HP Victus 16 s0009AX SSD Upgrade

[Gest4]

I bought HP Victus 16 s0009AX on April 2024. It comes with AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS, Nvidia RTX 4060M 8GB dedicated graphic, 2x8GB Samsung 5600MHz RAM, and 512GB Gen 4 TLC SSD. After installing several games, the SSD started to fill up, there wasn't much space left. It's a shame that this laptop only has 1 SSD slot, so the only solution to overcome space limitations is to replace the default 512GB SSD with a new SSD that has a larger capacity. I understand that this laptop uses an M.2 NVME Gen 4x4 SSD with a 2280 form factor. Then I bought an M.2 NVME gen 4x4 SSD with the same form factor (2280) with a capacity of 4TB, that's PNY XLR8 CS3140 4TB SSD. After removing the default 512GB SSD, I plugged the 4TB SSD into the available SSD slot. This is where problems start to arise. When I wanted to install the SSD bolts, the 4TB SSD couldn't be leveled because underneath there was a small component installed on the motherboard that was blocking it. After I looked again, apparently the 4TB SSD was slightly thicker than the default 512GB SSD. Again, it's a shame that this laptop only has 1 SSD slot, no alternative SSD slot.

[banhien]

@Gest4 

From its manual and its specs

            https://kaas.hpcloud.hp.com/pdf-public/pdf_7911438_en-US-1.pdf

            https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_8115552-8115596-16

It only has single storage option. Normally the 4TB NVMe drives are TOO THICK even no heat sink.

The M.2 NVMe slot supports single sided drives, at this stage 2TB is the way to go.

To overcome that, please use 2TB and waiting for storage vendors to have thinner 4TB drives.

Hope that makes sense.

Regards.