ASUS TP401MA VivoBook Flip 14 - SSD Upgrade

[@chrissteeves5520]

Nice tutorial, just a few steps missing though. After installing the ssd, the laptop didn't recognize the new ssd until I went into disk management and initialized it. Then had to create new volume on the ssd. Then I just followed the rest of the tutorial.

[@noiseintheoffice]

Thanks for adding that Chris. :)

[@e19_13]

Nice video. I will be upgrading the storage in this laptop.

[@maxmirzoev1280]

OMG, extremly detailed tutorial! Thank's a lot!

[@Elias.V]

you sounded like the narrator in battle field 2, btw awesome video it helped me

[@John-yl6pb]

Big thanks Noise in the Office! Very helpful and concise. I used Macrium Reflect to clone then had to use Mini Partition to deal with making the C partition larger... couldn't do it in Windows Disk Management (both have free versions). Reflect allowed me to clone without needing to format it first in W Disk Man. also. Cheers again

[@lakmom8472]

Thank you! Your instructions were very clear and you gave me the confidence boost I needed to buy a Vivobook and save some money.

[@neilheadrick]

Followed your video step by step... flawless... thankyou, much better than any owners manual

[@dmdanleaf]

Thanks, your tutorial worked great. Clear and concise with great clarity in the audio. Thanks for posting, it is very appreciated .

[@callsignva3thm272]

Thanks for this guide. Giving back to the community, here are the details of my successful upgrade. 1. System Model VivoBook_ASUSLaptop TP401MAS_J401MA 2. Just 2 out of 4 rubber feet had screws. It was tough getting under the rubber feet and they did end up peeling off. But they seem to stick back. 3. For the same 70ish CAD I got a 500GB WD Blue 500 GB SATA SSD M.2 2280 (Sept 2024) Moore's Law at work lol. 4. For cloning EASEUS seems to charge so I went with Macrium reflect trial. No credit card required. If purchased it is just a one-time cost. 5. To access the UEFI (BIOS) it is F2. Make sure to hold it down before pressing the power button 6. I placed my computer on aluminum foil that directly touched the kitchen floor. Then used the foil for baking chicken in the oven to celebrate lol. simple cheap solution for grounding. 7. For my model I couldn't disconnect the battery, it was too delicate. I risked it (disclaimer: no guarantees)

[@callsignva3thm272]

Details before adding 500 GB: OOTB drive was a mere 58 GB. Windows 11 21 H2. i was unable to upgrade to windows 11 23H2 due to lack of space. I have 19 GB but update manager fails. I tried using a external SD card but windows doesnt like FAT. I didnt try reformatting to NTFS. Adding SATA was way better.

[@Debunderwood]

Great job on this video. Followed step by step and it worked just as you said. Thank you very much!

[@noiseintheoffice]

Thanks Deb.

[@SavvyOlawale]

@@noiseintheoffice I tried this and my pc is not detecting the SSD at all anywhere both via bios, disk management and under This PC. Pls help.

[@marcuswade5422]

Thank you so much I did it with a terabyte now I have so much space

[@michvair]

Thank you very much for sharing this installation process, I will try soon on my vivobook flip 14 TP401NA bought in France, Michel, A6A10

[@sheykh90]

Bonjour @Michel Vair, I am also planning to buy this laptop in France but I am confused. Is this computer slow? How is the performance of N5000? Does N5000 support WD M.2 SATA III 500Go or is it limited to 250Go? waiting for your suggestion. Merci par avance :)

[@fredandrews9216]

Once all the screws are out, you can pop the lid open using an old, full size sim card. Stick it long-ways into the seam adjacent to the right hinge and you should be able to get enough leverage from the hinge to pop it open there, without scratching anything. Once it's open there, you can use your fingers to go around and open it the rest of the ways. My fingernails weren't able to get it started.

[@godblesshamas]

I have the latest iteration called TP401MARB manufactured 11/2021. FYI, it still doesn't have an NVMe controller. As one other user pointed out, it would be listed under storage controllers in Device Manager if it did, like on my Odroid H2+.

[@mohamedabdel-mongy2572]

Excellent, it's working using HIKVision E100N Series Solid State Drive 512 GB

[@paulfanning1344]

Thanks for the clear instructions. Where is the RAM slot if I want to add RAM at the same time as SSD. I took the cover off but can't see a slot for a RAM module. Thanks !

[@zakhariihusar6975]

Hey. Did you find it? I don't think this device has one

[@RazgrizFllaga]

its behind the motherboard.

[@RazgrizFllaga]

@@zakhariihusar6975 behind motherboard.

