Just finished. Took just about an hour going slowly. Thanks for the video it definitely gave me some confidence while I took all those screws out. So many ribbon cables....

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

@nunyad7293

5 жыл бұрын

Mobile and Monitoring Took me less than 30 minutes first try to be fully complete. Really wasn’t that hard. Just saying for anyone that’s intimidated.

@davidkunz8257

4 жыл бұрын

@@nunyad7293 did it drunk at 4am, totally easy

@Mullkaw

Жыл бұрын

@@davidkunz8257 Did it high as a kite at 5AM while behind the wheel on the New Jersey Turnpike. Took me 3 minutes. Pretty easy.

If I had to imagine what Hell looks like this would be it

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, Looks tough. but upgrading is worth it. Just need some care and caution.

@blukeahstone287

5 жыл бұрын

Man brand new msi stealth downloaded steam was like crap not enough space for all my games, upgrading it in the first hour of owning the laptop, I was so nervous!

@Slezoj

5 жыл бұрын

I just did mine P65 Creator SE9 and felt drained after completing the job. Sooooo nervous to mess it up. But definitely worth it.

@BarrettKillz

4 жыл бұрын

@@Slezoj Does the P65 have an extra SSD slot?

@JoaoCLBrito

4 жыл бұрын

@@BarrettKillz Specification says yes, it does. I have one p65 8e, but haven't opened it yet. www.msi.com/Laptop/P65-CREATOR-8RX/Specification. But I think the second slot only accepts NVME SSD, not SATA. See Daniel Rivera comment below.

Confirmed switching the 860 EVO to Slot 1 and your Factory memory to slot 2 works without having to change anything in Bios thanks for a great video as I had to take it apart 2 times as I didn't know the 2nd slot only takes NVME SSDs and it was very easy to do following your video closely very much appreciated.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

@rivblack

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning this man! I would have been confused.

@KaramD

4 жыл бұрын

can't I put HHD ?

@josefsniegon

4 жыл бұрын

@@KaramD nope

Nice instruction, this is the only video shows the reassemble process, I really appreciate that, keep it up man. And screw those tiny m.2 screws haha :)

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. I had the same issue when trying to find reassembling process. I couldn't find one, so I decided to make one that can help others.

@navdeep8369

5 жыл бұрын

very well instructions. very clear video of instructions. thanks @@sidstechworld7890

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@navdeep8369 Glad it helped.

One quick note after your done plug in the power cord or it will not turn on. You will think you failed.

@leon_tp3447

4 жыл бұрын

thanks man! that scared the shit out of me!

@happyladdy1

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, thanks - noticed that as well. Yikes!

@DamageMelody

4 жыл бұрын

@crookback I bet he means power cord

Thank you very much for this video! You gave me the courage to open up my gs65 and do the ssd upgrade. At first I thought it wasn't working but then realize my laptop is out of juice. :)) thanks again mate and cheers!

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

Thank you for the video sir. I am to buy this exact laptop model, and wanted to upgrade that SSD before hand. Exactly what I needed.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Happy to help.

@bhaveshthakkar2317

4 жыл бұрын

How many SSD we can add in msi gs 65 at same time?

@i3looi2

4 жыл бұрын

@@bhaveshthakkar2317 you have 2 slots. It's even shown in the video at 3:35

Great and thank you! added 1Tb in 30 minutes...

@pranalkhyade9626

3 жыл бұрын

So the gs65 does support 1.5 tb storage right ?

@lukss12p

3 жыл бұрын

@@pranalkhyade9626 It supports whatever SSD you want to put in as it. Slot 1 supports M2 SATA/NVME and Slot 2 supports only M2 NVME

@alexmccall674

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukss12p so I can buy (WD Blue SN550 1TB High-performance M.2 Pcie NVMe SSD) and put it in the second slot and it will be fine right? Sorry really clueless with these

@xXxBurnerable

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexmccall674 did you find out mate? XDD

I wouldn't have done by myself without this video, you saved me 200$ that the "IT professional" wanted to charge. Thank you.

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

No worries man, glad it helped.

