HP OMEN SSD upgrade not detected

[flavien317]

Hello,

I bought a HP OMEN 15-ax015nf, and a V-NAND SDD Samsunf EVO M.2 250GO. I plug the SSD inside the computer, but after reboot it's not showing in file explorater, in BIOS and in computer manager / disk utilities. How to do ?

Thanks

[erico]

It may not be a compatible memory and controller type.

SSds with NVMe controller types are currently the fastest on the planet 

The compatible M.2 drives are:

Generic SSD 128 GB 2280 M2 SATA-3 Value TL 827560-027

Generic SSD 256 GB 2280 M2 PCIe 3x4SS NVMeTLC TL 847109-008

Generic SSD 512 GB 2280 M2PCIe 3x4SS NVMeTLC TL

Boot to Windows and use the command line utility called Diskpart to see if it is recognized by the BIOS.

C:\Windows\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.14393.0

Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: DESKTOP-DDILN85

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 238 GB 0 B *
Disk 1 Online 465 GB 1024 KB *
Disk 2 Online 2794 GB 3072 KB *
Disk 3 Online 232 GB 0 B *

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> detail disk

SAMSUNG MZVPV256HDGL-00000
Disk ID: {7232850F-9AD6-446A-AFBB-85F5AB290998}
Type : SCSI
Status : Online
Path : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(0400)#PCI(0000)#SCSI(P00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : Yes
Pagefile Disk : Yes
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : Yes
Clustered Disk : No

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 237 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 1 Recovery NTFS Partition 450 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 2 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System

Diskpart>

One of the Samsung SM951 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (256GB) is the boot disk in the desktop I am typing this on. It is wicked quick.
 

Use a clean command, press enter and then type in convert GPT. That will make it a uefi disk and should be seen by the OS if it is compatible.

You might consider returning it and replacing itwith an M.2 NVMe V-Nand type like the Samsung I have.

One big caution. Upgrading to an M.2 NVMe is not simple.  I have done it four times and it is still sometimes a struggle for me.