HP Pavillion 15 - InsydeH20 Bios Advanced Settings

[Simonharry]

The HDD on this is running very slowly so as it is now out of warranty, I want to extend the life of the product by making some upgrades.

I've installed a Crucial M.2 2280 500gb SSD into the device however the machine does not recognise this item in either the bios or windows.

I imagine the socket is disabled in the Bios (InsydeH20 Rev 5.0) so i want to enable it.

Please advise how i do this as i cant see the relevent options.

Thanks

[pbroussard]

15 Ah085sa doesn't seem to be a valid model number. Please post the correct model number or Product ID found on the label or in bios. 

It may be that your laptop supports SATA 3 M.2 drives and not PCIe M.2 drives so the model number or product ID is needed to see what it supports.

[Simonharry]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

apologies, the model number is Ak085sa.

 

[pbroussard]

Your service manual is here- http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04823146.pdf 

In the Product Description it states your M.2 slot is SATA 3 only. If you bought a M.2 PCIe ssd, return it and get an M.2 SATA 3 version.

It won't be as fast as a PCIe ssd, but still a lot faster than a mechanical hdd.

[Simonharry]

thanks for your help.

So even though the sata 3 SSD has 2 slots and the motherboard slot only has one, a sata 3 will still work?

im toying with buying this one…. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-WDS500G2B0B-Blue-Internal/dp/B073SBX6TY/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid...

[pbroussard]

Yes it will. The M.2 slot can handle a variety of devices, why they key it like that when it's a SATA 3 only slot I don't know.

That WD drive is a good choice, I bought one of those for my other laptop not too long ago, it was M.2 SATA 3 like yours.

[Simonharry]

Thanks so much.

ordered that one. You’re a hero.