Aspire V5-561P second disk drive

ajreynolds
ajreynolds Member Posts: 3 New User
edited March 2023 in 2017 Archives
I decided to upgrade the disk in my V5-561P to a SSD and would like to install the original drive in the optical drive slot.  I picked up a HDD caddy and, since my laptop didn't come with a DVD drive, I picked up a used DVD drive on ebay for the mounting screw bracket and bezel.  Switching to the SSD went fine, but I can't get the machine to recognize either the HDD in the caddy or the DVD drive.  I'm running the latest version of Windows 10.  I also can't see a place in the BIOS to enable a second drive.  Is there anything I need to do to enable the second drive?

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  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    How much is the storage of the HDD in the caddy? The second drive, I believe will be recognised as a removable storage media by windows.
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


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