Excellent video. Beautifully shot, well lit, and clearly shoes what needs to be done. I like the attention to detail with different plastic bags for each screw type.
Thank you!! Excellent guide! Love the zooms on the fiddly bits! Have been getting smart error and pc crashing. HDD seems fine when plugged into another computer but I finally put the SSD in now! Next stop - replace the old DVD drive with the old HDD drive!
Just used this video as a guideline to replace the DVD drive with an intel 320 SSD that was collecting dust. It was a low-cost re-purposing. The DVD drive I replaced just has a single screw on the end with the SATA connection to disconnect it. Thanks!
This model has 10 screws underneath not including the RAM hatch screw, there are 3 different screw sizes and they are in the most random placements imaginable. It is an absolute puzzle to put them back in the right holes. Took me 2 hours. But the new SSD makes such an enormous difference to the performance compared to the old 5400RPM HDD. The owner could not believe the change.
A heads up to anyone swapping the hard drive. You have to not only be delicate with the ribbon cables, you may have to be especially careful with the alignment on the one going over the hard drive. I just had just had mine burn a wire through the ribbon's insulation while re-seating it after the hard drive upgrade worked for about a month, then the laptop wouldn't turn on and the lights (among some of the things on that board) were acting odd. So when I went to re-seat the cable, one of the wires burnt through the cable's insulation. I don't know if there was underlying issue or if I simply didn't have it aligned just right and shorted something. Just to be clear, the laptop was unplugged and powered off when this occurred so it's likely there is power available unless you go through the trouble of removing the battery first.
That's some crappy design right there, perfectly in tone with what I've seen working on one recently and destroying the backlight after a minuscule 40cm drop. BOO! to Asus!
Thanks for the video. After building a new desktop pc i used the Samsung EVO 840 that was in my old rig to upgrade my laptop after seeing your video. It feels like a brand new machine.
The F555B I was asked to do this switch on was missing 3 screws and I'm therefore not sure all the others were in their correct places to start off with. Other than that, this is the same for the above mentioned model too.
Thank you very much for the video! Some months ago I changed the HDD from a former High End Notebook with ease and was completely shocked when I saw how complex the process on a "mainstream" Notebook like the F555 was. But I managed it with your help ;)
I dont mean to be so off topic but does anybody know a method to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Kian Devin I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and Im in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
I have 8GB RAM in my notebook and I have seen that my motherboard (Asus X555LAB) supports up to 16GB and on the Crucial website tells me that I have 2 slots. I know the back slot of the pc but the other where it is? I have 2 modules of 4Gb and I would like to put 2 modules of 8gb. How do I do it?
Thank you I was able to put back my laptop all together. I upgraded my ssd but when im about to assemble it again i forgot where each screw goes. Thanks!
Excuse me my asus F555LA is having some terrible noises while playing music it seems like kind of a buzz sound even if i have low volumes it stills buzzes so terribly what can i do ? Even when im just listening to someones voices trough the speakers it still makes the same sound... like grinding noises, as if makes everything to vibrate
what is the diffrence with 2,5 and 3,5? more than they are diffrent lenghts XD is it that one goes to a stationary computer and the other one goes only for a laptop? Kinda unsure since i can only find ssd when i want a HDD, due to the cheap price, on the web.
I don't really remember if this happened before or after replacing my hard drive for an SSD but my laptop keeps doing some crackle noises when I move it slightly or even when I'm typing (even when the sound is off!). Do you know what may be causing this? I've tried unistalling and installing drivers so I think it's safe to assume the problem is on the hardware side of things. Could I have damaged something in the process? My laptop model is Asus X555LJ.
i hear strange tic tic tic indifinite sounds on the Hard disk side but i dont know if its the problem my pc goles slower and i thibk something rip off inside
Not necessary to remove ribbon cable from USB card. Leave connected and just move card out of the way. I made the mistake of breaking the clip (me dumb). Now can't find a replacement. Totally needless accident.
So I ended getting this exact setup :) but the Windows part scares and confuses me. So before I start I just want to make sure I don't lose it when I put in the new hard drive. Im sorry but the steps are a little unclear to me. I don't have to buy another Windows key correct?
