Aspire additional hard drive cable not fitting - Nitro an 5 A515-46

sherkad

Hello all. I just tried to install an additional hard drive on my Nitro an 5 A515-46 but the supplied cable will not lock down into the mb connector. The white clamp will not pull down enough to secure the ribbon cable. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanx for any help...

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Balatekie

Hello!!

@sherkad, 

The Aspire 5 series includes a storage bay that allows for installation of a secondary 2.5" hard drive or solid state drive. Use the steps below to install a secondary drive in your system.

1) Remove the AC adapter and make sure your system is completely powered off.

2) Use a screwdriver to remove the 11 screws from the lower case.

3) Carefully pry up the base cover with a pry tool to release the latches. Start from the bottom side, then continue releasing the remaining latches on the left and right sides.

4) Grasp and remove the base cover from the system and locate the hard drive compartment.

Note: The battery is secured with the lower case. Do not turn over the system with the lower case removed.

5) Disconnect the USB board cable (A).

6) Slide the hard drive module (D) into the bracket.

Important: When placing the HDD module in the bracket, make sure the marked arrow (G) is facing the correct direction as shown in the image above.

7) Secure the hard drive to the bracket with four (4) screws (F).

8) Connect the hard drive cable to the hard drive module connector (E).

9) Place the assembled hard drive module (D) in its compartment. Make sure the guide pins (H) and hard drive bracket screw holes are properly aligned.

10) Secure the hard drive bracket with four screws (C), then connect the hard drive cable (B) and the USB board cable (A) to the mainboard and close the latches.

11) Put the lower case back into place and secure it with the 11 screws you removed in step 2.

If you are following above instructions, everything should go well. Even after that, if the SATA cable does not fit, I recommend you to contact Acer Technical Support in your region, and look for options to get another correct HDD Upgrade kit. 

Hope this helps you!!

With Regards, 

Balatekie

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@sherkad

I have a A515-46-R14K, but the cable came with the laptop fitted perfectly when I added a 2.5" SATA3 SSD there.

Have you removed the M.2 Wi-Fi card before you insert the connecting cable? That Wi-Fi card will block your access to the connector.

Here is a link of video how to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3IuI5WPKhA

I'll suggest you to do it again. Make sure you flip the clip there opened before inserting cable, and make sure cable fully inserted before flipping the clip down to close. That should work.