SSD Upgrade compatibility

[Kriesvet]

Product # 3FB29PA#UUF
Product name: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-ck0xx
is my laptop compatible with the SSD
Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 in SATA III Internal SSD MZ-76E1T0BW

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

That model drive should work just fine.

You are aware that you would have to replace the 2.5" mechanical hard drive to install a 2.5" SATA drive, correct?

Below is the link to the service manual...

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05709135

[Kriesvet]

Yes I am aware thank you for your help

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Have you thought about going with a M.2 NVMe SSD instead?

They are much faster than SATA and according to the manual, your notebook has a M.2 slot that supports NVMe SSD's.

[Kriesvet]

 Thanks for the suggestion, are all the M.2 NVMe screws the same?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Unfortunately, all M.2 hold down screws are not the same length.

However, the service manual lets you know what size you need.

If you look at chapter 5, page 39, the manual provides the screw size.

Phillips M2.0×3.0

So what that means is you need a Philips M2 (2.0mm diameter, x 3.0mm length screw.