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‎01-14-2019 02:47 PM

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This is basically a post with an experience and parts used while upgrading the rotational HDD included with HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cw0xxx .

Currently a HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cw0xxx  has an 120GB M2 drive and a 1TB 5400rpm HDD drive.

Basically what I did was to get a WD BLUE 3D NAND SATA SSD M.2 2280 on amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-1TB-SSD-WDS100T2B0B/dp/B073SB2MXT

and a Startech M.2 to SATA Adapter - Dual Slot for 2.5 drive bay.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076S9VK1M

I selected this adapter because you can install TWO M.2 and onboard chipset will create RAID1/0/JBOD. No additional drivers required. And I will install a second M.2 in a few days.

As for the why? I do a bunch of local Hyper-V  VMs for configuration demos and wanted more space/performance.

Can this motherboard support two 16Gb memory sticks? comments welcomed.

I must say that the opening of the bottom of the notebook was painful, whoever built this laptop was thinking of forcing DIY customers to scratch the paint and the finish.

As for the result, some pictures included from the inside of the notebook as well as final installation.

Startech adapter and WD Blue M.2Startech adapter and WD Blue M.2Startech M.2 Dual SlotStartech M.2 Dual SlotOriginal HGST 1TB atop and original M.2 belowOriginal HGST 1TB atop and original M.2 belowEagle view of motherboardEagle view of motherboard

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‎01-14-2019 04:28 PM

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WD Blue atop and factory M2 at bottomWD Blue atop and factory M2 at bottomStartech adapter to the rightStartech adapter to the right

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