hey guys how's it going so in this video
I'm going to show you how you can
upgrade the SSD storage on your Acer
Aspire v slim series laptop and whatever
we are going to discuss here is also
applicable to the Acer a 15 series
laptops so by the way I have already
reviewed both these laptops on this
channel I will throw a link in the
description below if you are interested
in watching detailed review of both
these laptops but the purpose of today's
video is to show you how you can upgrade
the SSD storage so upgrading the RAM is
pretty straightforward and I do cover
those in the detailed review videos that
I just spoke about but a lot of you are
asking questions about how to upgrade
the SSD now the SSD storage upgrade is
little more tricky so I think it
deserves a dedicated video the Acer
Aspire v slim series laptop it has two
slots for SSDs and both slots are
different so it has m dot two slot which
is the nvme PCIe slot and then there is
an old-school SATA 3 slot so the m dot 2
slot is already populated so depending
on which model you buy say for example
if you get the $300
AMD rise in version you get 128 gigabyte
of on-board storage and this is
basically the nvme PCIe SSD and it is
you know in the m dot 2 slot and there
is also a SATA pre slot available in the
laptop and it's empty so that means you
have two options when it comes to
upgrading one option is that you just
you know replace the existing AM got to
drive with a bigger drive this option
actually is little easier because the m
dot 2 SATA drive is actually very
similar to a memory stick and the
installation is also pretty similar so
you just take the new drive and you just
put it in the slot and call it a day so
it's pretty straightforward but there
are a couple of negatives so the first
negative is obviously you can't use both
that writes so for example if you get a
500 gigabyte trial you will have to
replace the existing hundred 28 or 256
drive which came with your laptop so
that's kind of a waste right why would
you discard the under 28 gigabyte
storage and the second problem is that
you will have to clone the operating
systems so the existing drive has
operating system image and if you are
getting a new MDOT to drive you will
have to clone it and that cloning
process is also a pain in the ass so I
will actually not recommend that you
guys get the MDOT to SSD some people do
claim that the nvme PCIe type of SSDs
are faster so if you really want a fast
SSD then maybe this is the way to go but
for most of the people the easier option
is to leave them to drive in its place
don't mess with it
and go buy a SATA 3 SSD so I will throw
a link in the description of all the
compatible SSDs which will work with
these laptops say for example you get a
500 gigabyte SATA drive that becomes
your secondary drive and your existing
128 gigabyte Drive also you know remains
intact so you now get a 500 plus 128 so
that's six hundred twenty eight gigabyte
of storage so let me show you how you
are going to upgrade the SATA 3 drive so
first things first you will have to open
the back of the laptop if you have never
done it before don't be scared it's not
that complicated and Acer actually has
done a good job with when it comes to
upgrading this laptop so you will see
about a dozen screws on the back of the
laptop so you will have to remove these
screws and once you have removed all the
screws then you take a plastic credit
card or a you know a plastic knife and
you gently pry open the back of the
laptop so you can start from one of the
edges and you can gently pry open the
back once you have removed all the
latches then the back will come out
after you remove the back you will have
access to all the slots so as you can
see there is an mTOR 2 slot which is
already populated with 128 gigabyte SSD
storage so let's not mess with this guy
we can leave this SSD as it is and we
are going to upgrade the SATA right
so the SATA Drive is empty as you can
see here there is a slot for the SATA
Drive and Acer does a very good job it
gives you all the things that you will
need to install the salad right so one
important thing to note is that the Acer
laptop comes with some screws in a small
pouch and you will need these screws to
you know attach your SSD and so make
sure that you have these screws so as
you can see here in the SATA 3 SSD drive
area there is a mounting bracket and
there are also some cables and connector
board so what we need to do is there are
four screws which are holding
mounting bracket in its place and we
need to remove these screws so remove
these screws and put them aside we will
need them later after you have removed
the screw then remove the connector
board the mounting bracket and all the
cable and you can put them aside now the
next step is that we need to connect our
SSD drive to the connector board so if
you look at the character board there is
a notch and this nonce needs to match
with the SSD so make sure that the notch
aligns and then you insert the connector
board in the SSD okay once you are done
with that then we will basically put the
SSD on top of the mounting bracket and
make sure that your SSD orientation
matches with what you see here there is
only one way to actually you know put it
so if your orientation is wrong it's not
really going to fit so once your
orientation is right then go ahead and
put those four screws back so you will
see four holes on the side of the
mounting bracket which nicely matches
with the SSD drive so go ahead and screw
those okay now we will take the mounting
bracket which has the SSD attached and
we are going to put it on the
motherboard in the same place from where
we removed all these things the next
step will be to connect the mounting
bracket to the motherboard so the four
screws that we had removed earlier we
need to put those screws back in their
place so the final step is to connect
the SSD to the motherboard and for this
we will have to use the cable which a
cell has already provided so as you can
see here there are locking clips and we
need to pull up these locking clips now
we need to connect the cable so the
cable has one side labeled as MB which
is for the motherboard side so you take
that side of the cable and you connect
it to the motherboard connector and once
you have connected the cable then you
push down the locking clip so that will
secure the cable so that's it guys we
are done so go ahead and put the back
cover of the laptop screw it back after
you are done with that we start your
laptop and you will see a new SSD drive
show up in your Windows Explorer I hope
this answers the question many of you
guys are asking me about how to install
the SATA 3 SSD and I will throw a link
in the description of all the compatible
SSDs that you can buy for this laptop
the satyr TSST which is what I would
recommend but if you want a really fast
to drive you can also go with the MDOT
to nvme
PCIe type SSD so that's it for today
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