- REPLACEMENT FOR CHROME IMAGEBURNER HOW TO
- REPLACEMENT FOR CHROME IMAGEBURNER UPGRADE
- REPLACEMENT FOR CHROME IMAGEBURNER FULL
Insert the SD card and recovery is automated. Turn the unit on and you’ll see an error. Leave the screws out until you know it works. Replace the cover by putting it on from the rear first. Put the new M.2 SATA module and insert the screw. It comes away easily but there was a bit of sticky paper on our model. Just undo the one screw as shown in the picture (or video below) and wiggle the module out of the slot. When the unit is open it will look something like this. That’s how we found the ‘secret’ screw under the sticker. There’s no glue so if it doesn’t come apart easily, check you’ve removed all the screws.
REPLACEMENT FOR CHROME IMAGEBURNER HOW TO
Once you’ve broken that sticker you don’t have a warranty.Ĭheck the video below to see how to remove the rear in detail but if you’ve ever prised electronics equipment open in the past you’ll know that you have to work a thumbnail, or thin plastic tool between the cover and frame and ‘unsnap’ the two parts while working around from the front to the sides and then to the back which should come away as you lift up the rear cover. Unscrew all the cross-head screws from the rear of the unit. Turn over your Acer C720 onto a clean piece of paper (printer paper is generally clean) to stop the case getting scratched. Remove the SD card when the process is finished. Speed depends on your Internet connection speed. The recovery image will be download and copied to the card. You’ll see a simple set of instructions that will allow you to create the recovery drive. Go to the browser and type chrome://imageburner (Min 4Gb, This will be formatted and you will lose files already on it.) Turn on the Chromebook and insert an SD card. You’re on your own if you break anything. You will invalidate your warranty when you do this.
We’re using the MyDigitalSSD Super Cache 2 128GB module, also available in 32, 64 and 256GB sizes. The process will take about 30 minutes including system recovery operations. You’ll need a 4GB SD card, a small cross-head screwdriver, the M.2 SATA drive and a strong fingernail.
REPLACEMENT FOR CHROME IMAGEBURNER UPGRADE
The video review at the end of this article is only 12 minutes long so we recommend watching it before you do the upgrade but the step-by-step instructions are also listed below.
REPLACEMENT FOR CHROME IMAGEBURNER FULL
With 8 hours battery life on the Acer C720 it makes a great video playback device.ģ – Increase the storage to enable the switch to a full Linux distribution. It’s a good question considering that Chromebooks are designed to work with files in the ‘cloud’ but here are some reasons you might consider.ġ – Local storage for video and music playback. SATA over along with a $199 Chromebook so here’s the how-to, video and results of the Acer C720 Chromebook upgrade. MyDigitalSSD kindly sent a half-height M.2. You can find out more here but in short, it’s either a SATA or PCIe interface to modules like SSD, LTE and the like. You might know M.2 as NGFF, the ‘next generation form-factor’ for plugin modules on laptop and small-form-factor motherboards.
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