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09-18-2023 12:03 PM - edited 09-18-2023 01:09 PM
I'm trying to find out information about the motherboard in this laptop. I can't find any pictures for it. All I know is that it's a Intel® HM370 which will differ depending on which manufacturer made the mobo. Normally the HM370 has 1 x M.2 port so that's encouraging, but I can't find further details.
I want to upgrade the laptop with a new M.2 drive but I need to know what is possible and which one to get.
UPDATE 1: I manged to find a service guide which mentions M.2 NVMe drives. It does not mention a maximum size, speed or other factors.
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09-18-2023 06:50 PM
The limit is very high, many vendors now can squeeze 4TB to the physical size (2280). It is safe to use 1TB or 2TB
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09-18-2023 01:28 PM
The specs of your machine is
https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06075371
Manual : http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06001788.pdf
As from page 4 of the manual, its M.2 slot supports both SATA 3 and NVMe with Gen 7 processors.
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09-18-2023 06:50 PM
The limit is very high, many vendors now can squeeze 4TB to the physical size (2280). It is safe to use 1TB or 2TB
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09-19-2023 03:03 AM - edited 09-19-2023 03:14 AM
That's excellent thanks.
Warning
For anyone else reading this I would advise you to use a repair shop or HP to get this done rather than trying to do it yourself. A few months back I tried to open it up myself by using similar tutorials on Youtube, but for a slightly different model. I couldn't get in using platic tools and screw driver and I managed to snap a piece of plastic off around the battery compartment 😫. I had to pay HP £250 to fix it. Fortunately they were able to fix this model still.