UPGRADE HARD DISK ON MY Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold 7505 @ 2.00GHz (2.00 GHz)

[gregd20]

Hi i would like to upgrade my Hp Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold 7505 @ 2.00GHz (2.00 GHz) laptop from 256gb to 512gb  hard disk .No idea where its located let alone what i need .Can anyone help me thanks in advance .

[Paul_Tikkanen]

What is the full model number or product number of your PC?

It probably came with a M.2 NVMe SSD which looks like a stick of chewing gum, not a 2.5" rectangular drive.

[gregd20]

Hi Paul , the model is 15 inch pavillion intel pentium gold  egoo65na  product id 3V2M6EA  AND WHERE is the ssd normally located thanks so much Greg

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome. Greg.

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

Maintenance and Service Guide

Chapter 5, pages 32 & 33 have the SSD removal and replacement procedure.

If you look at the illustration on page 30 after the bottom cover is removed, you can see the SSD location to the right of the battery and to the left of the two memory chip banks.

It's that long, narrow, rectangular illustration.

Cheers,

Paul

[gregd20]

Hi Paul ,thank you so much for all your help i will get this sorted and upgrade my hard drive to the 512 gb  will save me always being told i have no space even though i also use a 256gb removable sd  on my laptop .Nice weekend Greg .

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime, Greg.

Glad to have been of assistance.

You have a nice weekend too!

Paul

[gregd20]

Paul can i also upgrade the memory as there is a spare slot on the G7H thanks Greg

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, you can upgrade the memory too.

The service manual indicates the maximum memory is 2 x 8 GB but if you wanted to install more memory than that, you can run this command as administrator in Windows Powershell to see how much memory your notebook can support:

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PhysicalMemoryArray | Select-Object MaxCapacityEx, MemoryDevices

Unfortunately, memory is very expensive because of the huge demand for AI data centers and their need for a lot of memory and the memory chip manufacturers cannot keep up for demand.

In 2024 a 16 GB memory chip cost around $35.  Now they cost around 3 times that amount.

[gregd20]

Okay Paul  brilliant will look into this as well thanks again your help has been awesome i am now getting my hard disk temperture is high all fun ..

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, unfortunately NVMe SSDs are known to run pretty hot.

Look for a NVMe SSD that advertises that it has good thermal efficiency.

The problem with buying a NVMe SSD that comes with a heat sink is most likely your notebook won't have enough clearance between the heat sink and the bottom cover.

In a desktop PC that is normally not an issue.

The PC manufacturers are putting SSDs under a thermal enclosure more frequently in notebooks because of the heat they generate.