Thanks so much!!! Your video also helps well on the MSI P65 8RF... (what a f... concept to access the SSD!)

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

Am i looking at this correctly in seeing a place for 2 SSD drives? So I won't need to remove the one that came with it?

nice job bro! now i have the confidence to do this myself! about to pulll the trigger on a 2080 240hz GS65 :) Excellent work btw!

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, Glad it helped.

Thanks for the video; I'll be giving this a shot soon. Some of the actions are hard to make out - what was done with the wires at 4:45?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Thats the wifi card. The pins are tiny so took some time.

Very nice and detailed video! Easy to follow and understand what you're doing.

Worked like a charm. Thank you.

thanks for the video, it helped me upgrade my SSD

Just when I WASN'T missing my Cooler Master 40lb beast that this laptop is replacing. Why MSI, why? 😩😩😩

Thanks for this video! It came in handy, helping me with upgrading the RAM and adding a 1T ssd.

@alexmccall674

3 жыл бұрын

What ram should i buy to upgrade this device? Any particular one that the device only takes?

45minute, accomplished. ty vmvmvm :) most nerve wracking moment for me? turning the computer on. apparently it goes through a initialization process anytime you dig in to it to this extent. watching it not make it past the msi logo 4 times was... hell lol. good to go and folks dont forget once you do this and get to windows type disk management in to the search bar and go with first result. and then just keep hitting next. it'll set up, format and assign a letter / label.

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped you.

super helpful. Thanks so much for this video bro!!!!

Loved this video--- Helped me alot!

I would of never attempted such a thing without your video...thanks

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

Very helpful. Thanks. Greetings from Chile

will the second slot work with sata or only nvme?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Both the slots are Nvme enabled, but only 1 slot is M2 SSD compatible. Slot 1 where the default drive is installed is both Nvme/M2 sata compatible.

@lewisvoltaire5493

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 I'm not sure what you mean in your response. Can you put a SATA in the second slot where you put an NVME in this video? I want to add a terabyte but I don't need NVME and don't want to pay the price. Your comment says only 1 slot is m2 SSD compatible... but they are both m2 SSD compatible. Please let me know as I'm getting ready to order my m.2 SATA to put in!

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@lewisvoltaire5493 Last i Checked only Slot 1 is M2 SSD compatible and Slot 2 is only NVME compatible and M2 will not be recognized in slot 2.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@Mario Barretto slot 2 will only accept Nvme, so the empty slot is for Nvme. M2 wont work.

@nnsense

5 жыл бұрын

M.2 drive only describes a form factor of a peripheral. You can find WiFi modules using M.2 slots. M.2 drive can use SATA or PCIe. On these machines specifically, you have 2 M.2 SSD slots, one is a NVMe PCIe Gen3, the other a combo NVMe PCIe Gen3/SATA. I assume the one in use is the latter, so the free one is the non-SATA NVMe PCIe Gen3. Basically the first is retro-compatible with previous SATA SSD models, the free one uses only the newer PCIe GEN3 data bus.

Great Vid! Installed a 1 tb nvme drive and repasted the CPU and GPU. thanks for showing me the way to do that!

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

Could you please upload original 1h video without speed increasing? I can’t recognize some actions even on KZread’s x0.25 speed :(

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

its 3hr video with multiple files, let me know at what time are you struck, i will try to find the relevant clip and share.

The part at 1:53 has me nervous. That yellow tape and small wires looks annoying. Other than that I'd be more nervous about ESD. I'll be upgrading mine eventually. 512GB ain't enough. I can deal with 16GBs of ram but I'd probably just upgrade it too since I'd have it open.

hello! just randomly watching this video, many months back, i replaced the fan on my msi looking at one of the other tutorials, but since then or maybe before it, the speakers of my laptop dont work anymore. not sure maybe i didnt plug it in or what happened. since i dont use speakers much. any ideas what i can do to diagnose it?

@davec.551

4 ай бұрын

If you haven't already, you will need to open it back up and make sure all your cables are connected correctly. They can be pesky little b^stards!

