how to remove laptop bottom

[MrThunderStorm]

how can i locate the manual for my laptop which is a hp17-by0xxx notebook so i can remove the bottom and add ram to it? it also has a PRODUCT number 4CP68EA#ABU. thanks for any help

[iomare]

Hi,

On page 37 of service manual you can see how to remove bottom cover (there are screws under the rubber feet)

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06148960

Max RAM for the notebook is 32GB of DDR4 (2x16GB) even if the service manual mentions 16GB

You can purchase from your preferred brand.

Example of RAM

https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/HP-Compaq/hp-17-by0000na#MEMORYFilters

You should also consider upgrading to a M2 PCIe NVMe SSD which would give a great boost to the machine.

Hope it helps,

David

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[MrThunderStorm]

hi thanks for the help there and the manual too its a big help. so will this work for my hp-17-byxxx model? why hp put xxx i will never know. i do see 3 screws under the laptop. so from what your saying there is more under the rubber feet? 

could i change the intel optane 16gb to a solid state, boot windows off that and keep the hard drive as a storage drive?

thanks for all the help 

kind rergards

[iomare]

Hi,

Yes, this will work on your model.

The 17by-0XXX is the series of which your model is part of. The XXX can be replaced by any numbers to give the specific model. Your specific model is the 17-by0000na which I can see from the product code you provided.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-17-by0000-laptop-pc/20395856/model/22665816?sku=4CP68EA

Hope it helps,

David

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[MrThunderStorm]

hi that is really great. thanks for the info. i am thinking of going with the 32gb ram full max it out. my other question is as follows ..

could i change the intel optane 16gb to a solid state, boot windows off that and keep the hard drive as a storage drive? and what manufacture do you recommend as i see there is many out there from samsung to cruical.

regards

[iomare]

Great. Yes, the RAM I would go with Crucial as I already linked above

https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/HP-Compaq/hp-17-by0000na#MEMORYFilters

Now, the spec page for your notebook does not talk about Optane memory. Are you sure you have Optane installed?

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-17-by0000-laptop-pc/20395856/model/22665816/document/c060447...

The spec page could be missing something (it happens). Anyway, yes you can use a M2 PCIe NVMe drive such as the M2 Samsung 970 Evo Plus of your desired capacity (no limit). Before removing the Optane, if present, you should disable it in Intel Rapid Storage app

In the doc linked below at the very bottom of the page, you can see how this is done.

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c05591811

You also need to create some install media by downloading the media creation tool from Microsoft, running and creating a bootable USB drive with the OS on it. There is an explanation on the Microsoft page on how to create the drive.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

I would remove both drives in the PC and clean install Windows 10, let it completely update (settings > Verify for updates)

Next, install HP support assistant and update all HP drivers and more

https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/hpsupportassistant/hpsupport.html

If you get a large enough M2 drive, you could just leave the mechanical out of the PC, or when putting back into the notebook wipe it clean.

Hope it helps,

David

[MrThunderStorm]

hello David

thanks for all your help and useful links here. i have just upgraded the ram from 4gb to 20gb just for now but will move it to 32gb soon. i had a look inside and yes there is a Optane 16gb drive there on my model. i have seen on amazon a 32gb optane, but i guess this just speeds this up with more cache storage than the 16gb. i believe when i was buying my laptop there was 2 models the same but one had optane and dedicated graphics card that i went for.

i think i will go for the M2 PCIe NVMe drive from samsung and just turn the 1tb sata HDD into a storage for data.

thanks again for all the help on the questions thrown your way there

kind regards

[iomare]

You're welcome.

Yes, personally I would go with an M2 PCIe NVMe drive instead of the Optane.

Let me know if you need any further help.

All the best,

David