Yes, you won't have to buy another Windows key. During a clean installation you can skip the menu where it asks for your key and it will automatically activate later with your Hardware ID, even after you replaced your hard disk with an SSD www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3fbvvv/psa_when_you_perform_an_upgrade_windows_10/ If you want to transfer your Asus bloatware you can use a recovery drive instead of a clean Win10 installation windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive
Don't think so, there is no m.2 slot If you want to use the ssd and hard drive together you could try to replace the 9.5mm dvd drive www.amazon.com/Vantec-Aluminum-Caddy-Laptop-MRK-HC95A-BK/dp/B0193WYW36 www.amazon.com/Protronix-Optical-Drive-Caddy-Universal/dp/B004XIUQYA
+Ketho Ohshit. Thank you! You saved my life from buying a macbook on this. I can now have the cheapest SSD for OS and still use my old HDD, together. Have you tried using the products you suggested? Many thanks man!
Yes, you should be able to use a 9.5mm caddy for that www.amazon.com/Vantec-Aluminum-Caddy-Laptop-MRK-HC95A-BK/dp/B0193WYW36 www.amazon.com/ZXUY-Unibody-Laptop-DVD-ROM-Replacement/dp/B0058AH2US
+MsFireEve Do you mean removing any dust? As long as you don't accidentally damage anything it shouldn't void the warranty. There doesn't seem to be any seal or sticker in place. www.amazon.com/forum/-/Tx7L6OWC394HU8
Guys i have a problem with my asus X555U, my hdd broke down so i opened my laptop and accidentaly destroyed the hdd ribbon, now i replaced the hdd with new one, but my ribbon is gone and sometimes it shows me my hdd in bios sometimes doesnt and i cant finish the windows installation... so how important is the ribbon? Is it because of the ribbon or there could be a problem with connection between hdd and hdd board?
Ján Vyletel was your question ever answered? The wide ribbon that goes across my HDD is split/cracked/damaged. How and where do I buy just the ribbon? Or can I use the damaged ribbon?
I panic and took laptop to neighborhood computer guy. Came home and look up what to do? WOW, I could have done this myself. I fixed my phone by coming to TH-cam...
+Ketho thanx for a quick reply, and I have another request. Can you please make a video about gaming and web browsing and just regular easy things with the laptop. And I want to see your video about it because I love your videos. Please don't give me a link:)
I will maybe make a video about gaming, benchmarking with the Asus F555L, but there already are a few videos out there. There is a different channel but it's more about bug reports and other uninteresting stuff th-cam.com/channels/h_dquB1noWa3Fqw95e1MAA.html
Hello! I'm back xD I have another question, Crucial BX200 SSD 240gb have the same dimentions of samsung evo? i want buy that ssd for my asus f554la-xx500h, thanks a lot
+93Fullmetalpanic Yes, the Crucial BX200 SSD is also 2.5" big so it will fit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#Form_factors Although there is a slight difference in thickness, but that shouldn't matter. (Crucial BX200 is 6.8mm thick, Samsung 850 is 7mm thick)
+Ketho Thanks for your help. I will try to install this HDD caddy www.amazon.com/Vantec-Aluminum-Caddy-Laptop-MRK-HC95A-BK/dp/B0193WYW36?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_4&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
+Ketho Thanks to your video and answer on the optical disc drive question I suscesfully upgraded to a Samsung EVO 850 SSD drive and moved the HDD to the optical drive space using a HDD caddy. Now i am using the optical disc drive with a extrrnal enclosure. Thanks again.
+ultraball69 That is really nice idea to still make use of your HDD. Maybe you could have made a video how to replace the optical disk drive if there are noone x)
Hi I'm not really a technical guy(console peasant) but why would you replace the original 500gb hard drive with a 250gb SSD? isn't that a downgrade instead?
It's a cost-benefit analysis. For $90~ you'd get a 250GB SSD, but for $140~ you'd get a 500GB SSD and not lose any disk space. So it depends if you have enough money and really need that 500GB of storage My opinion is that the performance for a 250GB SSD greatly outweights a 500GB hard disk, but it depends per person and situation how much disk space you need (if that would be considered a downgrade)
How do I transfer all the contents of my HD to the new SSD? For example, I have preinstalled Office on the HD, will I lose this? I dont have the CD's for Office or Windows, it was preinstalled
option A) create a recovery drive from the HDD, and then install it on your new SSD windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive option B) use disk cloning software en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software option C) Windows 10 activates automatically when using a clean install, even if you replaced your HDD www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10 No idea about Microsoft Office, there should be a key or license somewhere, Office 2016 or 365 have to be licensed to your account first, afterwards you just log in with your account www.office.com/myaccount
+Ketho Thank you. I just bought this laptop and an ssd was hesitant to install the ssd thinking that i need to get all the drivers before I swapped hard drives.
