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‎11-26-2018 08:30 AM - edited ‎11-26-2018 08:39 AM

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Product: Pavilion DV7T
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have a Pavilion Dv7T Laptop with am M.2 SATA SSD PCIe NVMe TLC  2280 B +M key primary drive and would like to upgrade it to a 1T SSD drive. HP manual only list a 512 GB part. What is the maximum capacity i could use?

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‎11-30-2018 09:56 AM

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The orginal link to Amazon 1T NVME PCIe SSD drive will work for your computer as long as the system really does hold a PCIe slot. The picture with two notches in the SSD stick is only a SATA, not NVME. This is a much slower drive then if you upgraded to NVME SSD. The SATA stick will work in the PCIe slot but it speed will be slower then if you put an NVME SSD in it.

 

1T GB is a lot of storage...if you dont really need that much..I would recommend the SAMSUNG PRO or EVO NVME SSD drive...

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E500BW/dp/B01M20VBU7/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&i...

 

This is what I got in mine laptop...its super fast and make the laptop fly!

 

good luck

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‎11-26-2018 08:45 AM

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Hi,

You did not provide the complete model number of your PC. There are many DV7t series and models.

 

Anyway, the service manual will only mention what the PC could have been bought with. You can upgrade the M2 drive to higher capacity, no real limit (unless we count the prize). 

 

Hope it helps,

David

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‎11-26-2018 09:11 AM - edited ‎11-26-2018 09:15 AM

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It is a Pavilion 17T -ab200 CTO  model 1BQ41AV prod # X7N37AV

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‎11-26-2018 11:02 AM

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Yes you can upgrade to 1TB drive. I believe those PCs use the Samsung PM951, so I would upgrade with that or the PM961 which is easier to find:

Example:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-PM961-Single-2280SS-Express/dp/B01N8Z82SY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543...

 

Hope it helps,

David

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‎11-26-2018 12:10 PM

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That would be great except it appears to be an M key The original is an SATA with B + M key

M.2 SATA SSD PCIe NVMe TLC

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‎11-27-2018 12:27 AM

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@Docdoor

There is a difference between M2 SATA3 SSD and M2 PCIe NVMe SSD. The one in your notebook is a NVMe PCIe SSD. (not SATA)

The keying is irrelevant in this case. The SSDs linked will fit in the slot.

 

Regards,

David

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‎11-27-2018 10:59 AM

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I guess I don't understand the whole  "B" , "M" and "B" + "M" key thing. HP in the maintance manual describes it as a "M.2 SATA SSD PCIe NVMe TLC" . when I removed the drive it did have 2 slots (picture available). I didn't think to look at the connector (my bad)20181125_132835.jpg

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‎11-29-2018 05:37 PM - edited ‎11-29-2018 06:28 PM

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@iomareI guess I p***** you off, it was not my intent, my question is based on ignorance. I DON'T understand the whole "B"," M" and "B" +"M" thing I did take my laptop apart again and yes the connector it is an "M" key. There is another Spec "TLC" and I don't understand it either as the P961 is an MLC how does that effect the equation????

My apology for any disresepect, non was intended.

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‎11-29-2018 09:52 PM

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Is there any reason why you wouldn't want to install a 2.5 inch SSD? I just go to crucial.com and install the scanner. It will find compatible SSD's for your system.

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‎11-30-2018 07:15 AM

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The primary drive is an M.2 2280 SSD hence no room or SATA connector

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