Hi notroxity, this is my first post here in lowyat, i was searching the web for this particular project regarding installing ssd on my 4830tg and luckily i found this. I would like to ask some questions regarding this project before buying the above link from ebay and before buying the agility 3 also from ebay. Basically i just wanted to make the ssd my c drive and as the main drive where i would install the windows 7 & programs and then make the existing 640gb as my d drive or secondary drive for datas. Do i have to remove the 640gb from its existing location and transfer it to the place where the optical drive is previously located and then install the ssd inside the laptop where we remove the 640gb. I need to know how you did it. Thank you

Hi notroxcity, thank you for your immediate reply, i really wanted to be careful about this and dont want to screw things up. Just to summarize and see if i understand you right.
First: i have to remove the stock hdd (640gb).
Second: install the ssd (agility 3) on the slot where the stock hhd had been previously located
Third: without still removing the optical drive, run a linux distribution bootable disc to update the ssd firmware
Fourth: using the optical drive again, install the windows 7 using the acer recovery disc to install windows 7 to the ssd
Fifth: remove the optical drive and then install the 9.5mm ultra bay from ebay with the stock hdd (640gb) connected to it
Sixth: enjoy the new acer 4830 with ssd as the new C: drive and the stock hhd as D: drive

Did I misunderstood anything from your experience or do I need to know anything more before proceeding with the project. Another concern is and would like to ask you is, did you get a reply from acer regarding the issue of the optical drive being connected with sata port 3 im concerned because if we swap the optical drive with the stock hdd then it will degrade over time and cannot use the 640gb which contains the datas. Thank you notroxcity.

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Added on September 25, 2011, 11:18 pmI did check with acer website and entered the serial number of my 4830tg and its says its not affected with the sandy bridge issue. I'm really CONFUSED?????

This post has been edited by Baselworld: Sep 25 2011, 11:18 PM

Thank you very much notroxcity for your help. Now im ready to order the 9.5 ultra bay. The agility 3 im still waiting for the best deal. Thanks again. Well I'll just have to take a chance that the drive would not degrade over time.

This post has been edited by Baselworld: Sep 26 2011, 05:43 PM