Yes, but only if you replace the DVD drive instead for the SSD www.amazon.com/Vantec-Aluminum-Caddy-Laptop-MRK-HC95A-BK/dp/B0193WYW36 www.amazon.com/Protronix-Optical-Drive-Caddy-Universal/dp/B004XIUQYA
You can also swap the motherboards on these badboys with those of better models. All ASUS F and X series of those years use the same form factor. I changed my Pentium N3700 to an I7. Just be careful
+Aikirageorge You have to reinstall the os on your new ssd, and optionally backup your documents/data from the old hdd. The Windows 10 key/license stays on your laptop. When you reinstall Win10 on your new ssd it will automatically activate. A) You can choose to either reinstall a clean Win10 www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10 B) Or create a recovery disk first with the os on your hdd, and then use that to reinstall it on your ssd. This way you can keep your Asus software/bloatware windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive
+ashystyle I didn't. I just did a clean install of Windows 10 since I did not want the Asus bloatware anyway. It's also convenient that you can skip entering the Win10 key since it's stored in the motherboard/bios itself. www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10 If you want to backup the OS (and maybe everything else) you can create a recovery drive first with the old OS. windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive
+Ketho Ok, I see! The only thing good with the asus fabric setup is that you can whenever just revers everything to the factory setting with just a reboot. I mean if u ever going to sell the laptop or even if you your self get a really bad trojan/virus. And since the upgrade to the Windows 10 is free and it does accept the win7/8/8,1 key.. it will allow you to just install windows 10 and then just press forward during the installation/at the key input/registration. I'm I right? And about the backup the os and everything else..you can only do it your way when the system is running healthy. Not when for example your harddriver/ssd has gone all wrong!
+ashystyle Yeah, I returned another Asus laptop to amazon.com and it was convenient to just revert everything to factory default settings before returning it. The newer models already have Windows 10 installed instead of Win7/8 (otherwise you will have to upgrade them to Windows 10 first). But yes you can just press forward / skip during the Win10 installation. It will activate automatically when it connects to the internet. Even after replacing the Hard Disk with an SSD. Logically you create a backup of the old OS when the system is still new/healthy ;)
+Ketho Ye but lets say the harddrive crashes and you have access to a similar or exact modell.. then you can create a recovery dvd from the working laptop. Anyways.. do you know if your Asus F555L does support double 2.5 harddrives?
+Mx2 I sold it for 20 euro after formatting it. That person replaced it with the drive in his PlayStation 3. But it would be wise to hold on to your original hdd, just in case you need to return your laptop for warranty.
![Asus F555L - disassemble [4K]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z5BtwVG9Ls4/mqdefault.jpg)
I only ended up with one extra screw. Thanks for your help sir!
Excellent video. Beautifully shot, well lit, and clearly shoes what needs to be done. I like the attention to detail with different plastic bags for each screw type.
It's close with all asus series X, F, etc..
Find this so helpfull..
Thank you..
Thank you!! Excellent guide! Love the zooms on the fiddly bits! Have been getting smart error and pc crashing. HDD seems fine when plugged into another computer but I finally put the SSD in now! Next stop - replace the old DVD drive with the old HDD drive!
Just used this video as a guideline to replace the DVD drive with an intel 320 SSD that was collecting dust. It was a low-cost re-purposing. The DVD drive I replaced just has a single screw on the end with the SATA connection to disconnect it. Thanks!
This model has 10 screws underneath not including the RAM hatch screw, there are 3 different screw sizes and they are in the most random placements imaginable. It is an absolute puzzle to put them back in the right holes. Took me 2 hours. But the new SSD makes such an enormous difference to the performance compared to the old 5400RPM HDD. The owner could not believe the change.
Cheers man, straight forward and simple. Done this a few times before on other laptops, but the recording definitely assisted. Cheers again!
The color coded screw guide was very helpful. Excellent video. Thank you.
Thanks for the how-to! Showing the screw layout helps! Is there a space/bay for an additional HDD or SSD?
Excellent. Fast an effective unlike other vids taking 2 minutes showing to take out basic screws.
