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    Adding a HDD to Acer Aspire 7

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by tume123, Aug 21, 2017.

  1. tume123

    tume123 Newbie

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    Has someone managed to add HDD to Aspire 7. There is an empty place for a HDD in my A715-71G-54PN, but there seems to be no connector.
     
    tume123, Aug 21, 2017
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    I'm experiencing the same trouble here. There definitely is an extra bay for a secondary hard drive to be added, I tested with a dummy drive which fit snugly in the bay. Perhaps some cable can be added to an extra connector on the MB? I don't dare to open it up though, because of warranties. I know from Acer's website that this laptop can be purchased with both the SSD and an extra 1TB hard drive, so somehow this should be possible.
     
    Palm9, Sep 10, 2017
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    tume123 Newbie

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    I found the answer.
    There is in fact a connector on the MB and I purchased a connector cable from Acer's spare parts sales.
     
    tume123, Sep 10, 2017
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    I am in the same situation. Could you please provide a link to the cable in Acer spare parts? I have looked but cannot find it. Thanks!
     
    Nils Sverker, Feb 9, 2018
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    I found an email for spare parts sale on acer website, but it's different for each country. You could try to find the email from the website or ask acer support.
     
    tume123, Feb 9, 2018
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    I'll ty and contact them, thanks.
     
    Nils Sverker, Feb 10, 2018
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    Nils Sverker, Feb 10, 2018
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  8. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    Yes, that's correct.
     
    ellalan, Feb 10, 2018
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