HP ENVY TE01-3254 with Reno HP motherboard - where on the MB are the m.2 expansion slots

[lee_baldwin]

Where are the m.2 expansion slots on the Reno HP motherboard for above computer.  I would like to add a 2nd SSD card so that I can dual boot between Win 11 and/or Linux and keep the operating systems on separate SSD drives.  Alternatively, has anyone used a PCI SSD card successfully and if so, which one.  I would like at least 256GB or 512GB.

Thanks.

Lee Baldwin

[Prométhée]

hi

https://support.hp.com/za-en/document/c08165944

Internal Storage

1 TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

Motherboard Specifications

One M.2 socket 3, Key M, (2280/2242)

there is only one m2 SSD slot already occupied so by what is mentioned here

Upgrading and Servicing Guide

for the pci card, it is often a failure, if the SSD can work sometimes, it will not be possible to boot on it
May be possible to add a sata SSD

[lee_baldwin]

Thanks for the quick response.  Your answer is what I was 'afraid' of.  I feel that the 'specs' of 2 m.2 slots and 2 PCI slots EASILY leads one to believe OTHERWISE which is where my question came from.  While I will not say it is 'illegal' or 'improper', I do feel that there product specs is absolutely MISLEADING -   which, since I bought my system used - I am 'ok' with - HOWEVER- IF I HAD BOUGHT NEW - I would be returning.

Will probably be a real "PITA' to HP SALES before I buy another HP product.

WARNING to all:  BEFORE YOU BUY A HP PRODUCT - DOUBLE CHECK  the specs with the sales reps and ENSURE that it is what you are wanting!

[Prométhée · Accepted solution]

I've had a thread about this same issue before.
This will be the same for most computers
on one side you have the characteristics of a motherboard, and available ports
then you have the computer configuration
If a pci 16x port is announced, and then there is a graphics card installed, then the pci port is already occupied, otherwise, you will see that there are two pci 16 x ports
I gave the example of this motherboard

 motherboard specifications, Tampa2

see

Two PCI Express x16 physical slots (Gen 3.0), each slot with x8 bus lane

memory to

Four DDR4 UDIMM (288-pin) sockets

there may already be two memory slots occupied

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