Dont have hard drive sata connector

[yusufsayar]

I just bought a hp notebook

This one has only 128gb ssd

When i ask them before buying they told me to you can upgrade your storage anytime, this notebook has a space for hdd

And i bought it

Now i want to add a 1tb hdd to my notebook

But when i open the case i saw there is a space for hdd but it hasn't got SATA connector and CABLE

How can i find the correct parts? 

[yusufsayar]

Missing parts here

I need them to upgrade storage

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@yusufsayar 

Please read the manual, you need

• Hard drive board part # L52024-001
• Hard drive cable part # L52025-001

Parts with prefix "L" are new and not available , for example

    http://partsurfer.hp.com/Search.aspx?searchText=L52025-001

I could not find anywhere including eBay. Please talk with  HP authorized service provider parts in your country. They will help you or you have to wait for few more months, HP may stock new parts.

Regards.

[Mivolis]

Hi BH,

I have now the same problem. I need these following parts and I didn´t find them anywhere. 

• Hard drive board part # L52024-001
• Hard drive cable part # L52025-001

I have the following Hardware:

• HP Notebook - 15-dw0620ng (7KD62EA)
• Win10 Home in S Mode

Now my Question. Is it possible to use alternative HDD Flexcable / Hard drive cable from other HP Models? Do you know if there are pin compatibility Versions on the market which I can use? For Example I found some :

• HDD Connector Flex Cable For HP 15-j Laptop DW15 6017B0416801 Link to Flex Cable 

Or do you have an Pinout Matrix wehre I can see the pinout of the Flex Cable.

Thanks

[AndyUkasick]

I have the same same problem.  I was astonished at what a piece of crap my brand new HP 15t series notebook is when if came with a 15 year old technology display that gets blurry and discolored if I move my head even just a couple inches.  Then I found that the wifi card can't see my 5Ghz wiki router because it too is ancient crap.  So I had to buy a new display that's actually IPS and a new wifi board that is at least usable.  Now when I open my laptop up to install the new parts, I'm also planning to install my 1TB 2.5" SSD drive.  But guess what?  Despite also being told that I could expand the storage by adding such a drive... there is no drive board!  There is no cable.  There are no mounting brackets.  It just boggles the mind what a piece of crap company HP has become.  Now I'm searching for THOSE parts!  And of course NONE of the parts I needed before or the ones that I need now are 'in stock' and can actually be ordered.  They don't stock anything as far as I've been able to see, yet they still go to the trouble of having a parts site and search tools to give the illusion that they do.  Of course I will never purchase from HP again.  That goes without saying.   

UPDATE:  After a very thorough search, even contacting sellers in China, HP service centers, etc., it appears that the parts needed to add a 2.5" HDD/SSD to the supposedly expandable dozens of different laptop/notebook models, are not available fro HP or anyone else on earth it seems.  I can't find any 3rd party equivalents.  What kind of despicable company just repeatedly lies to its customers like this?  Having to buy extra parts in order to add a drive when the laptop is described as being able to accept a 2.5" drive is a big enough lie.  Then finding out that people have been searching for these parts for many months and that HP doesn't sell them takes lie to all new levels.  What complete BS.  

[Mivolis]

Hey AndyUkasick,

so you have found an rudimentary Solution to connect an separate HDD Drive into your Notebook? Can you please tell me hard drive cable and board you found which is working with your Hardware.

k but actually there isn`t a distributor where I can find these cable. So there is no possibility for an other cable. So every HP Notebook has a different Pinning? Is this correct?

Do you know if the flex cable has 8 or 10 Pins. Because the most I found are 10 Pinning Flex-cable the only think which I didn`t found was the Pinning and the Pitch of these cables. Is these the same for every Notebook. For me it would make sense that the Pinning should be always the same only the length of these cables are different.

I found these one ... Link to Flex Cable 

Can you please tell me a rudimentary solution how I can upgrade my new notebook with an additional 2TB HDD?

[AndyUkasick]

Hi Mivolis - I'm very sorry to say that the part I purchased will not work.  It appears that neither HP nor anyone else in the world as far as I can tell makes or stocks the parts.  I cannot find any 3rd party equivalents.  If that ever changes I'll reply again.  I can't express how disgusted i am with the way HP has repeatedly lied to its customers.  People have been getting told to buy these parts by HP for many months.  Always HP has no stock.  HP tells people to wait for the parts to be stocked... months go by and nothing is ever stocked.  They appear to have never been stocked.   I've yet to find anyone who has found a solution.   This was a very specific question that i asked of HP before I bought the laptop.  i was assured that I could add my 1TB 2.5" SSD drive by sales and HP's documentation also says so.   We were simply lied to.

