Upgrading RAM and sorage.

[Link93]

Hi, 

This laptop is really slow as it has a Hitashi 500gb HDD, and 4gb 931MHz memory. I would like to upgrade it a bit, but have some questions.

1. On the product description site it says "Not customer accessible/upgradeable". Does this mean the RAM is soldered on? If not, ill replace that.

2. On the product descritpion site, it does not list a 2.5" SSD, can I still just pull out the HDD and stick a SSD in there?

3. On the product page, it meantions M2 disks. Is there a slot for on the motherboard? In all the teardown videos ive seen iI have never acctually seen the connector?.

Best regarfdd -Link93

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The memory is upgradable. 

Notebooks with the AMD E2-9000e processor have one memory slot that supports 1 x 8 GB of memory.

The "Not customer accessible/upgradeable" statement means that HP wants the work to be done by an authorized service center.

Chapter 6 of the manual has the memory removal and replacement procedure.

HP 255 G6 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide

To the best of my knowledge, the notebook does not have a M.2 slot unless the notebook came from the factory with a M.2 SATA SSD.  Open up the notebook can check to make sure the M.2 slot is there before buying a M.2 SATA SSD.

You can replace the 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a 2.5" SATA SSD.

HP just didn't offer 2.5" SSD's in the model series.

[Link93]

Hi there, 

Thank you for the advice, ill just chuck a WD red 500gb SSD and 8gb of ram. 

Its so slow now that it takes about 3 minutes to open chrome or even task manager...

Best regards 

-Link93

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Extra memory and a 2.5" SSD should help quite a bit.