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Asus G73JH

cephqtpie
Level 7

‎12-20-2012 08:11 PM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 06:30 PM by Community Admin

Hey guys,
first of all im new here so go easy on the newb please.
I have the BestBuy version of the Asus G73JH. I recently bought an SSD to speed it up some and today i installed it.
My problem is that my secondary (originally the empty) bay does not work. I tried it with either drive a several times and neither of the drives is recognized in the bios.

Do i have to activate that second bay in any certain way before I can use it or i simply have some kind of a hardware flaw in my laptop?

Thanks
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silentkiller01
Level 7

‎12-20-2012 11:37 PM

Imm not quite sure but i think you have to activate the second drive bay on your bios.. check the advanced settings or something
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SUKARA
Level 10

‎12-20-2012 11:43 PM

Could you please help to upgrade the notebook latest version bios ?
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xeromist
Moderator

‎12-21-2012 08:57 AM

No, the 2nd bay should work. Have you tried with only a single drive in the 2nd bay and nothing in the first? Does the hard drive power up & spin at all?
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cephqtpie
Level 7

‎12-22-2012 11:34 AM

Nope, did not power and spit at all...
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Zygomorphic
Level 17
In response to cephqtpie

‎12-22-2012 06:51 PM

cephqtpie wrote:
Nope, did not power and spit at all...


Check security settings to ensure that the second SATA channel is not disabled. Probably shouldn't be, but worth a check.
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xphantsx
Level 7

‎12-22-2012 11:57 PM

By far this is the best machine I have ever owned. And I now use my G73 as a media center server for 55in Sony instead of a DVD player. I love this machine, btw it is smoother to operate than my new G75 is. IMO
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Zygomorphic
Level 17
In response to xphantsx

‎12-23-2012 03:22 AM

xphantsx wrote:
By far this is the best machine I have ever owned. And I now use my G73 as a media center server for 55in Sony instead of a DVD player. I love this machine, btw it is smoother to operate than my new G75 is. IMO

Does your system (G75) have an SSD? That makes a world of difference. Might I humbly suggest you get one for the G75? 😄
I am disturbed because I cannot break my system...found out there were others trying to cope! We have a support group on here, if your system will not break, please join!
http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=16
We now have 178 people whose systems will not break! Yippee! 🙂
LINUX Users, we have a group!
http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=23
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