M.2 compatibility

[bsmgirl]

Does the motherboard on the Pavilion dv5-2129wm laptop have a spare M.2 port or a spare PCIe slot for an adapter?  I was interested in adding an NVMe M.2 SSD.  Does anyone know?  Thanks.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

No, it does not have those features.

You would not be able to install a NVMe drive in your PC.

[bsmgirl]

Thank you for your quick response.  It is a very old computer but I upgraded the memory a while back and upgraded to Windows 10, but it is very slow.  Was hoping to speed her up, but I guess there are some tricks you just can't teach old dogs!!!!  

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

You could replace the 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a 2.5" SATA SSD if you have not done so already,

That would help considerably.

I checked to see if there were 2.5" SATA to NVMe adapters, but there aren't any.

There was one that looked promising but apparently it won't work in a notebook PC.

Amazon.com: StarTech.com M.2 to U.2 Adapter - For M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs - PCIe M.2 Drive to U.2 (SFF-86...

[bsmgirl]

No, I have not done that. Thank you. I may give that a try.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.

I put one of these cheap 240 GB SSD's in an old HP business class notebook around the same age as your model.

Worked great!  I gave the notebook away to a friend.

Amazon.com: PNY CS900 240GB 3D NAND 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - (SSD7CS900-240-...

I can't say with 100% certainty that it would work in yours, but for that price it is worth the gamble.