install harddisk in netbook

[injenuity]

Hi,

A friend has asked me to upgrade their HP Notebook.

It only has 2gb ram, and 30gb storage.

When I dowloaded the manual  (his is the celeron version) it says its 2gb onboard ram, and it has a eMMC 32Gb driver kit.

Hence the job not as easy as I thought.

Two questions:

1) Can I still put an internal harddisk in place, and  do I need to purchase the hard drive bracket and cable (p/n 813510-001)?

2) Can I increase the ram, or am I stuck with 2gb?

All help seriously appreciated..

Thanks

Matt

[doughjohn]

Hi

The ram question may be solved by installing and running Piriform Speccy.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

We will need the exact model, but generally if the Manual says "onboard" memory it is soldered to the motherboard and cannot be upgraded. Same with eMMC....that usually means a soldered on hard drive module. Some allow a standard hard drive in addition  but the devil is in the details. Which exact model?

Never mind. Is it this?

Service Manual

Supports up to 2 GB max on-board system memory (Celeron processors only)

Also see p. 37-40. You can have either an eMMC, installed with an adapter or a SATA hard drive installed in a bracket. 

I would get say a 120 gig regular SATA SSD and the hard drive bracket and install that as an upgrade. 

Hard Drive Hardware Kit (includes bracket and cable) 813510-001

I could not find the hard drive kit on amazon or ebay which leaves HP Partsurfer:

http://partsurfer.hp.com/Search.aspx?SearchText=813510-001

Not sure this laptop is worth any upgrade investment, to be honest. 

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[injenuity]

Thanks for your advice. I think we will look at getting a bigger hard-disk as the netbook is for a young lad and this is only laptop. He was very excited when he thought we could update it.

All the best

Matt.

[injenuity]

Hi

Many thanks for the advice.

Just for future reference, this part is not orderable when I use HP PartSurfer for both the UK, and United Stateds.

813510-001 (Part Not Orderable) .

I found a few place in the USA ($22) so will see what there delivery is to the UK.

http://www.alinc.com/hard-drive-hardware-kit-includes-hard-813510-001.html

I will go back and get the full serial number but am starting to agree this may not be a sensible upgrade option due to the price of the hardware kit.

Thanks

Matt

[doughjohn]

Hi

Strange though it may seem, Cash Converters in Bolton have that make and model, along with lots of other stuff, so maybe you can shop around and pick up a bargain.

$22 plus VAT plus shipping plus VAT = Nightmare.