M2 SSD upgrade Pavilion 15-bc014nl

[Germano1]

I kindly request an information about the M2 SSD upgrade.

The notebook bought on November 2016 come with SanDisk SD8SNAT-128G-1006 (M2 SATA) and HGST HTS721010A9E630 1TB 7200rpm  (SATA). My intention is to upgrade the SSD to 512GB.

To be in safe and avoid damages better way is to upgrade to SATA : 

Samsung 860 EVO SSD 500GB - M.2 SATA (MZ-N6E500BW)

but if supported of course I prefer the NVME more  faster:

Samsung (MZ-V7E500BW) 970 EVO SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe 

I not sure about the  M2 SSD type SATA or NVME supported, reading the manual Maintenance and Service Guide HP Pavilion Notebook PC seems both supported:

 but the manual is referred  to other series

Thanks in advance for answers

[iomare]

Hi Germano,

Your notebook supports only M2 SATA3 SSDs. So the M2 Samsung 860 Evo would be considered the best. There is no limit to the capacity of the M2 Drive.

Hope it helps,

David

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[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Germano:

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook's model series.

HP Pavilion Notebook PC Maintenance and Service GuideIMPORTANT! This document is intended for HP aut...

The M.2 slot your notebook has does support both SATA and NVMe drives.

NVMe drives have much faster read/write speeds than SATA ones do, but they tend to run hotter due to the accelerated drive speeds.

[Germano1]

Hi Iomare,

Many thanks for prompt replay  

[Germano1]

Hi Paul,

Many thanks for yr. quickly replay and manual link.

I have received also another replay that only SATA is supported, so the doubt remain, despite manual report both types.

A question if I try to insert in the slot the SSD  NVME and it support only SATA I risk a damage?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome, Germano.

You will not damage the notebook or the drive, if you were to install a NVMe SSD in a M.2 slot that only supports SATA.

If the slot does not support NVMe, then one of two things will happen...

The notebook will not boot up.

The notebook will boot up but the drive will not be recognized in the BIOS or in Windows.

Also here is a discussion where a forum member has a 15-bc000 model that came from HP with a 256 GB NVMe SSD, so it must work.

Installing a new SSD on HP Pavilion 15 bc000-CTO - HP Support Community - 5778765

[Germano1]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for yr. kindly support, after yr. clarification I will buy the NVME

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime, Germano.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Paul