A heads up to anyone swapping the hard drive. You have to not only be delicate with the ribbon cables, you may have to be especially careful with the alignment on the one going over the hard drive.
I just had just had mine burn a wire through the ribbon's insulation while re-seating it after the hard drive upgrade worked for about a month, then the laptop wouldn't turn on and the lights (among some of the things on that board) were acting odd. So when I went to re-seat the cable, one of the wires burnt through the cable's insulation. I don't know if there was underlying issue or if I simply didn't have it aligned just right and shorted something. Just to be clear, the laptop was unplugged and powered off when this occurred so it's likely there is power available unless you go through the trouble of removing the battery first.
That's some crappy design right there, perfectly in tone with what I've seen working on one recently and destroying the backlight after a minuscule 40cm drop.
BOO! to Asus!
same happened to me, not able to find shop to buy ribbon cable
Thanks for the video. After building a new desktop pc i used the Samsung EVO 840 that was in my old rig to upgrade my laptop after seeing your video. It feels like a brand new machine.
Props to you for the shot of the different screws! It was really handy
What's the difference between this and the f555q?
Best video yet. but really power of the battery should be unplugged before changing harddrive in the case you accidentally turn the laptop on.
Nice guide bruh, not a single word was spoken, just how i like it
thanks! I just got this laptop and your video was really really helpful! the screw guide near the end especially! Thanks again!
You're welcome
The F555B I was asked to do this switch on was missing 3 screws and I'm therefore not sure all the others were in their correct places to start off with.
Other than that, this is the same for the above mentioned model too.
Thanks Ketho! Followed right along with your video to swap my HDD for an Evo 850 250G. Perfect How To video!!
Thank you very much for the video!
Some months ago I changed the HDD from a former High End Notebook with ease and was completely shocked when I saw how complex the process on a "mainstream" Notebook like the F555 was. But I managed it with your help ;)
I dont mean to be so off topic but does anybody know a method to get back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly lost my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Braylon Cohen Instablaster ;)
@Kian Devin I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and Im in the hacking process atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Kian Devin It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you saved my ass !
@Braylon Cohen No problem :)
I have 8GB RAM in my notebook and I have seen that my motherboard (Asus X555LAB) supports up to 16GB and on the Crucial website tells me that I have 2 slots. I know the back slot of the pc but the other where it is? I have 2 modules of 4Gb and I would like to put 2 modules of 8gb. How do I do it?
thanks for the how-to! do i need to remove the back/bottom cover to remove/upgrade wifi card for this model?
Identical to the F554L. Thanks!
Thanks... i opened the same laptop and i accidentally dropped the screws, i found them but i didn t remember the right collocation.
I have a pc exactly like that. What button would you have to give to access the bios?
Hey, nice video!
can you please tell me the lenght of the "A" screws (the longest)?
I've lost one of them, but i don't know where i can buy a new one.
In x555lf is there extra slot for expand ram . I have 8gb in my laptop
Thanx - opening the case finally worked for me too!
can i chage my Hard disck for that one and Dont have compatibility errors?
Thank you very much mate, my computer now has an SSD thanks to you.
thanks for this, are all asus laptops Hard disk design like this? also is the ram soldiered? thanks
Thank you I was able to put back my laptop all together. I upgraded my ssd but when im about to assemble it again i forgot where each screw goes. Thanks!
You're welcome. I also had problems with those screws, not realizing they were different from each other x)
Best assembly video for asus notebook. Thanks a lot
Is it possible to replace the wifi card on this model? Mine keeps dropping the connection after a few hours and needs a reboot to fix it.
The ribbon around the hard drive is stuck or glued to the hard drive. Is it ok to gently peel it off?
i took all the screws out but the keyboard doesnt take off in the middle... but there are no screws in the middle. why its stuck?
Is it a good laptop after the upgrades?
Great video just wondering where is the ram component and is there an extra slot to install more ram
+sourish iyengar The ram is on the back of the laptop, and there is an extra free slot th-cam.com/video/yecuhZDw0hs/w-d-xo.html
+Ketho thx man helped me alot
Thanks a lot Ketho!!! Very well detailed video!
Good day I'm looking for a battery nos for my F554L ASUS can you help me with a part nos? thanks
Excuse me my asus F555LA is having some terrible noises while playing music it seems like kind of a buzz sound even if i have low volumes it stills buzzes so terribly what can i do ? Even when im just listening to someones voices trough the speakers it still makes the same sound... like grinding noises, as if makes everything to vibrate
what is the diffrence with 2,5 and 3,5? more than they are diffrent lenghts XD is it that one goes to a stationary computer and the other one goes only for a laptop? Kinda unsure since i can only find ssd when i want a HDD, due to the cheap price, on the web.