Hi, may I know which SSD below do you recommend for MSI GS65(If budget is not a problem)? Samsung 970 Pro NVMe M.2 Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe M.2 Samsung 970 Evo NVMe M.2 Can these SSD fit the second slot as well?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Buy based on read-write speed, in real world you might not notice the speed that much. but Evo plus seems to have 3200 mb/Sec write speed, so in that way Evo plus should be better than other two SSD's. But I am not really an expert at it. your call.

@MS-cd4vt

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 Do you know why the EVO plus is cheaper than the Evo? It made me confuse -.-

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@MS-cd4vt may be Evo plus is released recently. The prices of SSD drives going down of late.

@MS-cd4vt

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 Alright, thank you very much!

ty for this video! actually feel better about the upcoming ssd addition now, this is within my capabilities. question : ive heard of folks adding 'thermal pads' and figured while the motherboard is out, upgrading the cooling would be a stupid thing to not do. you wouldn't happen to have suggestions for where to put the pads or a video on this subject would you?

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

I dint add any thermal pads, i dint feel the need.

the speakers on my laptop are not working after replacing ssd :/, any tips?

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

Did you connect all the wires properly.

@andresdavila6332

4 жыл бұрын

​@@sidstechworld7890 im pretty sure I did, still haven't opened it up again

@andresdavila6332

4 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 fixed it

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

Good to know.

The stock models that have only one ssd can take two? Or I should take a model that has two hard drives from the start?

Thanks a lot. 20 minutes and i am done. Nice video

Do you know if that's the slot configuration for MSI P65 also? (Nvme/Sata slot with HD and NVMe-only empty slot) (well it doesn't matter any more, i'll buy a nvme anyway)

god i just had to do that shit just now too. i didnt want to remove the block that prevents you from unplugging the battery cable, which is what i think you did. i had to take out everything else, lift the motherboard enough so i could wiggle it out. took 4 hours because i was really afraid of breaking this damn thing, but it boots, nothing seems broken, and my nvme ssd is working. thanks for the video with the 1.1 version of the mobo

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Glad the video helped. The battery cables are very delicate, so have to be more careful.

struggling most with the m.2 screw lmao xDDD

the bottom two screws on the back end of the laptop are really hard to unscrew for some reason, anyone else have this problem? I tried opening up my laptop and got every screw except for those last two out, I screwed it out halfway and put it back in because im afraid something is wrong. I need to take the bottom off to check my fan because it is making pretty loud and odd noises

Did the laptop have both RAM slots taken already? I was hoping to buy 1 16BG stick to get to 32GB. If it comes stock with 2x8GB sticks already installed Ill need to buy 2x16GB sticks. Also, great video. P.S. I have the P65 Creator.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Mine had 2 8GB RAMS installed, I dont know if the P65 has single or 2 RAMS. But i know GS65 has 32gig config as well, so should support two 16 GB RAMS.

Hello, thanks for the video. When I close the plate, the plastic wand at the hinge does not clip properly. Did you have the same concern?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

no, Mine clipped properly.

I have same labtop with 500gb ssd and I want to add extra ssd storage should I remove previous one to add another

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

This Laptop has 2 slots, you can add another SSD if you want.

What was your total time start to finish for the job? How was taking off the lid? any surprises you encountered after removing all screws? good work tho for sure man

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

Took me 2+ hrs to finish, since i was also filming it. No surprise, removing Lid was easy, just need to be careful with pulling the motherboard and cables out, since they are bit delicate.

Why does the music sound calming but also makes me riddled with anxiety

What is the screwdriver size used for opening this one?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

its a Phillips-head screwdriver.

@asap_n8

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 lmao that's not what he was asking..

Have to do this later today....I'm nervous af, MSI really trying to make people's blood pressure go up 😱

Thnks. It was a piece of 🍰 with your video.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

glad it helped.

Hey! Does it cancel the warranty? Thanks for the video

Can I install a Samsung 970 evo Pro NVME M.2 on the free slot?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can install 970.

