WLAN or SSD

[UncleTime2]

There is an unused M.2 slot on my motherboad that, in what documentation I can find, is sometimes called SSD 2, and other times WLAN.  Is it for a second SSD, or is it for a WLAN card?

I have a network fully functional and , as you night guess, internet access :), and nothing in that slot.

So, can I use that slot for adding a second internal SSD drive, or is it for something else.

Here is a copy of what I see in ABOUT

Device name HP-OMEN-30L-1
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.60 GHz
Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.9 GB usable)
Device ID E14F6121-6C8B-4369-88A0-E19CD357269F
Product ID 00330-80000-00000-AA049
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

And I wonder that my previous post asking about this is absent.  I didn't use any profanity or flame any company or person.  So, why was it deleted, or maybe never made it to the boards in the first place. 

[Prométhée]

hi

check you must have one of these motherboard

• Dorado motherboard specifications
• (1) M.2 socket 3, key M (for SSD card PCIe x4 Gen 3)
•  DoradoOC motherboard specifications
• (2) M.2 socket 3, key M (for SSD card PCIe x4 Gen 3)
•  DoradoOC-AMP motherboard specifications
• (2) M.2 socket 3, key M (for SSD card PCIe x4 Gen 3)

so if you have a wifi card, you may well have the two m2 SSD slots, one free so if you already have an m2 SSD in place

 OMEN 25L and 30L Desktop PCs - Part Locator

 OMEN 25L/30L Desktop PC Series (Intel and AMD) - Motherboard Viewer

even if the models are different it can help

Solved: Re: M2 slot position - HP Support Community - 8164120

Re: Adding Second drive to Omen 25L desktop GT12-0050na - HP Support Community - 8137737

[Prométhée]

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Which-is-the-PRIMARY-drive-loca...

I just find this message, to which you had not replied, is it this?

@UncleTime2  ??

[UncleTime2]

Follow up on the secondary SSD slot on a HP OMEN 30L Motherboard.

After reading everything I could find on the subject and consulting expert help from HP, Microsoft and my local Computer repair shop guy I decided to add storage space by sticking a 1 TB SSD in that M.2 slot. If you want to avoid a real headache, don't you do that.

It FUBAR'ed my BIOS to the extent my computer wouldn't boot. It couldn't find an Operating System Taking the drive I stuck in that secondary slot back out produced no joy. Trying all the options in my Boot Menu produced no joy either. I tried restoring from a backup I had made earlier, and then I had the OS on both the original C: drive and the newly installed SSD drive, and the computer would only boot if both drives were installed. That pretty much nullified the purpose of adding the second SSD drive in the first place, because a big chunk of space was eaten up by the second operating system.

With expert help and a lot of luck I stumbled onto a sequence that allowed me to reset my computer. Of course I lost all my installed programs. Furthermore, when I reinstalled some of them they would not activate, telling me I had already used that activation key.

Now, several days later and a fistful of dollars shorter, like Merian in the movie Music Man, I have come away from this experience sadder but wiser.

If you are thinking of putting an additional drive in that secondary slot, cool your jets, read a book, watch some movies or go visit grandmother, your time will be better spent.