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See pages 31-39 of the Service manual here:
M.2 slot is in the blue circle in this picture:
I actually have personally added an M.2 to this model series with the 8th gen i5 processor. I used an M.2 disk I took out of my HP Spectre, a 256 gig when I upgraded the Spectre to a 512 gig M.2. The one I put in this laptop is a Samsung PM961.
There has been a lot of heartache from HP users trying to upgrade (add) an M.2 PCIe/NVME disk to a laptop that did not come with one from the factory, but the Service Manual says is compatible with such an upgrade. Most users want to add a Samsung 960 Evo or 960 Pro as these PCIe/NVME disks have the best performance based on benchmarks and are heavily touted in the tech press. Unfortunately, the 960 series as well as Intel models seem not to work in HP laptops.
We have had the occasional report to the contrary which makes me wonder how much is really compatibility and how much is users in over their heads with this. It is not a simple plug and play upgrade particularly if you want to try to clone the hard drive contents to the M.2 disk. If you decide you want to do this we can discuss the best way to get Windows and software onto the M.2 which is what you want to do.
SATA-3 M.2 disks will also work in the slot provided. Don't be put off by the fact that the slot has 2 chambers and a SATA M.2 disk has three prongs that insert into the slot. It still works fine. SATA-3 M.2s are significantly slower on paper than M.2 disks but only a little slower in actual operation. Still a very noticeable upgrade. SATA SSDs are about 4 times faster than a hard drive and PCIe/NVME are about 4 times faster than SATA on paper for peak burst speed. But there is not a big problem with compatibility on SATA-3 M.2 disks. All the major brands just seem to work. Samsung 850 M.2 is a good choice as is WD Blue SATA M.2.
Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the answer you needed.
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See pages 31-39 of the Service manual here:
M.2 slot is in the blue circle in this picture:
I actually have personally added an M.2 to this model series with the 8th gen i5 processor. I used an M.2 disk I took out of my HP Spectre, a 256 gig when I upgraded the Spectre to a 512 gig M.2. The one I put in this laptop is a Samsung PM961.
There has been a lot of heartache from HP users trying to upgrade (add) an M.2 PCIe/NVME disk to a laptop that did not come with one from the factory, but the Service Manual says is compatible with such an upgrade. Most users want to add a Samsung 960 Evo or 960 Pro as these PCIe/NVME disks have the best performance based on benchmarks and are heavily touted in the tech press. Unfortunately, the 960 series as well as Intel models seem not to work in HP laptops.
We have had the occasional report to the contrary which makes me wonder how much is really compatibility and how much is users in over their heads with this. It is not a simple plug and play upgrade particularly if you want to try to clone the hard drive contents to the M.2 disk. If you decide you want to do this we can discuss the best way to get Windows and software onto the M.2 which is what you want to do.
SATA-3 M.2 disks will also work in the slot provided. Don't be put off by the fact that the slot has 2 chambers and a SATA M.2 disk has three prongs that insert into the slot. It still works fine. SATA-3 M.2s are significantly slower on paper than M.2 disks but only a little slower in actual operation. Still a very noticeable upgrade. SATA SSDs are about 4 times faster than a hard drive and PCIe/NVME are about 4 times faster than SATA on paper for peak burst speed. But there is not a big problem with compatibility on SATA-3 M.2 disks. All the major brands just seem to work. Samsung 850 M.2 is a good choice as is WD Blue SATA M.2.
Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the answer you needed.
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