@miggzbernal

5 жыл бұрын

thanks. installed a 512gb 970 pro on mine and made it a dedicated game drive. did not bother transferring my OS from the stock 512 NVME that came with my 8RF. @@sidstechworld7890

@EB-wm6eo

3 жыл бұрын

How much of a difference did it make in terms of fps and loading s. Speed (your games and OS being in different ssd s) and did you had to do anything with bios after installing the new ssd

Thanks for you guidance. Could you assist with one issue? I've installed NVMe M2 drive 1 tb corsair into slot 2. I can see it throught device manager, however there is nothing in Disck manager and also in the File explorer.

@sidstechworld7890

2 жыл бұрын

What model do you have. Are you able to format the new drive. And does your old M2 SSD still show up.

I have a new msi gs65 thin 8re, and i want to add 970 evo same as in your vid. It is my first time to upgrade such thing and I get so afraid. Question is if I managed to put it in the empty slot and assemble it back up. Is it done? like, do I have to do some work when I boot it up?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

adding a new 970 is enough, as long as you leave the old one intact, the system should choose OS form the older SSD.

Not that hard. Did it today to place an extra Samsung 980 500GB SSD next to the 256GB Western Digital unit that was stock. Enjoying this notebook for more than 2 years now, it's still great. Note; one of the two M.2 slots does NOT support NVME.

@freelanceart1019

2 жыл бұрын

Wait the additional vacant ssd slot doesn't support NVME? Which model version of GS65 stealth do you have?

Does it come with a standoff screw?

Can I replace the stock SSD with one of those 970 EVOs as well? I want to put two of those in at 1 TB each and reinstall Win10 in RAID 0 to get 2 TB total storage.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

you should be able to swap both SSD's, as far as i remember both slots will take Nvme, you can either clone the OS and then swap SSD's or do a fresh install. either was should work.

have you added a thermal pad below ssd or a heatsink? the factory ssd has a thermal pad beneath it

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

I did not add anything, just kept everything stock apart from adding additional SSD.

Hi, does this void the warranty?

Excellent video but this is a lot of work just to replace/upgrade the hard drive..

very helpful, thank you

after adding to the existing 256 with a 512 it sees the card but when I try to download a game it still tells me I do not have enough memory. just like before the addition...any help would be appreciated. atlanta

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Did you try formatting the new disk or try creating partition. Since the Disk is new, it might be unformatted memory. Try going to disk management and see if the data is available or unformatted.

I am absolutely terrified to attempt this but all of the positive comments make it seem like a breeze. The only experience I have with this sort of think was building a desktop PC a few years back but this seems much more intense.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

The laptops internal wiring is bit fragile and needs to be done carefully when upgrading. Trying to use force will damage, but if you are careful you should be good.

@SmokeAndGnomes

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 I appreciate the reply and the word of advice. I definitely feel comfortable enough that I don't think I'll break anything by force. My fear is that I'll forget to plug something back up or be unable to get it back together but I guess that's what your video is for. I wanted to ask you, do you recommend doing the thermal repaste for these PCs? I have the newer version with the RTX 2060 so I don't know if people are still repasting them or just last year's model. If I am going to do it though I would imagine I should do it at the same time as this.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@SmokeAndGnomes Well I dont know if the layout for RTX 2060 ones are same as previous gen laptop, but as far as i know applying new thermal paste would require you to remove the heat sink and re attach it, this one I am not sure if it will complicate the process. If you current heat levels are decent, i dont recommend applying new paste. My GS65 does heat up quite a bit (a known thing) after prolonged use, but I am okay with it, more over mine is GTX 1070 max . I heard RTX 1060 are much cooler than 1070's. So in summary I am not the right guy for suggestion in this regard.

I know its been a while but is this the msi gs65 8re/8rf, the 2018 model.

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

Its the bestbuy version, GS65 STEALTH THIN-037

I buy for my MSI GS65 the samsung 970 evo 500gb ssd PCIe NVMe M.2 and put it on the empty slot #2 but it's not recognized. I dont know if 970 pro 512 gb will work or what would be the most recommended/compatible SSD?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

check in disk management if the new hard disk is showing up and if so, format the new disk, then it should show up.

