Compatibality of HP Pavilion Notebook 15-p204tx with Samsung 970 EVO plus 500GB

[martinmate]

Does HP Pavilion 15 p204tx have M.2 slot? If yes does it support Samsung 970 EVO plus 500GB/ 1TB?

[CharlieItuah1]

Yes, it has the M.2 port for SSD and the interface is SATA 3.

I  believe your system should be compatible with Samsung 970 EVO plus 500GB

Have a look at this page from Samsung

https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-970-evo-plus-nvme-m-2-500...

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, @martinmate 

Your notebook does not have a M.2 slot to support a NVMe SSD.

Some models have a M.2 slot that supports SATA SSD's only and you have to remove the motherboard to get to where the M.2 SATA slot is located.  Not worth it, in my opinion since a 2.5" SATA SSD is just as fast as a M.2 SATA SSD.

If you want to upgrade to a SSD, I recommend that you replace the 2.5" mechanical drive with a 2.5" SSD.

See chapter 1 of the service manual for the supported drive types...

HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PCHP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide

[martinmate]

Thank you Charlie. Appreciate the reply. 

[martinmate]

I guess you are right, it doesn't support NVME. Thank you for the speedy reply, Paul.  

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.