[@BárbaraLobosVillalobos]

Thank you for this tutorial, is it required to clone and change boot priority? or can I just extend? what are the benefits or consequences?

[@noiseintheoffice]

One reason I used this drive was to improve boot and app loading speed. If you boot from the new drive, boot time and app load time will be reduced.

[@lacksmit4813]

Thank you very much this is very helpful

[@waynewalcott6368]

i tried this SSD update on a 303 bios version without success. BIOS default shows to SATA and AHIC. Which version of bios works or is there something i'm missing??

[@Sagealpha]

Used disked genius it’s free to do the copy. Kinda not satisfied with the speed but ig it’ll do for now.

[@Sagealpha]

Might try a MacBook just need more battery life a better performance unless the zenbook 14 is better

[@sdwmay]

Nice work excellent explanation!

[@quyentran6634]

Thank you, awesome instruction!

[@fasspot]

Thanks a lot for this great tutorial!! :)

[@darrelwillman3158]

Hi, great video! The TP401MAR I bought, manuf. 5/2021 - has PCIe 2.0, not SATA III, and has 4GB RAM on board, not upgradeable. (CPUID CPU-Z identifies everything)

[@noiseintheoffice]

That's great info, thanks! So it will take advantage of PCIe speed

[@nicosamp3129]

Hi team, good topics. I have bought WD 250 Go blue ssd , but I cannot see it on windows or on bios. I Have the latest bios version 301. I don't know how to do now. Any suggestions? Regards Nicolas

[@sarlgenieiso7017]

Hi first of all very helpful video removes hesitation on the viewer's part Question - Is there any workaround for PCIe NVMe drives? Because I already bought it.

[@louisgriepentrog5258]

do you solve the problem with nvme? I bought a ssd for my girlfrien to with 2T. I cloned a lot of disk in my life, but this time the new ssd would not be recognized.

[@sarlgenieiso7017]

@Loop no i spent countless hours searching net and trying linux and windows with different settings . However, i have ordered a SATA 3 and will get back to you with as they say in french " les résultats "

[@louisgriepentrog5258]

@@sarlgenieiso7017ok thank you 👍

[@sarlgenieiso7017]

@Loop hi so sata 3 arrived and it works great. So for some strange reasons though the port is pci but only SATA 3 works however it is way better then emmc.

[@zakhariihusar6975]

is it possible to upgrade RAM on this laptop?

[@eskanderx1027]

Wonderful tutorial! Thank you!

[@ghesoonkarim602]

THANK YOU

[@HardyFajardo]

Nice. I will do this on my son's laptop. Do you have a tutorial how to change the battery?

[@felipevejarano9483]

Thank you for the video. My mom managed to add an SSD by following your instructions! I just wanted to add that you don't have to unplug the battery to do this, just be carefull.

[@kingdyall]

It seems like Easeus todo backup software is not free anymore... Are there any other suggestions ?

[@quyentran6634]

Can you also make a video show how to upgrade ramRAM for this laptop ?

[@noiseintheoffice]

Sorry, RAM is not upgradeable, due to it being soldered directly to the mainboard.

[@carvwa]

Ram soldered on...not upgradeable.

[@Chinesertalmid]

Very helpful tutorial. Can you advise me: should I initialize the new disc with GPT or MBR in order to transfer my operating system and other files to it?

[@juliah.7016]

Hello noiseintheoffice, thanks for that brilliant video. I have a 'oversize' laptop with 18,4" and a normal size Android tablet. But I wanted to have sth. smaller. And as well a Win "tablet". So I started looking around for 2-in-1's or convertibles. But in Germany the 11" or 13" sizes all just hold 4GB Ram and I wanted 8GB Ram. I ended up getting a used (2 year old) ASUS TP401N. Lucky me, since I came across your video. Everything is just the way you described it, so great. I just ordered the 1TB WD blue, because I want to put my MP3's and more on there. Which version of the EASEUS to do software is it you were using? I found the 11.5, it seems to look slightly different from the looks in your video. So I am awaiting the 1TB now, so I can "mod" the sweet 14" convertible. Greets, Julia

[@cheerio4000]

Sorry to bother you, I cloned my data onto the SSD but I haven’t been able to change it in bios. Is it safe to clear the SSD to try again?