@hedlm

5 жыл бұрын

Thank u very much for your answer, i already check it but the new 500gb ssd don't show up on the disk management list

Hi thanks for the reply i replaced mine with samsung ssd but cant boot anymore i mean no msi logo no backlight, what should i try ?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

If you replaced the existing one, then you need to install OS completely new, else if you just added new SSD then check in BIOS if both the SSD's are showing up and which SSD is set as boot drive.

@AliPAioubi

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 Hi , thanks for info. The thing is i cant even go to the bios, i have no screen and no battery indicator but i ccan hear fan starting slowly then speeding up and staying in same speed untill i turn it off. I tried to replace the old ssd, now the battery light turns on, im pretty sure battery is working, the only thing im afraid of that i broke the cable or something :( is there any option left for me at this point ? sorry about asking too many questions i really need help, guess i have to take to msi repair center tomorrow hope i didnt destroy the motherboard

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@AliPAioubi Did you check if all the cables are connected. did you check if the display cable is connected, Its really small one that you could have missed. the cable is at 2:35 in the video. Let me know if it helps.

Hey I recently did this upgrade and everything works except that the display has no signal. It turns on and I've connected to an external display and the PC works fine

@danielpassos7904

4 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

​@@danielpassos7904 did you connect the display cable shown at 2:35 run-time of the video. That's the display cable connecting the LCD.

@urfanelvani2029

3 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Passos Did you solve your problem bro? i have too please help me.

that screw on 2:07 made me stop. it just wouldn't open. now I can't change my SSD

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

Its wifi card, should be easy to open. Is the screw struck or wifi card struck in the slot.

@gerrit-jan

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 the screw is struck. ordered a new screwdriver, so maybe that one will work. none of mine worked on it so far, even though they did work on the other screws.

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, mine was easy to open. Hopefully your new screwdriver works.

i have one and i dont encourage myself to do it... :(

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

It looks way too complicated, but if you in past have done simple upgrades, then this should not be that difficult. But proceed with caution, these parts are delicate.

Removed from shopping cart.

Did you have any heat issues after upgrading the ssd?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

The heating up issue was there before swapping as well, so no major difference in heat dissipation. Not that I can differentiate.

Do you know if upgrading voids the warranty?

@D4nNy777

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it does. They say opening up your laptop voids warranty. There is a factory seal sticker on top of one of the screws if that tears then warranty is void.

bro what is the original ssd provided with the laptop ? is it nvme? if yes can i move it to the second slot and purchase a normal bigger m.2 ssd for the first slot? i need a cost effective solution for this

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

MSI GS65 has many sub models, So its hard to say if the one you have is Nvme or M2. The one in my laptop was M2 SSD. check your complete model no and see on MSI website for correct details.

@harrysingh199

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 its MSI GS65 Stealth 8SE-206IN

HI. Nice video. i have a msi GS65 -gtx 1060. i want to buy same HDD, and put in slot 2. after installing the HDD in slot 2, the laptop will just boot as normal and register the new HDD or require more installations on the laptop? is it like "plug N play" :)

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

If you add a new SSD then the laptop should boot normal and no additional things are necessary.

@PokiRon

5 жыл бұрын

Btw, i will only use it for storage, windows will run at SSd in slot 1

@PokiRon

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for answer :)

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@PokiRon then you should be good and would not have to do anything else.

@PokiRon

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 thanks

Holy fucking shit do I HAVE to do this???

How many drops does it take to lose a screw?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

I dint understand your question.

how to replace the keyboard, the one under the metal sheet.

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

I never replaced Keyboard, so dont know much on that.

Hi, I am wondering do we need thermal pad for the SSD?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Dont need any thermal pad, when i upgraded mine i did not add anything and have been using it for few months no issues. Plus i dont see any space for adding thermal pad either.

Good morning mate. The same equipment. I am looking to install an xd x SX8200 Pro m.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3x4 SSD. But when installed in the second slot does not enter windows 10, and if you put in slot 01 also does not enter, it is locked in the home screen of the MSI notebook. What could I do? Bom dia amigo. estou com esse mesmo equipamento. Estou querendo instalar um m2 xpg sx8200 Pro m.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3x4 SSD. Porem quando instalo no segundo slot não entra no windows 10, e se coloco ele no slot 01 também não entra, fica trancado na tela inicial do notebook MSI. O que poderia fazer?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Only 1 slot supports M2 SSD, also for the drive to work, once you install it you need to format the drive and clone your OS else your OS wont work. Ensure you have your stock SSD in the laptop before adding another one. also if you have 2 M2 SSD they wont work, both the slots accept Nvme, but only Slot 1 accepts M2 SSD.