The screens on the HD case are ridiculously dificult to unscreen
I don't really remember if this happened before or after replacing my hard drive for an SSD but my laptop keeps doing some crackle noises when I move it slightly or even when I'm typing (even when the sound is off!). Do you know what may be causing this? I've tried unistalling and installing drivers so I think it's safe to assume the problem is on the hardware side of things. Could I have damaged something in the process? My laptop model is Asus X555LJ.
Can i replace other nvidia card? eg: GTX 960M... :D
Does it really help upgrading this particular laptop with an ssd? My harddrive is constantly at 100%, and the thing is stupidly slow.
It makes an enormous difference! I did it today.
Can you recommend another ssd more than 250mb?
hey I actually bumped the area around my hdd & now it's showing to add a good device what should i do??
i hear strange tic tic tic indifinite sounds on the Hard disk side but i dont know if its the problem my pc goles slower and i thibk something rip off inside
Ja joh, een geheime ov kaart ;)
top vid
Not necessary to remove ribbon cable from USB card. Leave connected and just move card out of the way. I made the mistake of breaking the clip (me dumb). Now can't find a replacement. Totally needless accident.
Yes, you can just leave the ribbon connected and move it out of the way, but I didn't think of avoiding breaking the clip ... sorry to hear that
Ketho The wide ribbon that goes across the top of my HDD is split cracked damaged, can I still use it? I am not sure how important it is.
Thank you so much, man .. you are awesome
Excellent video, very helpful.
Precisava da fita hdd, para a porta direita do meu asus f555l como a consigo comprar?
God! This Video saved my life
Thanks for this video, fam
So I ended getting this exact setup :) but the Windows part scares and confuses me. So before I start I just want to make sure I don't lose it when I put in the new hard drive.
Im sorry but the steps are a little unclear to me. I don't have to buy another Windows key correct?
Yes, you won't have to buy another Windows key. During a clean installation you can skip the menu where it asks for your key and it will automatically activate later with your Hardware ID, even after you replaced your hard disk with an SSD www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3fbvvv/psa_when_you_perform_an_upgrade_windows_10/
If you want to transfer your Asus bloatware you can use a recovery drive instead of a clean Win10 installation
windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive
+Ketho178 You're great. Do I still have to use the usb with that download link you have in your description then?
Yes, you will need to use the USB flash drive or a DVD
www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
nice video. its possible to use ssd type m.2 to this notebook? i want to use ssd and hard drive together.
Don't think so, there is no m.2 slot
If you want to use the ssd and hard drive together you could try to replace the 9.5mm dvd drive
www.amazon.com/Vantec-Aluminum-Caddy-Laptop-MRK-HC95A-BK/dp/B0193WYW36
www.amazon.com/Protronix-Optical-Drive-Caddy-Universal/dp/B004XIUQYA
+Ketho oke thanks for fast reply
+Ketho Ohshit. Thank you! You saved my life from buying a macbook on this. I can now have the cheapest SSD for OS and still use my old HDD, together. Have you tried using the products you suggested? Many thanks man!
Thank you. Worked a charm!
Hey thanks for the video! This made it a breeze.
What size screws are the A screws? TY
Hi guys. I'm desperately looking for drivers for this model. Does anyone know where I can download them?
After replacing hdd with ssd, can we use hdd replacing sata optical optical drive bay using a caddy in this laptop ?
Yes, you should be able to use a 9.5mm caddy for that
www.amazon.com/Vantec-Aluminum-Caddy-Laptop-MRK-HC95A-BK/dp/B0193WYW36
www.amazon.com/ZXUY-Unibody-Laptop-DVD-ROM-Replacement/dp/B0058AH2US
i have same model, can i loose my warranty if i will just open the laptop and clean up the surface without taking off any of the components?
+MsFireEve Do you mean removing any dust? As long as you don't accidentally damage anything it shouldn't void the warranty. There doesn't seem to be any seal or sticker in place. www.amazon.com/forum/-/Tx7L6OWC394HU8
yea, just the dust
Guys i have a problem with my asus X555U, my hdd broke down so i opened my laptop and accidentaly destroyed the hdd ribbon, now i replaced the hdd with new one, but my ribbon is gone and sometimes it shows me my hdd in bios sometimes doesnt and i cant finish the windows installation... so how important is the ribbon? Is it because of the ribbon or there could be a problem with connection between hdd and hdd board?
