SSD Upgrade

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I currently have a SAMSUNG MZ9L4128HCHQ-00BH1 with 119GB capacity, will upgrading it to a Silicon Power A60 PCle M.2 NVMe SSD 512Gb Gen3x4, be compatible and will it increase my performance?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Read the last sections of my reply first regarding the size of the drive I believe your notebook has.

Looking at the specs on the drive you want to buy, it should be compatible, but the performance looks like it will be similar to the OEM Samsung drive HP installed.

Silicon Power P34A60 SSD – Specs and information | Hardware Corner (hardware-corner.net)

There are faster performing drives if you want to invest more money into one.

Samsung (MZ-V8V500B/AM) 980 SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Te...

Crucial P3 500GB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD - Up to 3500MB/s - CT500P3SSD8 : Amazon.co.uk: Comp...

But what concerns me is that chapter 1 of the service manual indicates the 128 GB drive is a 2230 form factor and the manual only has an illustration for the standard 2280 form factor.

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

Chapter 3 of the service manual indicates the HP part number for the drive is M11040-005.

M11040-005 HP Ssd 128Gb 2230 Pcie Nvme Solid State Drive "GRADE A" for sale online | eBay

When you google the 128 GB drive your notebook, the results show it is a standard size M.2 2280.

MZVLQ128HCHQ-00BH1 | Samsung 128GB Solid State Drive (harddiskdirect.com)

I recommend the first thing you do before buying a new drive is to open up your notebook and see what you are dealing with because those drives will be fairly difficult to come by and the choices will be limited.

But I see no reason why a 512 GB M.2 2230 NVMe drive wouldn't work.

Integral 512GB M.2 NVMe 2230 PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD – READ speed up to 3400MB/s, WRITE speed up to 3000MB/...

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But what concerns me is that chapter 1 of the service manual indicates the 128 GB drive is a 2230 form factor and the manual only has an illustration for the standard 2280 form factor.

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

Chapter 3 of the service manual indicates the HP part number for the drive is M11040-005.

M11040-005 HP Ssd 128Gb 2230 Pcie Nvme Solid State Drive "GRADE A" for sale online | eBay

When you google the 128 GB drive your notebook, the results show it is a standard size M.2 2280.

MZVLQ128HCHQ-00BH1 | Samsung 128GB Solid State Drive (harddiskdirect.com)

Your google result is not the right one. Here it is ...

It is 2230 with metal extension to fit on 2280 place. Also 128GB models from other vendors (linked Kingston) used in HP entry level notebooks, are 2230 with metal extension to fit on 2280 place.