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02-18-2019 02:50 PM
Hello I've got a HP 15-an051dx - Star Wars Special Edition notebook but it has a bad hard drive so I want to buy a SSD M.2 but I don't know if there is a slot for a M.2 sad. I saw some articles that there is a slot but many people said that they did not find it there.
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02-18-2019 03:05 PM
You have hit the nail on the head. The Service Manual mentions an M.2 SSD but if you read closely and try to find an image of the slot location you can't:
This Youtube is very hurky-jerky but it shows the motherboard and no M.2 slot can be seen. Look from about 8:00 to 9:00:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3v98RbBYJQ
I suggest upgrading to a 2.5 inch SATA SSD such as the Samsung 860 Evo. Its going to be just as fast as a SATA M.2 and you need to replace the hard drive anyway. The prices have come way down and even a 1 TB is fairly reasonable now:
Post back with any more questions but please accept as solution if its the info you needed.
02-18-2019 03:05 PM
You have hit the nail on the head. The Service Manual mentions an M.2 SSD but if you read closely and try to find an image of the slot location you can't:
This Youtube is very hurky-jerky but it shows the motherboard and no M.2 slot can be seen. Look from about 8:00 to 9:00:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3v98RbBYJQ
I suggest upgrading to a 2.5 inch SATA SSD such as the Samsung 860 Evo. Its going to be just as fast as a SATA M.2 and you need to replace the hard drive anyway. The prices have come way down and even a 1 TB is fairly reasonable now:
Post back with any more questions but please accept as solution if its the info you needed.