hp omen 15-5001na SSD upgrade

[willwolaile]

For my old omen (with 4th Gen i7, GTX860M), the laptop comes with a SATA M.2 256G B+M key SSD. Can this laptop use NVMe M.2 SSD? I notice that the slot is M key, just want to know is it capable of using an NVMe SSD?

[banhien]

@willwolaile

Sorry no, it has single PCIe / SATA M.2 SSD configuration as storage (scope M.2 2260/2280 DS SSD).

Regards.

[willwolaile]

So to make sure. It's a SATA M.2 slot, cannot use NVMe M.2 SSD, is that right?

[banhien]

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@willwolaile wrote:
So to make sure. It's a SATA M.2 slot, cannot use NVMe M.2 SSD, is that right?

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@willwolaile

In many cases, you can put NVMe drive or SATA drive to SAME slot and either will work BUT SATA and PCIe are NOT same price, why pay more to get nothing more?

Regards.

[iomare · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yes the OMEN can use either an M2 SATA3 or an M2 PCIe NVMe SSD. You will need to replace the 256GB M2 SATA drive.

You can see on page 1 of service manual (you can use higher capacity disk than mentioned in the list)

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04620176

Hope it helps,

David

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[willwolaile]

Thank u, this manual is so clear 

[munrorunner]

Hello, I have the same 15-5001na laptop and my SSD has failed.

Would you be able to tell me what SSD you installed in the end and were you successful?

I'm struggling to understand what is available that will work. I purchased a new NVMe Samsung EVO970 but it was not compatible! Thank you.