Does Laptop have an M2 slot and what type?

[Twincroft]

I just purchased an HP 17 M  AEO11dx ENVY and I replaced drive with a Samsung 850 evo 1 tb.

It is very fast, I noticed that I have an M2 slot that reads M2.0 X 3.0.

I would like to know if this slot  will support an  M2 Pcie ssd  1 tb drive?

I do not want to purxhase it only to find out it will not work.

I would appreciate some advice. Thank you.

[visruth · Accepted solution]

Hi,


Yes it does, please refer to Page 2, 33 in your Manual

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05635976

Video for replacement: https://h20574.www2.hp.com/Media/BB0BBA72-60F0-4744-AFB9-91E3E1C87D23/ran_PCPFILES/SML/FruVideo/ran_...


Regards

Visruth

[jmm72]

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 only supports SATA III (about the bare minimum for any SSD), so if the HP BIOS wants to play nicely, it "should" work.  I've seen reports that not all BIOS manufactures bother to support Samsung's home-brew controller chips and their V-NAND memory chips.  I'd throw your machine at Crucial's Advisor and see what it shows unless you have already purchased the Samsung - point being just about anybody can max out SATA III - Samsung really plays better at the high end (960 EVO and PRO these days).

[visruth]

Yes, but Crucial MX series 300 especially have been reported by several members here incompatible with various HP notebook models.

Samsung EVO series on the other hand reported fewer issues.

[jmm72]

I'll defer to your superior knowledge of the Samsung vs. Crucial batting averages.  In the cases where the MX 300s failed to work, did Crucial's web site say they would or did folks just "take a chance"?  As documented in another thread, it appears HP has been known to use "mystery meat" motherboards in laptops that don't match up with the associated, admittedly vague, documentation.  Might explain some of the issue.

Be that as it may, my general point in this thread was that if the m.2 on a given MB only supports the SATA III protocol and not PCIe NVMe, just about any SSD will max out the SATA III 6GBs, while a fancy and somewhat more costly Samsung EVO that expects PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.2 won't even be recognized by the BIOS.  My latest MicroCenter flyer seems to show about a 25% price premium on the Samsungs vs. Crucials.  What am I missing here?

My whole point of being here now is trying to nail down if an HP Pavilion 15-cc123cl will play nicely with a Samsung 950 EVO NVMe M.2 256GB SSD.  Can you point me to any direct yes or no answer, given that HP's manual doesn't provide a  precise answer to the PCIe revision (2.0 or 3.0) or link count (1, 2, or 4) their MB supports, assuming the BIOS will if the hardware does?

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/HP-Pavilion-15-cc123cl-Perform...

[visruth]

Since I'm not working for HP and we're just end users like you helping each other, I'm not aware of any deeper technicalities more than you about HP laptop internals than what is available in the public domain.

What I was pointing to is that members here were frustrated with Crucial MX Series compatibility with their HP notebook. I think you'll get to see reports like these just by browsing through forum past.

[Twincroft]

I just bought the 960 evo 1 tb M2 pcie nvme for my HP 17M aeo11dx laptop.

I have already swapped out the  7200 HD  for a 1 tb  850 evo sata 111  installed..

 I want to make  M2 my main OS drive with the 960 evo and the 850 evo  sata as storage for  music ,  photos etc:

Should I be expecting any compatability issues,  and will they work properly .

Thanks for the help

[visruth]

Yes that is reported to work smoothly.

[jmm72]

Slight correction - I think your system is actually an HP ENVY - 17m-ae011dx, as there is no "17m-aeo11dx" that I can find.

That said, the standard drill is to look in the HP ENVY 17m Laptop PC HP ENVY 17 Laptop PC - Maintenance and Service Guide and see what SSDs the board supports:

Solid-state drive
Description Spare part number
Solid-state drive
SSD128 GB 2280 M2 SATA3 Value RS 827560-043
SSD 256 GB 2280 M2 PCIe3x4SS NVMeTLC RS 847109-019
SSD 512 GB 2280 M2 PCIe3x4SS NVMeTLC RS 847110-016
SSD1 TB 2280 PCIe-3x4NVMe TLC 2Side RS 865697-008
SSD 360 GB 2280 PCIe3x4 NVMe TLC RS 917818-010
SSD 256 GB 2280 PCIe NVMe Value RS 933705-001
SSD 512 GB 2280 PCIe NVMe Value RS 933706-001

In this case it looks like the board handles m.2 form factors in the 22mmx80mm size with both the SATA III (old school 600MB/s) and PCIe-3x4NVMe (latest SSD specific protocol 3940MB/s).  The unknowns are BIOS support for the Samsung Polaris controller and Samsung's unique take on TLC NAND (V-NAND).  As Provost reports above, it appears these work out based on other user's experience.

I'm putting a 250G 960 EVO in a similar HP PC tomorrow and will add experience to the collective wisdom soon.

[Twincroft]

I installed the 960 evo M2 and it is working harmoniously along side  my 850 evo.

I made the 960  M2 pcie nvme the boot drive but I am not sure if it is much quicker than the 850 evo ssd 111.

How do I measure the speed?

Thanks.