ASUS GL753VD Optane Memory

[Zeriu]

I purchased a 32GB optane memory for my girlfriends birthday not realizing these were a massive pain to get working. I installed it, installed the software for it. And then the laptop would no longer post. Couldnt get back into the BIOS. I had to take the entire laptop apart just to get at the battery and for whatever reason they put the battery behind the BM of the laptop... After CMOS resetting I managed to get it to boot again and windows started working.

 

Now she has an ASUS G753VD ROG gaming laptop. But from what I gather it might just not be compatible with optane? I updated the BIOS to 306 but never saw any notes about it adding support. Is there any alternatives to getting this to work or should I just return it to newegg? Would really like to keep it if I can get it working, Windows picks it up just fine as a 32GB SSD but that kind of defeats the purpose of the module since it is so small in size.

[snowfox99]

According to Intel's site, you need a BIOS that specifically supports Optane, and it doesn't appear that your Asus laptop does. So yeah, unless you really want to use it as a tiny standalone drive, i'd recommend returning it.

[Zeriu]

Hmm looking at the return system newegg has. They want me to pay for the return shipping label and they want 27 dollars for that. Almost what I paid for it since I got it half price. Does not even seem worth at all. Be better off trading it into a local store for a regular SSD and pay the difference.

[snowfox99]

2 minutes ago, Zeriu said:

Hmm looking at the return system newegg has. They want me to pay for the return shipping label and they want 27 dollars for that. Almost what I paid for it since I got it half price. Does not even seem worth at all. Be better off trading it into a local store for a regular SSD and pay the difference.

That's bullshit, it doesn't cost $27 to ship something that small. Give someone at newegg a call and see if they'll give you the label or at least lower the price.

[Zeriu]

Thanks ill give them a call during business hours tomorrow. See what they say they can do.