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How do i know whether my laptop has an SSD slot? I am thinking of upgrading the disk to SSD, however not sure whether the laptop have additional SSD slot, instead SSD slot, instead of replacing current SATA drive, I check the product manual page from HP site, however the information is not clear. Please advise.

 

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Support for M.2 SATA storage (Port 0) (models with i7 processors and 4 GB discrete graphics memory only)

 

Yours is i7 but has 2 gb discrete graphics not 4 gb so likely not. I would tell you to just visually instpect but it is a big job to remove and turn over the motherboard to look. 

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Yours does not have an M.2 slot. Only i7 processor models in your model series have it.

 

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See bottom p. 1 to top p. 2.  All you can do is replace the spinning mechanical hard drive with a 2.5 inch SATA SSD like Samsung 860 Evo. Still a major game changer type upgrade but not exactly the dual storage solution you were hoping for. Prices have come down a lot recently, however.

 

Post back if you need any more questions answered and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

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Hi Huffer,

 

Thank you so much for the fast response. My Laptop is actually is having i7 processor only. Can you please confirm whether the model have any additional SSD slot.

 

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Thank you.

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Support for M.2 SATA storage (Port 0) (models with i7 processors and 4 GB discrete graphics memory only)

 

Yours is i7 but has 2 gb discrete graphics not 4 gb so likely not. I would tell you to just visually instpect but it is a big job to remove and turn over the motherboard to look. 

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