Ssd m.2 and ram upgrade

[Bubu32]

I want to know 

1. Can ssd m.2 nvme be installed on Omen 17-w253dx?
2. Does the memory support DDR4-3200 on Omen 17-w253dx?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

According to chapter 1 of the service manual, the M.2 slot supports both SATA and NVMe SSD's.

OMEN by HP Laptop PCModels 17-w001 through 17-w099 and Models 17-w201 through 17w299 Maintenance and...

DDR4-3200 memory will work fine, but it will only run at 2400 MHz because that is the fastest speed your notebook's i7-7700HQ processor can run the memory at.

Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor

You should be able to install 2 x 16 GB of memory in your notebook since it has that model processor, even though the manual indicates the max is 2 x 8 GB.

You can do this to confirm:

1. In the search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator.

This will open the command prompt.

2. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and hit enter.

There, it will show the maximum RAM capacity your PC's motherboard can support.

The capacity is shown as Kilobytes, so you have to convert it to Gigabytes by dividing the number provided in the report by 1,048,576.