@BrandonPrescott

5 жыл бұрын

I've actually been troubleshooting the same issue with a crucial 1tb NVME. After returning one of these laptops and two drives and a couple of calls to MSI support, I believe the laptop only supports certain models of m.2 drives. I think the best bet is to stick with the Samsung brand. I have taken apart this laptop 10 different times, tried to different placement of the ssds and moving the RAM around and still have lockups and driver errors on the NVME port itself with the drive I purchased. Will be returning and spending the extra on the Samsung 970. Hope this helps.

@Conckertree

5 жыл бұрын

So easy question, if i buy another m2 nvme like samsung 970 evo. Can i just swap this into slot 2? or can only 1 drive be in at a time? then why 2 slots? Also what speed does the OEM one work with?

Is Samsung 860 Evo compatible with GS65 stealth 2019 ? Thanks, great video!

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

I dont know about 2019 model, but the 2018 model doesn't have 2.5" bay for the SSD. Only M2 2280 form factor is supported.

@gregskuza7166

4 жыл бұрын

Sids Tech World Sorry... I meant 860 EVO m2 2280 , it is not nvme and not sure if it would be compatible. I wanted to install it as a second m2 drive...

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregskuza7166 the slot 1 is both M2/Nvme but slot 2 only accepts Nvme based SSD drive.

@gregskuza7166

4 жыл бұрын

Sids Tech World thank you very much!!!

Hi. So, I want to add a Samsung 860 EVO on mine, but as you may know, it's not NVMe. Therefore, I may need to replace the original SSD with the 860 EVO and move it to the empty slot. My question is, if I do so, can my laptop boot after that? Thanks in advance

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately this laptop doesn't support 860, this doesn't have 2.5" bay for hard disk. it can only take M2 2280 format. SSD Slot 1 can use both M2 and Nvme, SSD slot can do only Nvme.

@user-uz8yw5tm9m

5 жыл бұрын

​@@sidstechworld7890 Oh, I mean it's the V-NAND SSD 860 EVO SATA M2 one. It can only be placed on the 1st slot, yes? And as in my product description, it said that on the first slot they put 512 GB NVMe, therefore I can replace it to the second slot, and put my additional 860 on the first slot in exchange. Can it still boot after that, considering the boot drive has been switched slot?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-uz8yw5tm9m Generally if you change the boot drive in your BIOS then the system should be able to automatically detect the OS and boot up, But having said that since i did not try that I am not sure, I am not 100% sure about it. Also the default drive I had in laptop has 512GB regular M2 and not Nvme.

@user-uz8yw5tm9m

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 Guess I should just try it then. Thanks for the answers. Brb after I follow your vid!

@Remjbbx

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 Hello what about 970 pro ? I am planning to do it with the p65 version

Atrocious design. I find it completely ridiculous that one has to do all that to upgrade the SSD.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately thats the case. They dont want public do upgrade themselves and instead pay MSI huge money to up the specs.

Would you recommend this to someone with no experience

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

Its more like, if you are confident then shouldn't be an issue. If you are too worried then I would say no.

@bilalhamid4077

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 my brother needs storage and carrying around a external ssd is just annoying and slow

@bilalhamid4077

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 btw is it the same process for the gs65 8re

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

The process should be same as long as it has same mother board. My laptop was purchased from bestbuy.Also as far as i know most of them.should have 2 slots.

You think best buy can install it for me?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

They can, but Geek Squad charges $299. Thats what they quoted me. Plus you need to buy the SSD drive. So overall cost wont justify the upgrade.

Mine isn't turning on... I thought I did everything right everything went without a problem until now

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

Did you connect the power button and battery? Also try connecting charger and then try switching on.

