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‎07-14-2020 10:41 PM

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Product: Pavilion 15-ec1001na
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
I'm wanting to add a second SSD to my laptop; I have the right one, have opened up the back, but I don't know where to start! Does it go on top of the existing SSD? Do I need a ribbon/caddy?
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‎07-15-2020 05:45 PM

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@Brollachan 

 

The specs of your machine is

 

          https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06645258

 

It already has  256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD you can't put the second one on the top. It only has one M.2 slot for storage. You have 2 options

 

(a) Replace existing with a larger (capacity)  using

             https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/970-evo-nvme-m2-ssd/MZ-V7E2T0BW/
             https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/crucial-p2-ssd
             https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/crucial-p5-ssd
     Or similar from reputable vendors.
             One example

                    https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p5/ct2000p5ssd8/ct18702089

 

(b) Add 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD to your machine but you need to buy Hard drive connector/cable part #  L72698-001 which is N/A now

 

                https://partsurfer.hp.com/Search.aspx?searchText=L72698-001

 

Please use part # and search elsewhere  (I can't find it online)

 

Regards.

BH
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‎07-25-2020 11:18 AM

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@Banhien 

 

Solved it, I needed to take a dummy drive out which had a ribbon attached.

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