Upgrading HP ProBook 4530s with Samsung PM871 SSD

[Vlatko]

Hello there guys,

I stumbled upon this mSATA drive laying around and decided to give my old thrustworthy HP a bit of a breath by upgrading it with an SSD however it doesn't seem to like it! Or it looks like that when I try to install Win10 via USB on it. When I come to the option where I need to choose a Drive I seem to get empty window, obviously the driver is missing ? Tried different variations in BIOS, I have turned on UEFI which for some reason it's only used for development purposes in that version (pretty old I guess) ? Nonetheless to give you more details, as said I am using mSATA with a converter to connect it to the SATA bay where one the old cylinder HDD was being placed. I tried googling drivers but that was just bad luck I guess since I couldn't find anything on the Internet and as last resort I am asking you guys for help if you know how to deal with this or if someone else had this issue and maybe resolved it ?

The mSATA drive is Samsung SSD PM871 256GB

REV 0

Year of manufacture: 04/2015

Model: MZ-MLN256D

The converter I am using is from a donor Dell Laptop but I am using a same one (however a "newer" mainborad) on a desktop PC without issues I guess there can be SATA generation incompatibility ?

Model: AS-A962P

Thanks,

Vlatko

[Huffer]

Its just a different device. The PM871 is an M.2 SATA and the adapter is for an mSATA mSSD. Two different things. If you tried an M.2 to SATA adapter it would likely work:

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-2-5in-Adapter-Converter-SAT32M225/dp/B00ITJ7U20/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&q...

[Vlatko]

Hey there Huffer,

Thank you for your prompt reply! Sorry I should've posted pictures from the drive to avoid confusion

So the picture above is exactly like the one I have which is mSATA, and I do seem to have some m.2 but don't have the converters for them (keeping them for my PC upgrade via PCIe card) 

Sorry if the formatting of this reply is poor I am typing on my smartphone, 

Thanks,

Vlatko

[Huffer]

Well that is the type of drive designed to work in that adapter so I'm stumped now as to why it will not work. I have an adapter that takes a 42mm mSATA like that or a 2280 M.2 on 2 different connectors and it would be interesting to test it with something like that. 

[Vlatko]

Hi Huffer

Hmm what's the vendor of the SSD you are using and on which laptop series you are trying. Do you think some cheap aliexpress/ebay converter would work instead of the one I am using... Strange to be honest

Vlatko

[Huffer]

It looks like this. I believe your disk would only work on the left side looking at it now. 

https://www.amazon.com/Cablecc-22pin-Combo-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00S6AHQBM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=15...

[Vlatko]

Hey Huffer,

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it out with a different converter however it's strange to why this one from dell would not be working, in fact I tried 2 different ones which the second one is tested to be working for sure! Don't beleive that there's some OEM protection inplemented, would be funn if there is though! 🙂

Will keep you updated,

Cheers,

Vlatko