Compatible SSD for HP Probook G4 notebook

[AKB22]

Hello. I want to upgrade the internal hard disk for my HP Probook G4 as the notebook has become extremely slow even after upgrading the RAM . Can someone please let me know if "Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD" will be compatible with my device?

SSD link - Crucial MX500 500GB 

Probook specifications - HP ProBook 450 G4 Notebook PC Product Specifications 

Thanks!

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@AKB22,

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

Yes, your HP ProBook 450 G4 Notebook PC can be fitted with the CT500MX500SSD1 ("Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD") as per: https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/probook-450-g4.

In addition, your notebook is fitted with a SATA M.2 2280 SSD slot as per https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05273411#AbT5 and http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05270979.pdf.

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[AKB22]

Thanks a lot @NonSequitur777 for the quick response. Just one more small question. What does this section mean exactly? Does it mean that the notebook will support upto 500GB SATA SSD and 256 M.2 2280 SSD only? The reason I am asking is because the notebook originally came with a 1 TB Toshiba MQ01ABD100 storage preinstalled and this 500 GB description text is actually confusing.

[NonSequitur777]

@AKB22,

No worries, your notebook will support at least a 4TB SATA SSD and a 1TB M.2 2280 SSD.

Hope this is helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[AKB22]

@NonSequitur777

Instead of Crucial P2 500GB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD, I ordered the SAMSUNG 980 SSD 500GB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280 from Amazon but it just won't fit. I took a pic of the motherboard SSD slot for the notch and it looks like ideally it should but it wont go through and I am afraid I might break the SSD if I apply too much pressure to push it in. Apart from this problem, Samsung  didn't even provide a screw to bolt it in (if it actually went in).

The Corsair and Samsung SSD notches are also added for your reference. 

You had earlier shared this particular SSD image but there are 2 notches here compared to 1 on motherboard. Will this fit G4 notebook instead?

[NonSequitur777]

@AKB22,

According to your notebook specs, your notebook is fitted with an M.2 (NGFF) 2280 SSD slot, not an M.2 NVMe SSD slot as I illustrated earlier:

Link: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05270979.pdf

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[AKB22]

Thanks again for the quick response. Guess I will return the NVMe SSD and get a NGFF one, but looking at the pic shared, will the notebook really support 512 GB NGFF SSD? Because the screenshot shared shows that only 256 GB/128 GB are supported but no mention of a 512 GB SSD. Just want to double check and not mess up again. 

[NonSequitur777]

@AKB22,

Excellent question: the answer is that your M.2 NGFF 2280 SSD slot can handle at least 500 GB: searching through UserBenchMark HP ProBook 450 G4 Users here: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/38209365, I found several notebooks fitted with a Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500 GB and a Crucial CT500MX500SSD4 M.2 500 GB SSD.

Since the 500 GB apparently works just fine, there is no reason to believe a 1TB M.2 NGFF 2280 SSD wouldn't be compatible.

My penny's worth.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777