Notebook 250 g6 removing dvd drive hole cover plate

[likwidsh0k]

Hi,

Just bought a HP 250 g6 celeron lappie (2FG08PA) and going to upgrade the ram and swap the HDD for an SSD, and also while doing that thinking of removing the dvd drive as have no need for it and less wait is always a bonus.

Just wondering if I do it how to best cover the hole?

I suspect the door mechnism attached to the dvd drive cannot sit in place without the drive. Is there something I can replace the entire drive with like some kind of light wireframe plastic similar shaped frame with the door on the end that slides in place of the drive? Or any other way to fit the door from the drive, or any other alternative?

Thanks in advance

[iomare · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Your PC supports 8GB of DDR3L 1600Mhz RAM (1x8GB)

There is one slot and you can choose RAM from your preferred brand Crucial, Samsung....

On page 45 of service manual you can see the steps to upgrade the RAM:

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05485525

As for the optical drive you could replace with a hard drive caddy and leave empty. You can remove the front bezel of the drive and place on the hard drive caddy. It will most likely weigh less than optical drive (you need 9mm thickness)

Example:

https://www.amazon.com/Nimitz-Fujitsu-Samsung-Replace-Optical/dp/B07BWLMRL3/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics...

Hope it helps,

David

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[likwidsh0k]

 Hi iomare,

Thanks very much for the quick reply.

Caddy

That would be perfect and attach the DVD door to the caddy. Thanks very much and for the link too.

RAM

Just a quick friendly headsup and this may be an Australian product version but the HP 250 G6 (2FG08PA) here has 2 RAM slots with one 4g of DDR3 1600Mhz spec ram as you said in the machine, which actaully does lead into a question I was wondering if getting the extra RAM is worth it, as the Celeron processor seems to be the bottleneck.

I have seen in this youtube that if I get the second identical spec stick of ram that they will run in dual channel and give me a little performance boost including the GPU.. 

https://youtu.be/uB8i50O8fKM?t=7m3s

and have read elsewhere someone quoting 5-10% boost but wasn't clear what that improvement was in.

Another stck of crucial DDR3 1600Mhz SODIMM here is $48 Australian and thinking since I am opening the case anyway and only want to do that once might aswell buy and install the ram too.

Given the RAM currently runs at about 85% is it really worth getting the second stick of ram?

Thanks again

[iomare]

Your welcome.

I would still open the PC to take a quick look to see if there are two slots before purchasing, as all documentation with the Celeron processor leads to believe that there is only one slot. Naturally, sometimes the service manual and spec sheets are wrong. (as with the CPU) But even with the latest Celeron processor N4000, Crucial says that it only has one slot:

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for//hp-250-g6-%28pentium-n4000%29

There are only 9 screws, You will need to pull back the rubber feet slightly to get to the screws under them. You can see on page 40-42 of service manual:

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05485525

You are correct in saying that the Celeron processor will be the bottleneck in the PC,

Let me know,

David

[likwidsh0k]

Thanks again and for looking out and making sure I get this right, must be an Australian model difference because this has the N3350 processor with 2 slots, I had made sure using Task Manager, check out below.

 
Australian HP 250 G6 (2FG08PA) - Processor - Celeron N3350Australian HP 250 G6 (2FG08PA) - RAM - 2 slots - DDR3 1600Mhz

[likwidsh0k]

Decided to give the extra RAM a miss, opened her up and is 2 slots, but just added the SSD which made a huge difference!

Thanks again for your quick reply and helpful answer iomare which I have locked in as the solution, thank you again.