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    How to replace optical drive with HD on my laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by brtdud7, Jul 4, 2014.

  1. brtdud7

    brtdud7 Notebook Guru

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    All the walkthroughs I've seen for replacing optical drive with hard drive caddy, there's a specific screw to remove, however I can't find one on my laptop. I want to put the stock HD in the optical drive and then get a SSD for the primary slot

    It's an Asus U47ARF-RHI7N15. Is it maybe the screw on the left next to the optical drive and the Windows 8 sticker?

    http://i.imgur.com/JHEOtwv.jpg
     
    brtdud7, Jul 4, 2014
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    It will be an internal screw under the plastic.


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    alexhawker, Jul 4, 2014
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  3. brtdud7

    brtdud7 Notebook Guru

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    Under the L-shaped thing covering the hard drive?
     
    brtdud7, Jul 4, 2014
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    HTWingNut Potato

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    Yes, remove that backplate, there should be one screw holding in the DVD drive. Just remove the screw, and then push the DVD drive out. Done.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 5, 2014
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    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Just remember there was a reason for the OD there in the first place now if you had two drive bays that a different story. But I usually tell people be careful what you wish that drive had a reason to be there to start with and loosing it means you will need a ext OD should you need those features again thus rendering your reason to have a OD in the first place. I would just increase your SSD instead of swapping out the OD...IMO. People alwasy talk about loosing the drive then when they need to do recovery or access optical media they ask what kinda ext OD do I need. This is why a laptop was a all in one computer to start with so one doesn't need more baggage to carry around to just use a laptop. But then again TMHO.
     
    StormJumper, Jul 5, 2014
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