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‎04-06-2021 01:16 PM

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Product: 17by0028cy laptop
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Computer only has 1 m3 slot, and it has a 128GB M2 ssd (SATA or NVME?). I have an nvme 1TB nvme i can replace it with, but I don't understand how it works with the mechanical drive (1TB) already in place. Should I just get a 1TB Sata SSD instead? 

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‎04-06-2021 01:54 PM

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ok -I just did some more research and found out that this HP uses Octane memory (the nvme m2 board) as a cache to speed up the rotating hard drive. Turns out from an article in PC World that adding an SSD to replace the HD doesn't help much. So - I'm going to stick with my configuration just as is. 

Please still let me know if you have any further comments.

Thanks!

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‎04-06-2021 01:54 PM

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ok -I just did some more research and found out that this HP uses Octane memory (the nvme m2 board) as a cache to speed up the rotating hard drive. Turns out from an article in PC World that adding an SSD to replace the HD doesn't help much. So - I'm going to stick with my configuration just as is. 

Please still let me know if you have any further comments.

Thanks!

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