laptop and figured I'd throw up some pictures on the blog for those who may be intimidated by doing an upgrade like this. If you find your computer slowing down a ram upgrade can be the simplest and cheapest way to give it some new life. Ram upgrades are generally the easiest upgrade you'll do to a computer but for those with a faint heart it doesn't hurt to have a tutorial. Please keep in mind that I am not a professional computer technician and this blog is only for advising purposes. Please do your own research and do this upgrade at your own peril! To upgrade the ram on the Acer 5500z you need to buy some ram chips. Luckily the type of ram these machines use is really cheap. I picked up 2 - 1 gig chips of kingston ram for 40 bucks. Not bad! The type of ram this machine uses is: DDR2 Non-ECC 533MHZ SODIMM chips. ...