HP Pavilion x360 14-ba003tx SSD Upgrade

[Immawan]

So in the notebook manual, it says that this notebook can only support M.2 SATA SSD, not M.2 NVMe. But then when I looked at the motherboard, the sockey looks like the one with M.2 NVMe (one space instead of two space like M.2 SATA). My question is, which type should I actually buy? Does the M.2 SATA SSD fits into that socket? Does it actually works with M.2 NVMe too?

I'm a newbie with this kind of things, sorry If my questions is kinda basic.

Thank you in advanced for your answe

[iomare]

Hi,

Yes the PCIe NVMe M2 SSD will fit in the slot, but will not work. Only the SATA 3 will work such as the M2 Samsung 860 evo or similar which are designed with the two groves to fit in more types of slots.

Hope it helps,

David

[Immawan]

Oooh so the two groves design is meant to be made so that it can fit into broader kind of socket? Now I understand. Thank you very much. Now I can be sure which one to buy

[iomare]

Take a look at the below doc from Kingston, start at "What do the different module keys on M.2 SSD drives mean?"  It explains how the different types of sockets work.

https://www.kingston.com/en/ssd/system-builder/m2_faq

Hope it helps,

David