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pavillion 15-au018tx
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Can i use NVME ssd in my pavillion 15-au018tx laptop? 

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Hi:

 

If your notebook has a M.2 slot, it only supports SATA M.2 SSD's, not NVMe.

 

See chapter 1 of the service manual for the supported drive types...

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05228250

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tnx for replying. Actually, in chapter9, it mentioned nvme, thas why I am confusedUntitled.png

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That is very interesting.

 

I hadn't noticed that.

 

However if you look at chapter 1 and chapter 3, page 17, no mention of NVMe drives are shown.

 

(13) Solid-state drive
Solid-state drive board 856210-001
GNRC SSD 256 GB 2280 M2 SATA3 Value 865902-001
GNRC SSD 128 GB 2280 M2 SATA-3 Value 827560-016

 

The Crucial memory report also indicates that only SATA M.2 SSD's are supported.

 

https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hP---Compaq/pavilion-15-au018tx

 

I wouldn't risk installing a NVMe SSD unless you can exchange it for free for a SATA one, because I really don't think a NVMe SSD will work.

 

I cannot think of any HP consumer class notebooks with Intel 6th gen core processors and Skylake chipsets that support NVMe drives.

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