Ján Vyletel was your question ever answered? The wide ribbon that goes across my HDD is split/cracked/damaged. How and where do I buy just the ribbon? Or can I use the damaged ribbon?
I panic and took laptop to neighborhood computer guy. Came home and look up what to do? WOW, I could have done this myself. I fixed my phone by coming to TH-cam...
much thanks for your help!
your fine, you won't damage the SSD it's much more stable than a spinning hard drive !
Hello everyone,
does anybody know the 3 different sizes of the screws?
I need to order new ones.
Did you find them buddy?
@@shantanusingh209 I also need some replacing screws, do you know the sizes?
Can you please make a video about how to install windows 10 to the new ssd if you make a video about it, I'm going to put in an ssd. Please!
There are some videos on how to install Windows 10 from USB
i.imgur.com/r3uzLTD.png
th-cam.com/video/SKbR6XT7fcA/w-d-xo.html
+Ketho thanx for a quick reply, and I have another request. Can you please make a video about gaming and web browsing and just regular easy things with the laptop. And I want to see your video about it because I love your videos. Please don't give me a link:)
I will maybe make a video about gaming, benchmarking with the Asus F555L, but there already are a few videos out there.
There is a different channel but it's more about bug reports and other uninteresting stuff th-cam.com/channels/h_dquB1noWa3Fqw95e1MAA.html
thank you, can I replace to asus F751l too?
I don't know, but it looks similar th-cam.com/video/KTOOGiUlaYo/w-d-xo.html
Great job mate, thank you!
Was it worth the change? Nice video btw 👍
+Ali Fuentes Yes, definitely. My laptop boots up in 27~ seconds now (from cold boot) and everything is way faster now i.imgur.com/wj6frKY.png
+Ketho do you have the i5, Intel core inside it.
+Glaziator This one has an Intel Core i3-5010U inside it (Asus F555LA-AB31).
Thank you for the video!
Hello! I'm back xD I have another question, Crucial BX200 SSD 240gb have the same dimentions of samsung evo? i want buy that ssd for my asus f554la-xx500h, thanks a lot
+93Fullmetalpanic Yes, the Crucial BX200 SSD is also 2.5" big so it will fit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#Form_factors
Although there is a slight difference in thickness, but that shouldn't matter. (Crucial BX200 is 6.8mm thick, Samsung 850 is 7mm thick)
Thanks a lot!! :)
Thank you for a great how to!
Hi. Can you tell me the size of the optical disk drive? 12.7mm or 9.5mm? Thanks.
+ultraball69 I'm not sure, but I think it's 9.5mm (Panasonic UJ8HC) www.amazon.com/forum/-/Tx2OJGVPXPSM00K
www.amazon.com/dp/B01F427HKO
+Ketho Thanks for your help. I will try to install this HDD caddy www.amazon.com/Vantec-Aluminum-Caddy-Laptop-MRK-HC95A-BK/dp/B0193WYW36?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_4&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
+Ketho Thanks to your video and answer on the optical disc drive question I suscesfully upgraded to a Samsung EVO 850 SSD drive and moved the HDD to the optical drive space using a HDD caddy. Now i am using the optical disc drive with a extrrnal enclosure. Thanks again.
+ultraball69 That is really nice idea to still make use of your HDD. Maybe you could have made a video how to replace the optical disk drive if there are noone x)
+Ketho It would be great but I don't have a good video camera :/
If I wanted to put in a sshd instead would I just need to make sure it has the same dimensions as this ssd?
As long as the dimensions are 2.5" it should be fine
Hi I'm not really a technical guy(console peasant) but why would you replace the original 500gb hard drive with a 250gb SSD? isn't that a downgrade instead?
+Ketho so is SSD better than HDD?
It's a cost-benefit analysis. For $90~ you'd get a 250GB SSD, but for $140~ you'd get a 500GB SSD and not lose any disk space. So it depends if you have enough money and really need that 500GB of storage
My opinion is that the performance for a 250GB SSD greatly outweights a 500GB hard disk, but it depends per person and situation how much disk space you need (if that would be considered a downgrade)
Definitely. www.digitaltrends.com/computing/solid-state-drives-vs-hard-disk-drives/
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404258,00.asp
請問這台有 m.2插槽嗎？
3:46 and 3:54 lol wtf😂 what happened did someone pinch you?
