Wednesday 18 November 2015

Acer V3-372 Internals

For those interest, I post a photo of the inside of the Acer V3-372.

The machine was easy to take apart. All screws holding it together were exposed (none hidden underneath the rubber feet).

Of note:
  • There is a second RAM slot allowing 16GB of RAM in total (I haven't tried whether 32GB is supported). RAM is standard DDR3L
  • The SSD is M.2 SATA. I was disappointed that it was not a NVMe or PCI-E
  • WIFI uses M.2 slot also
  • Battery is ~48Wh
When I received the machine, I noticed the RAM was not seated in the slot properly and I re-seated it to avoid problems. Also I moved the antennas crossing the SSD ribbon cable so that they run on top of the cable (from this view) and taped the ribbon cable down to the metal. I did this to increase distance between the two in case interference caused any WiFI problems.




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5 comments:

  1. Unknown3 January 2016 at 01:56

    Thx for sharing photo

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  2. Unknown3 January 2016 at 15:26

    Thanks Philip for the V3-372 inside photo. I'm interested in buying this notebook, and your photo is very helpful.

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  3. Steven Zete4 January 2016 at 01:39

    The 90 degree angles on the ribbon cables leading to the SSD didn't seem such a good idea to me. In the end, I relocated it to run alongside the fan instead of over the top.

    Unfortunately, in the default placement, the 90 degree bend is located directly on a fan screw and is subjected to crushing against the case which may cause damage over time.

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  4. Darth Heuer16 March 2016 at 02:22

    Philip, I just bought V3-372 today.

    THANKS for your help and info.
    I've talked to a few users of 372, but up till now you're still the ONLY person who've BOTH
    owned and opened up the case of 372 (and with photo), so you're a big help to me.

    I got excited happy seeing your 372 page, then I just kept talking and talking, so bear with me :-)
    Anyway, your best 2016.

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  5. Darth Heuer16 March 2016 at 02:23

    Philip, I just bought V3-372 today.

    THANKS for your help and info.
    I've talked to a few users of 372, but up till now you're still the ONLY person who've BOTH
    owned and opened up the case of 372 (and with photo), so you're a big help to me.

    I got excited happy seeing your 372 page, then I just kept talking and talking, so bear with me :-)
    Anyway, your best 2016.

    ReplyDelete

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