Motherboard compatible with SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe?

[th3_n00b]

Good afternoon everyone,

i would like to change my SSD to a bigger one, and if it's possible better. I would like to know if my motherboard would be compatible with a SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe. Right now it has a SanDisk SD8SNAT-128G-1006 - 119.24 GB (SSD M.2 SATA 3), but i have no idea if it would work with a SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe, i tried to find out in the documentation but i could not.

Thank you all.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

According to chapter 1 of the service manual, your notebook can support a NVMe. M.2 SSD.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05357609

But according to the Crucial memory/SSD report for your model, it only shows SATA M.2 SSD's as supported.

https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/hp-omen-15-ax001ns

[th3_n00b]

About the service manual, how should i interpret it? Cause i see some processors and graphic cards and i am a little bit confused.

And in the Crucial report it says:

Drive Form Factor: M.2/2280

Drive Interface: SATA/M.2 PCIe/SATA

SATA Version: SATA 3 - 6Gb/s

According to the Drive Interface it should work, right?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I interpret the manual to read that any notebook with the GTX960M graphics adapter supports NVMe drives.

You follow the columns down and look at the checkmarks.  NVMe drives are checked under the GTX 960 column.

The Crucial memory report is only showing SATA drives.  It would also show NVMe drives for sale if Crucial says they are supported.

So, I don't know whos specs to go with.  HP's or Crucial's.

[Huffer]

I actually had one of these once when we used to get HP laptops to check out and can speak from personal experience to say it will accept an NVME M.2 SSD. Why Crucial only offers SATA I cannot say. The one I had came with a 2 TB 5400 rpm hdd and a 128 gig SATA M.2 and I upgraded it to a Samsung PM961 512 gig NVME M.2. I think if I recall the interface was limited to a 2x NVME and would not do 4x which is the more current standard. However, the NVME was several times faster than the SATA even at 2x. 

[th3_n00b]

Well, thank you so much anyway. It is curious cause checking the manual, according with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M column (the one that i have), it would not be compatible with a Intel RealSense 3D Camera, and i have it.

[th3_n00b]

Thanks for your answer, i will definitely try with a SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.