Will this HDD upgrade kit work on the A515-43?

gwynbleidd

Hi,
I spotted this HDD upgrade kit on ebay for cheap but it's for another model:
https://www.ebay.at/itm/Laptop-Acer-Aspire-5-series-A515-54-36G3-HDD-upgrade-kit/133247333993?hash=item1f0628f669:g:UUAAAOSwNtld1ruj
My laptop is the A515-43-R6WW and I wanted to put another SATA SSD in there since it's missing the upgrade kit.
The "official" retailers that sell Acer spare parts charge an arm and a leg for a simple ribbon cable, a plastic thing and some screws. Look at the ridiculous prices:
https://www.sb-electronics.de/de/acer/notebook/acer-aspire-serie/aspire-serie-a/aspire-5-a515-43-serie/original-acer-festplattenhalterung-bracket-hdd-aspire-5-a515-43-serie
https://www.sb-electronics.de/de/acer/notebook/acer-aspire-serie/aspire-serie-a/aspire-5-a515-43-serie/original-acer-cable-hdd-board-ffc-aspire-5-a515-43-serie
The ribbon cable alone costs 20 euros lmao no thanks.

I assume the MB connector should be the same, right? does anyone have experience with this?
Thanks.

laurent_14

Hello,

The Acer part numbers for A515-43 and A515-54 are different so these are not the same parts. I am not sure you already have the HDD board: