Wanting to install a SSD in my laptop 17-bs153cl

[sreilly24590]

I'm looking to install a 1TB SSD in this laptop but haven't found any diagrams or instructions on opening the case. My previous laptop had convenient access to memory/hard drive without removal of the entire back. I need to verify the SSD m.2 type and size. From what I've been able to gather it needs a m.2 2280NVMe drive but need to confirm before ordering. Is there a good diagram/instructions on back removal and SSD type?

I have build many desktop systems but laptop work is limited but very possible w/instructions.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Your notebook has a M.2 slot that supports SATA SSDs only, not NVMe.  See chapter 1 of the service manual.

Below is the link to the service manual.  Chapter 6 has the disassembly procedure.

HP 17 Laptop PCHP 17g Laptop PCHP 17q Laptop PC Maintenance and Service Guide

[sreilly24590]

Thanks for the quick response. Interestingly after installing the SSD it did not show up in Disk Management but then this is a Windows 11 machine now and I see no evidence of its presence. I took it back out and into the portable enclosure it had been in and is fine showing up on my desktop system when plugged in via a USB cable from the adapter. I didn't look into the laptop bias and maybe should have but under "normal" circumstances when a drive is installed Disk Management allows you to name and format the drive for use. In this case it didn't show up at all.

Any ideas?

[sreilly24590]

It just dawned on me I’m not sure what version interface the Intel 1TB 660P NVMe M.2 Internal SSD uses. What I get on the website is “it utilizes the PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 interface” but I’ll have to see if that is supported by the Intel i5 Gen 8 processor.My guess is this is a version 3 which I was told was supported by the i5 Gen 8 chip when checking with Samsung on using their 970 or 980 drive but that was also thinking it was a NVMe drive slot.....

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

The drive doesn't work because it is NVMe and not SATA.

This is the best performing SATA M.2 SSD that I know of for the price...

Amazon.com: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280, Up to 5...

There is nothing you can do to get a NVMe SSD to work.

[sreilly24590]

Is there a way to verify with HP that this Samsung Drive,  860 EVO SATA M.2 SSD 1TB will work in this laptop?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

No, but since the Samsung 860 is a SATA SSD, it should work fine, as would any other brand SATA M.2 SSD. 

[sreilly24590]

Paul.

Doing some additional research which I should have done 1st tells me that the slot on the MB is a NVMe slot. There is a 57 pin slot on the left, a spacer, and then 5 slot on the right. This drive does fit in the slot properly. Maybe not going into the BIOS setup before booting was an issue? Unfortunately I don't see a way to attach an image to show the slot.

The SATA slots I've seen show a slot with 6 pins, a spacer,  then a wider slot for the rest of the pins even though the right side isn't pins all across as the right side has a few empty pin slots. Short answer is I can see a SATA card fitting in a NVMe slot where a NVMe card wouldn't in a SATA because of the left side slot spacer. Hope that makes sense.

[sreilly24590]

Paul,

This video explains what I am seeing. My slot is the one on the right. Look at the video starting at 4:37 to see what I'm referring to,

Thanks again for your time to explain.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Every M.2 slot in a HP notebook or Desktop PC 'looks' like it will support a NVMe SSD.

That is why you have to read the service manual.

Some slots support SATA SSD's only, some support NVMe SSD's only, and some support both.

The 17-bsxxx model series' M.2 slot only supports SATA M.2 SSDs.