How do I transfer all the contents of my HD to the new SSD? For example, I have preinstalled Office on the HD, will I lose this? I dont have the CD's for Office or Windows, it was preinstalled
option A) create a recovery drive from the HDD, and then install it on your new SSD
windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive
option B) use disk cloning software
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software
option C) Windows 10 activates automatically when using a clean install, even if you replaced your HDD
www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
No idea about Microsoft Office, there should be a key or license somewhere, Office 2016 or 365 have to be licensed to your account first, afterwards you just log in with your account
www.office.com/myaccount
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Thanks, this helped me alot
Did you need to download any drivers before switching to the SSD?
+Xavier Roberts No, I just reinstalled Windows 10 on the new SSD without any problems www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
+Ketho Thank you. I just bought this laptop and an ssd was hesitant to install the ssd thinking that i need to get all the drivers before I swapped hard drives.
Hi Thank you
very helpful
the battery can be replaced
can we replace dvd hard disk to ssd? thanks
yes but u must use hdd caddy
hi, how can i reset bios settings on this laptop, there is no battery on MB, and i don't remember passwor ;-(
+Piotr Poborski I don't know about an easy way to reset bios password. You might have to return the laptop to ASUS support if it still has warranty.
I do that and my laptop its not even turning on... Please, help I use my computer everyday :c
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Is it possible to keep the HHD and jsut add the SSD?
Yes, but only if you replace the DVD drive instead for the SSD
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That's fine. I dont know the last time i used a CD Drive
You can also swap the motherboards on these badboys with those of better models. All ASUS F and X series of those years use the same form factor. I changed my Pentium N3700 to an I7. Just be careful
so....what happened to the os on your hdd? if you now have it on your ssd.
+Aikirageorge You have to reinstall the os on your new ssd, and optionally backup your documents/data from the old hdd.
The Windows 10 key/license stays on your laptop. When you reinstall Win10 on your new ssd it will automatically activate.
A) You can choose to either reinstall a clean Win10
www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
B) Or create a recovery disk first with the os on your hdd, and then use that to reinstall it on your ssd. This way you can keep your Asus software/bloatware
windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive
+Ketho thanks for fast reply :)
How did you backed up the OS and everything on the old disk?
+ashystyle I didn't. I just did a clean install of Windows 10 since I did not want the Asus bloatware anyway. It's also convenient that you can skip entering the Win10 key since it's stored in the motherboard/bios itself.
www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
If you want to backup the OS (and maybe everything else) you can create a recovery drive first with the old OS.
windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-recovery-drive
+Ketho Ok, I see! The only thing good with the asus fabric setup is that you can whenever just revers everything to the factory setting with just a reboot. I mean if u ever going to sell the laptop or even if you your self get a really bad trojan/virus.
And since the upgrade to the Windows 10 is free and it does accept the win7/8/8,1 key.. it will allow you to just install windows 10 and then just press forward during the installation/at the key input/registration. I'm I right?
And about the backup the os and everything else..you can only do it your way when the system is running healthy. Not when for example your harddriver/ssd has gone all wrong!
+ashystyle Yeah, I returned another Asus laptop to amazon.com and it was convenient to just revert everything to factory default settings before returning it.
The newer models already have Windows 10 installed instead of Win7/8 (otherwise you will have to upgrade them to Windows 10 first).
But yes you can just press forward / skip during the Win10 installation. It will activate automatically when it connects to the internet. Even after replacing the Hard Disk with an SSD.
Logically you create a backup of the old OS when the system is still new/healthy ;)
+Ketho Ye but lets say the harddrive crashes and you have access to a similar or exact modell.. then you can create a recovery dvd from the working laptop. Anyways.. do you know if your Asus F555L does support double 2.5 harddrives?
+ashystyle It does not support double 2.5" hdd or ssd sadly. There is just not enough space and there is only a single sata slot.
The pen is for what?
What did you do with the original drive?
+Mx2 I sold it for 20 euro after formatting it. That person replaced it with the drive in his PlayStation 3.
But it would be wise to hold on to your original hdd, just in case you need to return your laptop for warranty.
this very helpful video
Thank You!