The cable you saw might be compatible, but it says that it is cable only and doesn't include the board.  If you succeed in finding anything, please let me know as well.

[AndyUkasick]

@Mivolis

(Note: I also posted this same message in response to your questions here https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/quot-L52025-001-quot-Upgrade-a...)

Sorry for the late response. I was on vacation for the past week.  

It is an 8 pin cable.  And... I THINK I FOUND ONE!  

According to HP's parts database the same part (both board and cable) is used in a "15s-dy0005TX" model laptop.  If that is in fact true, then I found a vendor who sells it.   I emailed over a dozen different vendors in many different countries.  Only one replied with a part that appears to be correct.  All others just said that it was not available.  I provided them with the full list of models that HP says it is used in.  I'll put a copy of that at the bottom of this reply.

Here is a link to the part:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y9MTWB5  I ordered one and it should arrive in two days.  I sure hope that it works!  If HP deletes the above link from my post, just search amazon for "B07Y9MTWB5".   This is the description "Deal4GO SSD SATA Hard Drive Cable with HDD Caddy Bracket for HP 15s-dy 15s-dy0005TX 15s-dy0006TX 15s-dy0002TX DD0G75HD011".

Let's hope that this works!  If so it will salvage a terrible situation.  I've never before seen a case where a vendor said that a laptop had a 2.5" HDD/SSD bay when what it really has is just had a hollow space big enough for a drive, but with no ability to to actually connect a drive.  And that the only way to do so was to buy more parts, that are not even available and self-install them.  Which I imagine will void the warranty.  Unbelievable.

Here is the list of laptop models that HP's parts db says use those same two parts.  NOTE that it does NOT contain your laptop model.  That does not make me feel good about the accuracy of the data.  My model is a 15T-DW100.

HP part number: L52024-001
Description: HDD Board

HP 15T-DW100
HP 15T-DW000
15-DW0008CA
15-DW0030NR
15-DW0037WM
15-DW0038WM
15-DW0046NR
15-DW0047NR
15-DW0077NR
15-DW0078NR
15-DW0085NR
15-DW0086NR
15-DW0087NR
15-DW1008CA
15-dw0003la
15-dw0005la
15s-du0000TX
15s-du0001TX
15s-du0002TX
15s-du0004TX
15s-du0005TX
15s-du0006TX
15s-du0007TX
15s-du0008TX
15s-du0009TX
15s-dy0000TU
15s-dy0000TX
15s-dy0001TX
15s-dy0002TX
15s-dy0004TX
15s-dy0005TX

-AND-

HP Part number: L52025-001
HP Part Description: HDD/SSD CABLE for HDD and for SSD on GML

HP 15T-DW100
HP 15T-DW000
15-DW0007CA
15-DW0008CA
15-DW0010DS
15-DW0011DS
15-DW0021CL
15-DW0023CL
15-DW0025CL
15-DW0030NR
15-DW0033NR
15-DW0034NR
15-DW0034WM
15-DW0035CL
15-DW0036WM
15-DW0037CA
15-DW0037WM
15-DW0038WM
15-DW0043DX
15-DW0045NR
15-DW0046NR
15-DW0047NR
15-DW0050OD
15-DW0052WM
15-DW0054WM
15-DW0077NR
15-DW0078NR
15-DW0082CL
15-DW0085NR
15-DW0086NR
15-DW0087NR
15-DW0088CL
15-DW0091NR
15-DW1008CA
15-dw0001la
15-dw0002la
15-dw0003la
15-dw0004la
15-dw0005la
15s-du0000TU
15s-du0000TX
15s-du0001TU
15s-du0001TX
15s-du0002TU
15s-du0002TX
15s-du0003TU
15s-du0003TX
15s-du0004TX
15s-du0005TX
15s-du0006TX
15s-du0007TX
15s-du0008TX
15s-du0009TX
15s-dy0000TU
15s-dy0000TX
15s-dy0001TU
15s-dy0001TX
15s-dy0002TX
15s-dy0003TX
15s-dy0004TX
15s-dy0005TX
15s-dy0006TX

[Mivolis]

@AndyUkasick and @Indydude

Thanks for your support and your solution. It was a long way but now I got the solution I want. The Cable Adapter from your link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y9MTWB5 arrived a few weeks ago and now I were able to test it and it is working.

I attached a few pictures of the solution for all persons who have the same problem.

THX again !!!