What SSD drives can I install in my pavilion 15-cc184cl

[travistee]

I want to upgrade to a SSD internal drive

[banhien]

@travistee 

Its specs

             https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c05697126

It's manual:

            http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06525445.pdf      (page 2)

It supports dual storage with M.2 SATA SSD + 2.5" SATA HDD (or SSD). It has 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA now, you can add M.2 SATA SSD to your machine using standard drives on market today such as

           https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/sata-ssd/ssd-860-evo-sata-3-m-2-2tb-mz-n6e2t0bw/

Crucial says its M.2 NVMe SSD drives are also compatible with your machine

           https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-15-cc184cl#ssd

Regards.

[travistee]

You are saying  it has space for two drives the sata and the SSD?

[travistee]

where does SSD drive go?

[travistee]

This is a wider view with the disk drive showing.

So where would the SSD drive be xonnected?

where does the ssd drive go?

[travistee]

OK, it lloks like it doesn't have both drives at the same time.  So I can copy the current drive to the SSD.

Any suggestions on what to use to copy it.  I have seagate backup on the system now.

I thought I was told that it can have two drives but obviously it one or the other.  sata or ssd.

I still have to remove the powr cable.  Any hints on how to open the cover for the ac  power?

Does HP ever add their comments to these questiions?  I looked at some Youtube videos and there are many different configurations of the 15-cc184cl

I bought it in 2017 from Costco.  I don't know if that explains anything.

[banhien]

@travistee 

Firstly I don't know why the manual does not match your machine AND Crucial also says the same.

The amplest way to move everything from old HDD to new SSD is to clone. Please use the following Guide

              https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ssd-upgrade-guide/

              https://support.hp.com/au-en/printer-setup/hp-deskjet-ink-advantage-2640-all-in-one-printer-series/5...

I used to do similar task around 10 times each year with 100% successful rates. I used different tool but same thing logically.

Regards.

[travistee]

I changed it back to "not the solution" again because of the questions on what the mother board is.

When it starts up it says ASUS not HP, so it looks like ASUS  made this motherboard for HP.

Is there anything I can look for on the motherboard to try to figure out what it really is.

Do you have any way to ask HP for some help on this since it is an unusual situation.

Since it came from COSTCO it makes sense that it was cheaper version of what it was supposed to be.

[travistee]

This is the back of computer details.  I crossed out the S/N

what is this ASUS??? or HP

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@travistee 

That is to confirm your machine is an  HP Pavilion - 15-cc184cl.  Parts list

          https://partsurfer.hp.com/partsurfer?searchtext=2ss23ua

and Crucial says it supports M.2 NVMe SSD

         https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-15-cc184cl#ssd

Regards