Can I upgrade my drive from M.2 SSD to NVMe (PCIe Gen 3.0 x4)?

[LULU199]

Hey,

I have an HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook - 15-ak100nj.

This is the specification according to the HP website:
https://support.hp.com/il-he/document/c05055040#AbT0

System board: 816B 91.1E
Main drive: SSD in 128GB M.2 interface.

I would like to upgrade my primary drive to NVMe drive:
Western Digital WD Black SN750 1TB PCIe M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
(PCIe Gen 3.0 x4)

Can I?
Does my motherboard match the technology?

Thank you

[Huffer]

No only SATA M.2 is supported and there is no slot. You need a ssd caddy used in place of the 2.5 inch hard drive. So an NVME will not work. 

[LULU199]

I'm not sure I understood.

I have an M.2 slot.
Currently, a 128GB Samsung drive is connected to it.
In addition to the main drive, I have another 1TB drive with an SSD connection (irrelevant ..)

My question is does the slot I have on the motherboard also support NVMe, or does it only support the SSD interface (the Samsung drive is now the SSD interface).


thanks again.

[Huffer]

No the M.2 slot only supports SATA type M.2 not NVME. I would be interested to see a picture as the Service Manual does not show the M.2 slot. Its only listed in the specs and HP only offered it with SATA M.2. 

[LULU199]

To be clear:
My main Samsung drive is in the configuration of the M.2 M model


Thanks

[LULU199]

Attaching 3 best photos I was able to take ..

Thanks

[LULU199]

[LULU199]

I uploaded the pictures here.


Thanks, and sorry for the spam

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KmqI0jKy8NB2JFj62Y7r3pv_uaxomiI4?usp=sharing

[Huffer]

Not sure what you mean here. The M.2 should be a B + M keyed device like this:

M.2 adapter types

All M.2 slots have two chambers but SATA M.2 disks generally (not always) are B + M and still fit in the two chambered slot. Not all M.2 slots are created equal. Some will only support SATA, some SATA or NVME, and some NVME only but they all look the same. 

[LULU199]

Thank you.
So all in all, my hardware will certainly not support NVMe. Right..?