can I replace L8H-256V2G-HP by Samsung 970 EVO PLUS?

[rikkiebass]

The motherboard accepte B+M key. 

Original ssd is L8H-256V2G-HP.

Samsung 970 EVO PLUS has M-key 

I suppose when B+M is available on motherboard that ssd with M-key will be accepted or am I wrong? 

When I put Samsung in the slot the startup led flashes short and laptop won't startup. 

The nominal current of the Samsung 970 is 2.7A, the original is 0.9A.

Is it possible that the power of the slot cannot supply the ssd?

Rik

[praveenbv]

Hi@rikkiebass, Welcome to HP Community!

I have gone through your post and would like to help

As per the Service Guide, the Notebook supports up to 16GB of RAM

HP ENVY Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide Link

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[rikkiebass]

I placed and did not work. When I looked to the form of the original SSD it is an B+M key sata. I thought that when you have an M+B that it is normal that B is accepted but it is not so. Correct if I'm wrong. 970 is an M-key and not sata but NVMeM2 and not compatible. I bought a Sata 1GB  B+M key Western Digital and everything's ok. This SSD has an (old) 2 lane and the new Samsung has a 4 lane not supported  on my 5 years old envy :).

Thanks for the reply!

Rik Gobert

[praveenbv]

Hi @rikkiebass,

  

Welcome to the HP Support Community.  

  

Please reach out to the HP Support in your region regarding this issue, they should be able to help. Refer to this User Guide for contact details.  

  

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