Replace optical drive with SSD (Asus gaming laptop)

[13a13bo]

I have an ASUS ROG G56JK-EB72 Gaming Laptop. How do I replace the optical drive with SSD? I don't use optical much so I want to upgrade to an SSD for operating system, and still keep the HDD for games. What do I need to buy besides the SDD? Any information on how to do it. Thank you!

 

[jsmithepa]

Nothing, just a 2.5" SDD just as thin as your current ODD, these are either 9 or 12mm thick. I would plug it in first just to see if it recognize it, then your *may* have to do a migration (clone copy) so you can move the SSD to the HD slot, which is the first natural boot device.

 

[mcnumpty23]

usually you buy a caddy to put the 2nd hard drive in that replaces the optical drive

you need one for the exact laptop model

 

[mcnumpty23]

like this--this should also fit the g56

http://hddcaddy.com/en/asus-hdd-caddy/233-asus-n53-n55-n56-hdd-caddy.html

 

[13a13bo]

like this--this should also fit the g56

http://hddcaddy.com/en/asus-hdd-caddy/233-asus-n53-n55-n56-hdd-caddy.html

thank you, I'll check this out tonight

 

[13a13bo]

Nothing, just a 2.5" SDD just as thin as your current ODD, these are either 9 or 12mm thick. I would plug it in first just to see if it recognize it, then your *may* have to do a migration (clone copy) so you can move the SSD to the HD slot, which is the first natural boot device.

thank you!