Help installing an SSD in a hp 14-bp062sa

[Earthwormben]

I'm looking to upgrade a newly bought laptop with a 500 GB SSD sata I currently own. The laptop came with an m.2 ssd though so I want completely sure if a sata ssd could be fitted. After looking on the crucial website, the compatibility search matched up sata ssds. Also after asking around somebody told me that I would have to purchase a hard drive caddy kit, but they seem to come in various sizes so I'm a bit stumped.
There's a spare port near the sata hard drive bay but I'm not fluid enough with laptops (and cant find a manual)
Here's a photo of the laptop opened
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xji8k-1F1znXfot26sqZ0S2yWJ39bDbq/view?usp=drivesdk
Thanks

[visruth · Accepted solution]

Yours is a 7th gen Intel core machine with UMA graphics

Manual: see page 3
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05505821

Your notebook: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c05573527

Yes you can put 2.5 inch 7mm thick SATA SSD in the hard drive bay along with 128gb M.2 SATA SSD already present from factory. See manual.

Samsung 850 Evo SSD is good one.

You need these,
Hard drive cable : 927917-001

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/927917-001-HP-Cable-HDD-927917-001-Spare-Parts-Replacement-Cables-/312062...

Hard drive brackets : 933608-001

https://www.ebay.com/itm/933608-001-DC0G76HD021-GENUINE-HP-HD-CADDY-W-CONNECTOR-PAVILION-15-CC-15-CC...

Page 38 for replacement procedure

Video: https://h20574.www2.hp.com/Media/6CE1EF78-C0AE-4E8D-93AF-F55A528A6F08/pac_PCPFILES/SML/FruVideo/pac_...

[Earthwormben]

Thanks, unfortunately them parts are not really worth the investment to me. I may just sell the m.2 that came with the laptop, and buy a 500 GB one

[visruth]

You're welcome.

Yes, I'll suggest you to go for upgrade of the M.2 2280 SATA SSD capacity.

This is known to be compatible with HP notebooks: https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-850-evo-m-2-500gb-mz-n5e5...