Need to upgrade SSD for 15-ec0101ax

[Praven1]

Hi Team,

I have a HP Pavilion 15 ec-0101ax laptop and it comes with 1TB HDD Only, Now the system is very slow. Due to that I am thinking of upgrading the SSD. The 15-ec0101ax laptop has a slot for adding SSD along with the HDD . Does it have an SSD slot? I want to add SSD in its extra slot. I am think to use  Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 NVMe 500GB, Up to 6600MB/s R, 5Y Warranty, PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 (2280), Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (WDS500G5B0E-00CPE0) module, Can you kindly check the module and tell it will fit perfectly with 15 ec-0101ax laptop.

SSD Product link: https://www.amazon.in/Western-Digital-Warranty-Internal-WDS500G5B0E-00CPE0/dp/B0FJ8VGNK8?th=1  

Kindly verify the module, Will this SSD be fully compatible (mechanically and electrically) with my laptop’s M.2 slot?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Yes, your notebook has a M.2 slot that supports NVMe SSDs and the SN5100 would work fine.

This drive has slightly better specs and costs about the same:

Crucial P310 500GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD | CT500P310SSD8 | Crucial IN

Both drives are PCIe Gen 4.0 so they will not run at their maximum advertised read/write speeds from the Gen 3 slot your notebook comes with.

Also, if you plan on retaining the 2.5" drive, you will have to remove Windows from the drive and use it for storage only, or the notebook will always want to boot from the 2.5" drive first and not the SSD.

Below is the link to the service manual:

4bddd1.pdf

[Praven1]

Hi paul,

2.5" drive means HDD Right ? Yes i am going to use HDD for storage purpose only and Additionally add SSD for OS Booting purpose is it ok to use like this right?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Yes, the 2.5" drive is the existing hard drive.

Yes, that is how you can use the 2.5" drive--for storage only and the OS and programs go on the M.2 SSD.

Chapter 1 of the service manual indicates that HP offered dual drive (HDD + NVMe SSD) configurations in the model series, and in those configurations the hard drive is used for storage.

[Praven1]

Hi paul

Thanks for the quick update. Can you kindly share me the service manual for the 15-ec0101ax model and what ever I suggest WD blue SN5100 SSD module will support perfectly with my laptop right I am asking in dimensions aspect. 2280 is the dimensions of the SSD module right? It will fit properly?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I gave you the link to the service manual in my first reply.

Your notebook supports M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs.

I had also given you an alternative model (Crucial P310) which has better read/writes speeds than the WD SN5100 and costs a few Rs less.

But if you want the SN5100, it is a perfectly good brand and drive and will work fine.

[Praven1]

Hi Team,

I want to know the maximum support by 15-ec0101ax laptop model for SSD M.2 NVMe storage? We can use 1TB or 2TB in M.2 SSD slot? Or any  limitations is there. Currently my laptop have only 1 TB HDD.