HP Probook 4530s SSD and RAM Upgrades

[Mikenba]

Greetings,

I'm experiencing some troubles with my HDD and it seems that I will have to replace it. I would like to seize the occasion to upgrade to SSD and maybe RAM as well.

I went through internet and found some infos about the possibilities of doing so (especially for the SSD). However, I still dont know exactly which SSD model (caracteristics, regardless of the brand) best suits my machine.

I live in Tunisia, the available brands on the market are Sandisk and ADATA. So if you could tell me the needed specifications that I could find with these brands. I think that a 240-256 Go capacity would be enough since I barely used half of the installed 320 Go.

Here are my computer specifications:

Probook 4530s

i5-2430m @2.40GHz

4,0 GB RAM

HDD: WDC WD3200BEKT-60PVMT0 320 GB Transfer mode: SATA/300

Windows 7 64bit

Thank you in advance.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Your Service Manual:

Manual

See pages 49 and 52-55 for "how to". 

You have 4 gigs of RAM and max is 8. This is the part number for 4 gig module:

4-GB 621569-001

I know you can't use US Amazon.com but this is the kind of memory you need:

https://www.amazon.com/621569-001-4GB-1333MHz-PC3-10600-SODIMM/dp/B005UF674S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=...

DDR3-1333 1.5 volt SO-DIMM and it should be low density i.e. 8 black blocks of memory on the side of the chip not 4.

As far as the SSD, you can use any 2.5 inch wide SATA SSD. Between SanDisk and Adata I would go Sandisk but that is not a strong preference. Either would work. The issue you are likely to face is getting software onto the new blank drive. Do you have some kind of recovery media or a backup available?

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[Mikenba]

Thanks for the reply. I believe that this would do.

Regarding software on the blank SSD, i already saved all of my files to an external HDD. And I have a Win 7 disc. Is that what you mean (what i would need?)

Thank you

[Huffer]

Thats exactly what you need. We get so few who have planned ahead as well as you have. 

[Mikenba]

Great!

Thank you for your help!