Comments on: Seconday HDD for Acer 7738g

By: gilbert

gilbert — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:05:38 +0000

I found the acer bracket33pcc01004 and the connector 20pcc01001 in england (i am from belgium)and they shipped it over for all in 32.91 pound sterling
Gilbert

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:01:16 +0000

Received the parts I needed. I had to clip off several legs and other protruding pieces from the underside of the hard drive door cover. The hard drive would not fit in the bay with a hard drive caddy, so I had to put the hard drive in the bay by itself. Even then, the door barely fit over the hard drive. It worked, but it’s a very tight squeeze. I found the hard drive connector on eBay. The connector was made for the HPDV9000. I had to clip some pieces from the connector so it would fit properly. The second hard drive is working great even though it’s a tight fit!

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:00:33 +0000

I checked with Capital Data, and they want $29 for each part: hard drive door, hard drive caddy, and the SATA connector. I’m just buying the door and trying to make due with parts I found on eBay that are designed for the HP DV9000. I found the caddy & connector for $10.

I heard from another company, Grand Tech, out of Canada. They want $29 for the hard drive door too. Hope this helps!

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:10:39 +0000

I found the door! Acer support finally gave me several phone numbers of Acer dealers. Here is Acer’s free technical suuport: Voice Technical Support : 1-800-571-2237. I haven’t called them, so I don’t know if they are any help. Communicating with their support via email reveals how awful their standard support is.
The company who has the door (and possibly the connector & hard drive caddy) is called Capital Data, 3300 W. Main St., Lansing, MI., 48917-4389, Phone: 800-999-4409 or 517-371-7100 EXT 21, Fax: 517-371-2188. Here is their website: http://www.notebook-laptop-repair.com/acerlaptoprepair.htm. They do not make a door without the annoying legs. Capital is charging me $29 plus $5 for shipping. I bought a drive caddy & a SATA connector designed for an HP laptop that looked similar to the ones I need for my ACER Aspire 7738G-6719. Capital Data probably has those parts too, but I tried to keep this whole deal to a minimum cost. It will take some modifying of the parts, but at least I should avoid anything that would compromise my warranty.

Here are the other websites & phone numbers Acer gave me.

US Part Partners

SupplyNet : 800-826-0279 [For Adapters]

Capital Data : 800-999-4409 [Notebook Parts]

Express Comp : 800-557-1943 [Notebook Parts]

Kahlon : 800-317-9989 [Notebook Parts]

Canadian Part Partners

Comsol Data : 800-267-4834

Grand Tech : 800-567-0586

Empower Parts : 409-425-4241

Web sites: http://store.acer.com/accessorylocator.asp OR http://acer.shopbysystem.com/ OR http://mundocorp.com/

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:30:16 +0000

Any progress as i want to buy one too…

So we need a drive bay, a drive door and drive connector ?

won’t the old drive door do ?

thanks for help on thins

By: Alex 7738g

Alex 7738g — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:36:18 +0000

Well maybe you should google this parts.This info gave me my local acer service. But they dont have it now and the shipment date is unknown

20.PCC01.001 CONNECTOR.HDD.SATA
33.PCC01.004 BRACKET.HDD
42.PCC01.006 HDD.DOOR.2ND

I only found this UK site

http://www.acerspareparts.co.uk/2nd_hard_drive_kits/aspire_2nd_hdd_kits/aspire_7730_2nd_hdd_parts

I believe parts should fit,but still no 2nd HDD door. It s not possible to screw the original door when the HDD is inside

By: ROBERT

ROBERT — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:41:00 +0000

IF ANYONE CAN FIND THIS ADAPTER TO PURCHASE ONLINE PLEASE CONTACT ME AT RTHOMPSON.WEPI@YAHOO.COM… THE CLOSEST I COULD FIND WAS HERE>>>

http://laptopparts.vivotechnology.net/Items/!msc-hp-249?sck=9728070&caSKU=!msc-hp-249&caTitle=NEW%20HP%20DV9000%2c%20DV6000%2c%20V6000%20SATA%20Hard%20Drive%20Connector%20DFHS22FR685

IT LOOKS SIMILAR, BUT SAYS ITS FOR A HP SO I DON’T DARE TO BUY IT

By: Alex 7738g

Alex 7738g — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:24:50 +0000

I have the same problem, bought 2nd HDD but u need special converter for acer SATA 2.5″ HDD

In local shops I couldnt find one so I mailed to acer service and waiting for answer.

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