Solution for installing 2nd Hard drive (SSD) in Acer 8943g and with 0$ cost

[xa7medx]

After receiving My Acer 8943g - 6190 laptop I tried to install OCZ SSD hard drive in the 2nd hard drive bay.
But unfortunately I couldn't get the SSD there


After thinking about the relation between SSDs and RAMs I thought why would I have the SSD case inside my laptop,
It's like RAMs and nobody put RAMs in cases (except for heating related cases).



So I did the following steps to get things done:
1- Open the 2nd hard drive cover, remove the extra plastic parts in the cover (2 large in the middle & 2 small on the right).



http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/...f423e2ae6g.jpg
(^ Borrowed this picture from another thread )





2- Open your SSD (BE CAREFUL DON'T TOUCH ANY METAL CONNECTORS OR CHIPS!) and plug it in the slot.


https://sites.google.com/site/xa7mad...943g_SSD_1.jpg


https://sites.google.com/site/xa7mad...943g_SSD_2.jpg

https://sites.google.com/site/xa7mad...943g_SSD_3.jpg






3- Fit & Finnish:


https://sites.google.com/site/xa7mad...943g_SSD_4.jpg


https://sites.google.com/site/xa7mad...943g_SSD_5.jpg



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[Meaker]

Cost: Warrenty.

[xa7medx]

@Meaker

Yeah for the SSD

But if you mean the laptop then I don't think so...

The 2nd bay comes EMPTY so you can put another hard drive!!!

[Karamazovmm]

the warranty of the SSD

[Treadstone71]

If you don't want to do the SSD remodel solution and don't mind spending some cash, you can also buy the 'extended' cover for the second drive bay from a few companies in Europe. I went with:

Acer Abdeckung Abdeckung HDD Festplatte 2ND 2ND (42.PWC07.009) für Acer Aspire 8943G - Samsung Notebook Ersatzteil Shop

Total with shipping came out to ~$61 USD for me.

[Treadstone71]

Ok - nevermind. Looks like the Euro site no longer carries it...

On the plus side, it looks like it's popped up here:

42.PWC07.009 - Acer Laptop Miscellaneous Parts

Basically if you google the part number 42.PWC07.009 it's easier to find.