Pavilion 15 second SSD

[thisdyingsoul]

Hi everyone,

i own a HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-ab222nh 

i wish to upgrade it and add an SSD as a second drive. i have seen that it is possible with other pavilion 15 models, i just wish that the community to confirm that it is indeed possible with my specific model.

thank you,

gabe

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Your model is the same basic platform as the Star Wars notebooks, but not sure if yours is an actual Star Wars machine? In the Manual:

Service Manual

there is reference to an M.2 solid state drive. See p. 53. However, the Manual does not show an image of the M.2 slot. I found this disassembly video on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8nb4zb2x-w

At 2:54 you see this:

can't find an M.2 slot here

So to answer your question the only way I see to have an SSD plus a hard drive is to place the SSD where the hard drive is now and move the hard drive to an optical bay adapter like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/HIGHROCK-Universal-Enclosure-DVD-ROM-Optical/dp/B0177AF7OO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8...

Long answer I know but let us know if you need more info and please accept as solution if this is what you needed. 

[thisdyingsoul]

thank you. mine is not the star wars edition but i can move forward with this