The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    G50VT-X1 -- Anyone successfullly added a second HDD?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Hahutzy, Dec 14, 2008.

  1. Hahutzy

    Hahutzy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    126
    Messages:
    1,237
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    That is, assuming anyone got a second HDD bracket to begin with.

    Anyone tried adding a second HDD? Did the BIOS recognize it just fine?
     
    Hahutzy, Dec 14, 2008
    #1
  2. linuxguy

    linuxguy Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    77
    Messages:
    234
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yes. It works perfectly.
     
    linuxguy, Dec 14, 2008
    #2
  3. Hahutzy

    Hahutzy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    126
    Messages:
    1,237
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    You have an A1, how are you so sure?

    X1 doesn't even have the second HDD bracket, so I don't know if the BIOS is compatible with it.
     
    Hahutzy, Dec 14, 2008
    #3
  4. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    7,515
    Messages:
    8,733
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Yes, the bios will recognize it. The problem is that the HDD brackets are out of stock from the Asus estore - has been for quite a while now :eek:
     
    David, Dec 14, 2008
    #4
  5. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    15,730
    Messages:
    7,146
    Likes Received:
    2,343
    Trophy Points:
    331
    All G50 models share the same chassis and BIOS. There is absolutely NO problem adding a second hard disk with an additional bracket for the unused bay.

    The second bracket is available from the asus estore:

    http://estore.asus.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=4410&catid=606

    Edit: errrrr ok it's out of stock now but there is no technical reason that it will not work
     
    ALLurGroceries, Dec 14, 2008
    #5