Help me indentify type of SSD to be used in this m2 slot - HP Notebook 15 BS-112tx model

[bilal01]

I have taken some pictures of the motherboard and internal hardware, I see a slot next to the HDD hard drive please help me identify what type of m2 SSD will work with this.

In service manual it states m2 with ATA-7 interface type. I can't find any with that interface type it's either newer NVMe ssds or SATA ssd.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Looking at the socket is not going to help at all.

Every HP notebook and desktop PC that I have ever come across has a M.2 slot that only has one key.

That is why you have to read the service manual for each product and see what it indicates.

Some M.2 slots support SATA M.2 SSD's only, some support NVMe SSDs only and some support both.

Some folks are of the mistaken impression that because a SATA M.2 SSD has two notches, that it is not going to fit in the M.2 slot that only has one key.

The one notch in the SATA M.2 SSD aligns with the one key in the slot and the second notch in the SATA SSD just doesn't make any contact with a few pins on the other side of the M.2 slot, but it fits just fine.

That is why so many folks have looked at the socket in that model series and made the wrong assumption that a NVMe SSD would work, and they found out that was not the case.

Please take advantage of their misfortune and buy a SATA M.2 SSD.

Now if you can buy a NVMe SSD with a guaranteed return policy, you can try one and see for yourself that it won't work.