G75vw-bbk5 RAM and SSD

Hello, just joined the forums and just bought an asus g75vw-bbk5 the best but version:

Asus - 17.3" Laptop - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - G75VW-BBK5

1)I popped in an intel SSD 120gb into the empty slot, I read that it's best to use it to boot windows up and then store your files and games on. The other 1tb HDD but I have no idea how to set that up, any videos or guides for this?


2) I bought samsung 2x4gb ddr3 1600 RAM sticks, but I can't figure out how to move the metal Pieces to make the slot spring up to stick the ram in. I don't wanna force anything. Looks like there's some kind of way but can't figure it out. Or do I just slide them in like that? I've changed them in a different laptop and all you did was push the metal pieces away from it and the slot pops upward.

 

looks to me like the metal spring things for the RAM are just there to hold it in. I am not certain, but my vote goes to just pushing it in. There should be a youtube guide out there though and that would be the most helpful thing. (If you are like me, you are a bit more of a visual learner )

 

Okay I figured out the RAM part, I'm stupid. I was under the impression that moving the metal pieces would physically cause the slot to point upwards. I inserted them at an angle until they slid in, then press down and they clipped in firmly.

Just gotta figure out the SSD booting windows thing

 

To get the SSD as the boot drive, you'll either have to image your current windows installation or reinstall windows (clean install) on the SSD. I recommend the second option.

If you need help on how to do a clean install, we can help you with that too.

 

Well a clean install I read is good but would I have to do updates to all drivers and bios? Because I'm not too familiar with that stuff. So then how do I image my windows 7, is it the same as what some call "cloning"?
I'm guessing I would transfer windows from my hdd to the sdd, take out the hdd and put the ssd in its place, reinstall windows, somehow set the ssd as the primary boot, then stick the hdd back in and wipe it (reformat it). Thanks for your help and patience.

 

Doing a clean install is best option, you won't have to do any bios updates. Just put in SSD instead of a the primary HDD (usually in a instruction that comes with the laptop there is written what slot is best for use as a boot drive).

Then just format the SSD in the installation process and after the clean install is finished, do all windows 7 updates. You will probably have to install some drivers before update(or all of them) to get network connection up.

PS: U will need Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit installation DVD or on USB drive of course (preferably with Service Pack 1 already for less updates).

 

You will need to get all the relevant drivers though. Those should be available on Asus' support page for the G75. You can get the video driver directly from nVidia's site though.

 

Guide over here should help, very similar to your setup:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...-thanksgiving-day-ssd-installation-guide.html

 

I have same notebook from BB . I made the recovery discs using the asus utility for factory settings. Took battery out and installed a Crucial M4 256g SSD into the spare bay and removed the HDD. Powered and choose boot from dvd/cd drive at prompt. Put in discs one by one and let windows do it's thing. I changed nothing in the bios or installed any drivers. Windows did it all. My scored for the hard drive went up to 7.9

 

Some people are fine with the stock Asus install, but most of us prefer doing clean installs to get rid of all the bloat and bloat there is indeed. In the end, it's up to the OP to choose the option he's more comfortable with. In any case, i'd give the asus bloatware guide a read and remove things you do not want if you aren't going to do a clean isntall.

 

I also forgot to mention why I leave in the stock HDD. I use the stock HDD as my main reservoir for all of my non-disposable files (e.g. pictures, personal documents, music, etc.) because when an SSD fails, it will fail abruptly without any warning and all of your data are almost always completely lost. So that's why I keep the stock HDD inside, complete with its OS partition so that I can boot off of it if I ever need to RMA the SSD.

All of your important drivers are available here on ASUS's website: ASUS - Notebooks- ASUS G75VW

Actually, Windows Update should be able to get drivers for nearly all of your components. The most important ones from ASUS are probably the Touchpad and ATKACPI drivers (in Utilities).