@kolbyadams9979

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I just got it to work. turns out that I needed to have it plugged into the wall when you turn it back on after disconnecting everything

@kolbyadams9979

4 жыл бұрын

Had the scare of my life

@kolbyadams9979

4 жыл бұрын

Shout out to responding so fast man!

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

No worries man, glad it helped.

does this void your warranty since the factory seal is broken? Edit: I just did mine, and it was easy thanks to your video. I have been tearing down machines for 5+ years so I have no doubt I would have figured it out, but your video helped out. I recommend it for anyone who needs guidance

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

That varies on State/Federal regulations. Can't really comment on it.

@sgtkeebler

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 how would I find out what mine is?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Probably google around to see self repair laws in your state. I dont know about any goto website which contains these details.

@SmokeAndGnomes

5 жыл бұрын

I called MSI directly and asked. They informed me that in North America they are not legally allowed to void your warranty over an upgrade and would not try to unless whatever you're attempting to get warrantied was clearly due to you damaging when you upgraded. As long as you don't tear anything up your warranty will be just fine.

you didn't put the audio cable back properly..

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Which cable are you talking about?

Wow what a piece of shit, gotta disassemble the entire thing for a harddrive upgrade hahaha

Can you do it for me if I send you my GS65 and SSD? Installation and shipping is on me.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry man Can't do. Wish I could help. Try approaching Bestbuy for geeksquad services, they might help you .

@The18527

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 They are like $200 and don't even have an a+ certification. Geek squad is terrible!

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

@@The18527 I know but that's closest professionals who I know can do. Try checking with Staples, I know they do system upgrades and repairs as well.

@suns2094

5 жыл бұрын

I did it on mine recently. Would love to help

Why were u able to pop the back so easilyyy 😭😭😭 I cant remove mines

@skrasii

4 жыл бұрын

҉ ҉UwU :3 ҉ ҉ make sure you unscrew the one that is under the white label “factory seal” ) otherwise you won’t get in

@youssefelhakmaoui8447

4 жыл бұрын

@@skrasii omg thank you so much, I've been trying to open for 30 min and I just took off the Factory Seal thing lol, ty man

So annoying that you have to take motherboard out to get to ram :/

Can you replace the screen in any way, or at least the back cover of the screen?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

I dont know about the screen replacement. Never tried to attempt that.

You forgot to place a thermal pad under and above the SSD.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

My 970 did not need a thermal pad.

Name of the song?

Can I Fit M2 SATA SSD to this slot?

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

Both the slots accepts M2 SSD, but only one slot accepts Nvme . So you should be able to.

@paigelore

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 clarification on this please. you say only one accepts nvme. but the factory ssd in this laptop is listed as nvme and you just added a second one

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

There are multiple options of GS65, so few come with Nvme and few with normal M2 SSD. Mine was brought from bestbuy, which came with 512GB M2 SSD, so i added Nvme.

problem with MSI laptops, takes too much effort to upgrade.

how many ssd slot does gs65 have?

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

2

@devidbrown9540

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidstechworld7890 does that count with primary ssd slot?

@sidstechworld7890

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are 2 slots. 1st the primary one with stock SSD. 2nd one with option to add an additional SSD.

Noooope I'm definitely buying another brand lol

hi, what is the socket on 4:41 ??? thxs

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Thats the wifi card.

@leandrofigueroa9288

5 жыл бұрын

Sids Tech World thxks

Los subtítulos en español?

Does this void warranty?

@dontwhine1

5 жыл бұрын

Judith Pasfield yes whenever you open a laptop or miss around any stock setting will cause you warranty be voided.

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

By law Few states in US does allow upgrades and let you keep the warranty, But in this case since its a complete over haul sort thing, could void warranty.

Do you have the msi gs75?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Nope.

@VengeanceWithin

5 жыл бұрын

The GS75 is actually easier. You can replace or add an m.2 without removing the motherboard as far as I have read. I considered that one but I really didn't want a 17" screen.

it was work?

@sidstechworld7890

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, It works. I edited the this video on the same laptop after upgrading.

m.2 2280?

@sidstechworld7890

4 жыл бұрын

M2 Nvme 2280.

...never mind...