How to replace Hard disk on Acer V5 571G

1. Remove ALL the screws under the bottom of the laptop

2. Remove the keyboard from the laptop

3. Remove ALL the screws

4. Remove the old harddisk

5. Install a new one. (Please note that the new 2.5” SATA hard disk need to 7mm thin)

How to replace Hard disk on Acer V5 571G

DELL, Lenovo, HP, Acer, MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS - Spectre and Meltdown

DELL

http://www.dell.com/support/article/hk/zh/hkbsd1/sln308587/microprocessor-side-channel-vulnerabilities-cve-2017-5715-cve-2017-5753-cve-2017-5754-impact-on-dell-products?lang=en

http://www.dell.com/support/article/hk/zh/hkbsd1/sln308588/microprocessor-side-channel-vulnerabilities-cve-2017-5715-cve-2017-5753-cve-2017-5754-impact-on-dell-emc-products-dell-enterprise-servers-storage-and-networking-?lang=en

https://www.dell.com/support/article/hk/zh/hkbsd1/sln308615/meltdown-and-spectre-impact-on-dell-data-security?lang=en

Lenovo

https://support.lenovo.com/hk/en/solutions/len-18282

HP

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/services/security-vulnerability.html#accordion-accordioncontainerco-0

ASUS

https://www.asus.com/News/V5urzYAT6myCC1o2

MSI

https://www.msi.com/news/detail/QBtu17JtU-SNqngsOFiiFbZZE0aYFIicVzCJZ7BDuyfHcZnxQNrE3uwkiUor437JtN5UyEv_PKbKx1DpEUNxNA~~

Gigabyte

https://www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/1586

Acer

https://us.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/53104/~/meltdown-and-spectre-security-vulnerabilities

Asrock

http://www.asrock.com/support/index.asp?cat=BIOS

Reference:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/dellemc-ibm-and-other-storage-companies-chime-in-on-spectre-and-meltdown/

DELL, Lenovo, HP, Acer, MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS - Spectre and Meltdown

Qualcomm atheros ar5bwb222 wireless network adapter (on Acer V5-571G) for windows 8 x64

The Driver version 10.0.0.234 is seems to be more stable than the Acer driver download page one, you can download the following driver and test on your Acer V5-571G.

Drivers for Atheros AR5BWB222 and Windows 8
http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=74&system=8

Qualcomm atheros ar5bwb222 wireless network adapter (on Acer V5-571G) for windows 8 x64

Acer v5-571g Atheros wifi driver bugs on Windows 8

The Atheros wifi driver version 10.0.0.218 which is come from “Acer live update” for Windows 8 Pro (x64) seems to be got some bug when running in a hidden SSID and 5GHz environment. It cannot reconnect after the computer resume from sleep.

The workaround solution is download the “10.0.0.217.v3” from http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/drivers

Reference: The laptop have been already update to the BIOS 1.20

Acer v5-571g Atheros wifi driver bugs on Windows 8