Aspire 7 A715-72G SATA not connected

i_love_tazzus
i_love_tazzus Member Posts: 17 Troubleshooter
edited October 2023 in 2020 Archives
Just installed a new M.2 SSD. Forgot to take off the SATA drive first, and now it's disconnected from the motherboard. How on Earth do I reconnect that? Looked at a few photo diagrams, and it's confusing.

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  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,078 Trailblazer
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    Hi,
    The HDD cable connector is under the black FFC cable(USB board) marked with red rectangle, remove the USB board cable from motherboard, then the HDD cable connector will be visible.

  • i_love_tazzus
    i_love_tazzus Member Posts: 17 Troubleshooter
    I'll give this a try! Thanks for locating the port for me. :)
  • i_love_tazzus
    i_love_tazzus Member Posts: 17 Troubleshooter
    The SATA drive booted up after reconnecting. Thanks again!
  • Bigbonhomme
    Bigbonhomme Member Posts: 1 New User
    I have same problem ..I located the connector but I can not connect it ..I looked at your illustration .. I still can not connect it any special trick ..?
  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,078 Trailblazer
    edited August 2020
    Hi,
    It's always start a new thread so that many members will be reading your post, however, please post any pictures and model of your laptop in a new thread by clicking Ask a Question, you have to lift the white plastic lock and insert the cable, close the white tab to secure the cable, in the mean time I'll check for any videos, if I come across a suitable video, I will post.
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