Adding a secondary hard drive to my Aspire A517-51G

whorizon
whorizon Member Posts: 6 New User
edited August 2023 in 2018 Archives
Hello.  As stated, I have an Aspire A517-51G.
8th gen 4 core I5-8250U
8Gb DDR4 ram
256 Gb SSD
NVidia GeForce MX150 
I want to add a 1 or 2TB HDD for storage.  There is an empty drive bay, but when I open it, I see nothing but a foil strap. How can I add a secondary drive, and what do I need to do this?

Thank you.

Mike P.

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  • christy1
    christy1 Member Posts: 1,619 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    Hi Mike,
    check the previous hdd model and get an additional of the same kind.you can get the help of any local tech since its not recommended to work on any hardware related issue if its not known. Also you can check the model of your hdd in bios. And yes you can add an hdd if you have the slot.
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  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,469 Trailblazer
    whorizon said:
    Hello.  As stated, I have an Aspire A517-51G.
    8th gen 4 core I5-8250U
    8Gb DDR4 ram
    256 Gb SSD
    NVidia GeForce MX150 
    I want to add a 1 or 2TB HDD for storage.  There is an empty drive bay, but when I open it, I see nothing but a foil strap. How can I add a secondary drive, and what do I need to do this?

    Thank you.

    Mike P.

    Hi,
    Do you have the HDD carrier and the cable in the bay?

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  • whorizon
    whorizon Member Posts: 6 New User
    thank you christy1.  The original drive is a 256GB SSD - one of those tiny little drives, about the size of an old stick of PC133, if you remember that. I need to get a 2.5 inch SATA HDD for the empty bay. I've had the cover off and there is no (obvious to me) place to attach a Hard Drive connector within the empty bay. That was why I asked what I might need to do and/or get to add another drive.
  • whorizon
    whorizon Member Posts: 6 New User
    No brummyfan2, just an empty bay except for the ribbon going to my usb ports and earphone out.

    mike p.

  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,469 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓
    Hi,
    If you are in USA, you could try contacting Acer Support centre and request these parts and they might send it for you, if you are not in the region, you have to buy them to install a HDD.
    https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/service-contact
    Part number for cable: 50.GSUN2.002
    For Bracket: 33.GP4N2.002
    4 screws to attach HDD to the bracket( size M3.0x3.0): 86.MXRN2.008
    4 screws to attach the HDD assembly to the bay( size M2.0x3.0): 86.GCHN2.009

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  • whorizon
    whorizon Member Posts: 6 New User
    thank you brummyfan2.  I am in Pittsburgh.  I'll contact them and see if they'll send them to me.  Thank you again.

    Mike P.

  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,469 Trailblazer
    You are welcome :)  

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  • Slade
    Slade Member Posts: 1 New User
    brummyfan2 said:
    Hi,
    If you are in USA, you could try contacting Acer Support centre and request these parts and they might send it for you, if you are not in the region, you have to buy them to install a HDD.
    https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/service-contact
    Part number for cable: 50.GSUN2.002
    For Bracket: 33.GP4N2.002
    4 screws to attach HDD to the bracket( size M3.0x3.0): 86.MXRN2.008
    4 screws to attach the HDD assembly to the bay( size M2.0x3.0): 86.GCHN2.009

    11/04/18: My name is Slade Chelbian, I just installed a second 1TB SSD 2.5" hard drive (7mm high) in my spare bay with the parts listed above in my Acer Aspire 5 Model A517-51G- 54L4 purchase parts on Newegg.com.

  • dncb
    dncb Member Posts: 11

    Tinkerer
    Slade said:
    brummyfan2 said:
    Hi,
    If you are in USA, you could try contacting Acer Support centre and request these parts and they might send it for you, if you are not in the region, you have to buy them to install a HDD.
    https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/service-contact
    Part number for cable: 50.GSUN2.002
    For Bracket: 33.GP4N2.002
    4 screws to attach HDD to the bracket( size M3.0x3.0): 86.MXRN2.008
    4 screws to attach the HDD assembly to the bay( size M2.0x3.0): 86.GCHN2.009

    11/04/18: My name is Slade Chelbian, I just installed a second 1TB SSD 2.5" hard drive (7mm high) in my spare bay with the parts listed above in my Acer Aspire 5 Model A517-51G- 54L4 purchase parts on Newegg.com.

    Could you post some photos please of where the cable goes and is routed to get to the drive bay? I'd like to do that. Any tricks to cracking the case, or just screws and the typical case cracking piece of sheet metal in the shop?

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