Pavilion 15-bc009nm does it support M.2 PCIe (nvme) or SATA M.2 ssd only

[sylar2a]

Hi,
I found out that my laptop 15-bc009nm (Y0W35EA) has free M.2 SSD slot. Problem is that manual given on product page (https://support.hp.com/hr-en/product/hp-pavilion-15-bc000-notebook-pc-series/10862166/manuals) gives supported ssd only for models 15-bc300 and higher. So, I would like to know what type of SSD I can install and/or link to appropriate Maintenance and Service Guide.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

According to the Crucial memory/SSD report for your notebook, it only supports M.2 SATA SSD's, not NVMe.

https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-15-bc009nm

[sylar2a]

First of all, Thank you for your answer.
Yes, on the provided link only SATA is compatible but is that information correct? As you can see on this link https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Pavilion-15-Bc009nm-upgrade-M2... 15-bc009nm should support PCIe, but my worry is that some laptops with similar product numbers do not support it and I was not able to find anyone online who tried it to confirm it works. Also, I was not able to find any official HP document regarding PCIe support (or any other document regarding 15-bc009nm), so were did Crucial website got their information from? Someone made a review of entire series and they also stated it i supported https://laptopmedia.com/review/hp-pavilion-15-2016-review-hp-is-stepping-up-its-game-with-a-good-per... but only for 15 inch models 🤔

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

You may want to contact Crucial and ask them, because I would not know where they got the info from.

There is no way that I can confirm that your PC's M.2 slot supports NVMe when any other reference I can find indicates it cannot.

I can say that I don't know of any notebooks with Intel 6th gen processors and Skylake chipsets that support NVMe drives.

Chapter 1 of the service manual is pretty vague, except for one line...at the top of page 2, it indicates...

1 TB, 5400 rpm, 9.5 mm/7.2 mm hard drive + 128 GB SATA, TLC, M.2 solid-state drive

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06325755

And that is the only service manual that I know of.

Chapter 3 shows NVMe drives for certain models in the series, but not the bc000 series.

[sylar2a]

Thank you, I will meditate on this a little bit more and if I find out it'll be posted here.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, please let us know if a NVMe drive works in the bc000 model series with 6th gen core processors so we can help others with an exact answer.

[sylar2a]

I finally managed to find manual for bc000 models (i5-6300HQ with gtx960M) : https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1335102/Hp-Pavilion-15-Bc000.html?page=47#manual 

and here it is stated that Solid-state drive, 512 GB, PCIe 3x4 SS, TLC ( 847110-002 ) is supported, so probably I will try it.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, that looks very promising.

The manual clearly states under the bc000 - bc099 model section, NVMe drives are supported.