HP ELITEBOOK 8 G1i 14 - Storage Maximum support

[Md-Soheb]

Dear Team ,

Kindly clarify whether the below model supports a Samsung 4TB SSD M.2 NVMe as the primary storage

HP ELITEBOOK 8 G1i 14 - INTEL CORE ULTRA 7-255U-5.2GHz, 32GB, 4 TB, 14" WUXGA IPS, CAMERA, FPR, BT, WIFI, WINDOWS 11 PROFESSIONAL, INTEGRATED INTEL GRAPHICS, ENGLISH ARABIC KEYBOARD, SILVER, 1 YEAR WARRANTY

Regards 
Md Soheb 
Edited

[Samrit26]

Hello,

I’ll clarify this properly, because SSD compatibility on new EliteBook G1i / Ultra platforms has a few important gotchas that resellers often miss.

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Short answer (clear and direct)

✅ Yes — the HP EliteBook 8 G1i 14" does support a 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD as primary storage,
but only if the SSD meets specific physical and electrical requirements.

A Samsung 4TB NVMe can work if it is the correct variant.

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Supported storage specifications (HP EliteBook 8 G1i 14")

Based on HP platform design for Intel Core Ultra (Series 2 / G1i) EliteBooks:

✅ Supported

• Interface: M.2 NVMe

• Form factor: M.2 2280

• Protocol: PCIe NVMe

• PCIe generation: Gen4 (backward compatible)

• Capacity: Up to 4TB (validated by HP in this generation)

• Primary storage: Yes (single internal SSD slot)

❌ Not supported / risky

• SATA M.2 SSDs

• Double-sided (thick) NVMe modules

• Enterprise NVMe SSDs with high power draw

• Heatsink-attached M.2 SSDs

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Samsung 4TB NVMe — what matters

Samsung makes multiple 4TB NVMe models, and not all are suitable for thin EliteBooks.

✔ Compatible examples (when single-sided)

• Samsung 990 PRO 4TB (single-sided only)

• Samsung 980 PRO 4TB (revision-dependent)

⚠️ Caution

• Some early 4TB Samsung SSDs are double-sided

• Double-sided drives may:

  • Not physically fit

  • Cause thermal throttling

  • Fail HP thermal validation

👉 Single-sided PCB is mandatory on this chassis.

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HP official position (important)

HP does not guarantee compatibility with third-party SSDs, even if they work electrically.

HP officially supports:

• HP-branded NVMe SSDs

• HP-approved part numbers

That said, in practice, properly spec’d Samsung 4TB NVMe drives work reliably if they meet the criteria above.

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BIOS & OS considerations

• No BIOS mod required

• No capacity lock

• Windows 11 Pro fully supports 4TB NVMe

• GPT partitioning required (default on Win11)

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My professional recommendation

If this is:

• Customer-facing / enterprise deployment → use HP-certified 4TB SSD

• Internal / cost-optimized deployment → Samsung 4TB NVMe is fine if single-sided

Before installation:

• Update BIOS to latest version

• Ensure SSD has no pre-installed vendor encryption