I plan to buy Kingston A400 SSD for my ASUS A555L , may i know whether it's compatible with my laptop or not ? How to check it ? Or anyone familiar with this laptop ?

Should be fine, if you planned to replace the sata hdd

how about the cable ? How much is the cable to connect the SSD to the motherboard ? And do i need extra cable to connect the old HDD ? The old HDD is to be put at the CD-ROM position , right ? Sorry , I am a noob in this area

no cable needed. simply take off your hdd, replace with your ssd, install new windows on the ssd, voila

if you planned to keep the hdd, you need to buy hdd caddy (just google, shopee, lazada, lelong should have plenty). Put ssd inside caddy and replace the dvd drive

But you will not have the dvd drive though (as the caddy will be put at dvd drive slot)

Normally how much it would cost if I buy the SSD myself and ask others in the computer shop to reinstall the SSD and also OS ?

no idea as I always do it myself. Should be easy enough to learn off youtube(you only need screwdriver). however if you're not confident, always ask a shop to do it.

in case if the ssd is full , can i still install my software on the hdd ?

you can clone the ori hdd into the SSD so you still have all the OS/app without need to reinstall.

how if the ssd is full ? Can i install other new programmes in the HDD ?

there are 2 types of ssd , right ? SATA and M2 , which one should i get ?

I think I bought Aseries too..on Asus, it works for mine...all h/d should work fine on all laptop after format

Just dont buy M2, it for different purposes

This post has been edited by taitianhin: Feb 2 2018, 04:32 PM

u gt the kingston ssd too ?

Yes...
There are A400 UV 400...I bought A400

so far so good ? u install the SSD yourself ?

Yes...Replace the old 500GB h/D with 128GBSSD...
Now startup takes 10-12seconds....SHutdown takes 5-10seconds...
I clone the OS into the new SSD

Nice move

This post has been edited by taitianhin: Feb 2 2018, 04:41 PM

How if the SSD is full ? Can i still install the programmes on the HDD ?

looking at the laptop, it thin..surely don't have dvd-rom right? so you dont have any choice but to buy a bigger SSD. Just buy the regular Sata SSD to replace the current one. As for the HDD, you can buy external enclosure to make it external HDD. but surely you dont want to install anything on external HDD

ya , i know the hdd is slow .. How if my ssd is fully loaded with the apps installed , but i need to install new software again ? Can i install it in hdd ?

you replace the HDD with SSD. How are you going to install it in HDD?

Loading OS on SSD is a good choice.
If you have multiple Games plan to be loaded in SSD then choose those really need SSD speed.
Other just go for HD. the HDD will be just like an additional Drive

looking back the spec, it is indeed have dvd-rom. so your are in luck. you can buy this type of HDD Caddy and replace it in the current dvd-rom..So you will have SSD and HDD for the extra storage. but make sure the hdd caddy can support your laptop.

Yes , i plan to put the old HDD at my DVD-Rom compartment . Since 120gb is rather small , if teh drive is full , can i choose to install the apps and progammes on hdd ? P/s : I dont play games , so i dont have big game files

Sure you can, when installing anything, just choose custom install and change the installation path. you will be good to go

If wanna keep the mechanical HDD as well...So we close the OS from the mechanical HDD into the ssd...when boot up (in BIOS) we set the priority boot to select the sdd, after boot in successful then format the old OS partition at the mechanical HHD

The process correct?

There is a Restore to Factory OS button in ASUS laptop... I Click that and restore a blank OS in HDD...
Then use EASUS, if not mistaken, then Clone HDD OS(primary)->SSD(Secondary).
Then Swap HDD with SSD, so my new SSD is primary.
As there is not enough for SSD, HDD and DVDROM to co-exist in the laptop. I have taken out HDD tp be an external Harddisk

As bios, there is only one harddisk there...

Mine is HP laptop, got m2 slot, so plan to put in the M2 sata3 ssd and keep the 1TB HHD as well...

mine are old Asus..
ur HP is new laptop? M2 slot sound advance...lol

yup new...