Just bought an Acer Aspire 5. Thought it would have an optical drive

whorizon

Okay, I want to add an optical drive. Looking at the case of this thing, you'd swear it has one! but alas no...  (:*
I also want to add another, larger SATA drive for storage. If I can do that, it will be a perfect computer (for me).

I haven't had the case open yet, so if I could get some advice, it would really help.
I know I can add the HDD or the dvd, but is there room for the optical drive AND a storage HDD?

thank you for your time

Whorizon

brummyfan2

Hi,
What's your current setup? If your laptop came with a M.2 SSD, you can install a HDD for additional storage but you can not install a Optical drive, you may have to use an external ODD like the one in the link.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BOOYE-External-Portable-Ultra-Thin-Equipment/dp/B074SDCQYG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1518077255&sr=8-2&keywords=external+ODD&dpID=41IXsB8SIJL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

brummyfan2

Hi,
What's your current setup? If your laptop came with a M.2 SSD, you can install a HDD for additional storage but you can not install a Optical drive, you may have to use an external ODD like the one in the link.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BOOYE-External-Portable-Ultra-Thin-Equipment/dp/B074SDCQYG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1518077255&sr=8-2&keywords=external+ODD&dpID=41IXsB8SIJL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

whorizon

thanks brummyfan2.
setup is 17.3 screen, 8th gen i5, 256 GB SSD, 8GB ram, GeForce MX150 (2GB).
Oddly enough, the right side of the case is setup to look as if there's an optical drive there! afrer a few minutes I gave up on finding the button to open it.  hehehe...
I spose having to pick between the two, I'd chose a 1TB or 2TB sata HDD.
If I could get a multidrive in there, I could see keeping this indefinitely. Well, looks as though I'll just get an external drive. probably wont use it much unless I need to reload.

Any tips on tweaking this monster? Between the 4-core i5, GeForce MX150, (& the SSD), and fast ram,this just blows away my last laptop - (2-core AMD, 8GB 666MHz ram, 5400rpm HDD). OHHH do you know of anywhere I could get backlit keyboard for this puppy?

In any case, thanks for your input. I hope in a while I'll be able to help people here as well.

Mike P.

brummyfan2

Hi,
You are welcome, you couldn't find the button to open it because you have a dummy cover for the DVD bay, if you have a flashing letter "A" in F9 button you may be able to install a backlit keyboard, if not your MB may not have the connector for it.