what type of m.2 slot is present in hp 15q ds-1001tu notebook laptop

[Nareansundar]

Hp 15q ds-1001tu m2. upgrade

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

HP 15 Laptop PC Maintenance and Service Guide

According to chapter 1, the M.2 slot supports both SATA and NVMe SSD's.

I recommend that you open up the notebook before buying a SSD and confirm the slot is there.

If you look at chapter 3 of the manual, additional parts are used to install the M.2 slot.

7) Hard drive/solid-state drive cable L20456-001
(8) Solid-state drive bracket                 L20458-001
(9) Solid-state drive connector board L20457-001

[Nareansundar]

Thankyou for spending your valuable time in making a reply for my question and as mentioned I have opened up the Notebook   and checked M.2 slot is present with "M key"
Thank you

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

You can install either a SATA or NVMe M.2 SSD in that slot.

NVMe drives would have faster read/write speeds than SATA drives do.

The SATA SSD's have two notches cut into them.  One notch is in the same place as the NVMe drives notch and the other notch just doesn't make contact with the pins in the M.2 slot, but works fine.