[@TristynRusselo]

NVMe also worked in mine. SATA did not. in my J401MA - intel celeron To find out about your device go to: Windows > Device Manager > Storage Controller WILL SAY SATA OR NVME CONTROLLER installed Samsung Evo 970 Plus 500GB but performance is poor. less than 1GB/s in Crystal Disk Mark SAMSUNG nvme read: seq1m q8t1 :902 mb/s seqt1 q1t1 :665 mb/s rnd4k q32t1 :140 mb/s rnd4k q1t1 :32 mb/s write: 719 / 547 / 107 / 81 mb/s respectively EMMC read : 314 / 300 / 42 / 12 write : 42 / 41 / 30 / 25

[@mikeboutros10]

Great video. Thank you. Question... I'm in computer management and when I follow your instructions to extend volume, I get an error saying that the basic disk will be converted to dynamic disk which will not allow the starting of the OS from any volume except the current boot volume... Do I want to continue??? What should I do at this point? Thank you in advance!!

[@marcdunlap8218]

Hello, would it be pretty much the same for the ASUS TP410UA or does that model not include the special port for the SSD? Also, I know you might not even be monitoring this anymore, but others might see and know, would I be able to replace the 1T HDD the unit currently has with a 500GB SSD and the. Just use the 1T HDD as an external?!? thanks again for the video :)

[@gaskamagdalena6707]

I saw a video about upgrading M2 SSD on this laptop, but it seems to be gone:/ Anyway, it was a pretty complicated procedure that included fliping over the mainboard, as the M2 slot is pretty well hidden. I actually have this model and want to uprade the RAM that sits nearby, so if I succeed I may get back to you:D Anyway, there's another option: if you have a HDD you have a 2.5" SATA slot so you can just replace the HDD with 2.5" SSD. Just make sure to clone your hard drive beforehand.

[@nooneinparticular9879]

Please help! My asus vivobook flip 14 TP401M Notebook PC won't turn on and connecting the charger doesn't work either.

[@athangal]

@noiseintheoffice The laptop you updated the HD. I wonder, is RAM upgradable in this PC? I have the same PC for my daughter. I have upgraded HD and need to upgrade the RAM as well. Please confirm. Thanks in advance.

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, RAM is SOIC, soldered to the mainboard. So it's impractical to try to upgrade.

[@jean-philippemartin9489]

Merci pour ce tuto. Fonctionne très bien avec un Crucial CT500MX500SSD4 SSD interne MX500 (500Go, 3D NAND, SATA, M.2 (2280)

[@noiseintheoffice]

Merci Jean-Philippe. Je suis heureux de vous aider.

[@michelchayo5927]

Bonjour, je viens de decouvrir cette video, mais peut etre pourrez vous m aider, en clonant, j ai une partition de 800 mo entre l os et la partie non allouee. Je ne peux etendre la partition. J ai mis un ssd de 500gb. Comment faire pour oter cette partition de 800 mo. Merci

[@michelchayo5927]

Bonjour, i tried ,but i have certainly done something wrong. First, it was not recognized, and then the clone, bue easeus, add a 800 mo , just. Between the c clone and the non allocated partition, and i can t extend the volume ! So i am stucked ! I can t take these 800 mo off. An idea. Merci

[@sametakkaya]

Very good tutorial, I can't get the under of the conputer open. My guy in the video just put his finger in and opens it like nothing 😭

[@melvingutierrez9642]

Hi, Nice video, the best. Once the new SSD is installed what happen to the old one? Do I need to take it off?? Thank you.

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, the old one is attached to the board so cannot be removed. I retained for possible use as archive space. But you can just ignore it.

[@ninjaunmatched]

I just tried it with the same drive you have and it is not being recognized even in the BIOS

[@cheerio4000]

I cloned my disk onto my ssd but it won’t appear in BIOS, what did I do wrong? I cloned it with Macrium by the way.

[@EldonLawson]

Thanks for the vid, it was very helpful 👍

[@anwarfirdaus2155]

Very helpful sir, ordered my tp401ma and waiting it to arrive. Wd green sata ssd seems cheaper than blue ones. I wonder did the ssd affect the battery life?

[@noiseintheoffice]

It didn't have any affect that I've noticed. Green is a little lower performance than Blue but has a better price point. Green should still outperform the onboard 64GB storage.

[@anwarfirdaus2155]

@@noiseintheoffice got mine recently. It didn't come with the stylus. Does stylus from asus transformer book work on this one?

[@anwarfirdaus2155]

Got my tp401ma and installed a wdgreen m2 sata ssd in it. The benchmark speed is almost as fast the blue one, with write speed slightly slower. Its cheaper tho

[@keithgreen1263]

Hi i know this is a very old vid, but is possible to swap out the memory for a 8gig stick at all,

[@maxbaba9585]

I will prefer new windows installation when you change hard drive it will help for prevent of any blue screen error in future

[@boredcramps6620]

How to upgrade the ram?

[@Toronto86boy]

Hi, very helpful video I only have one problem. The model I have is J401m and not TP401ma so will this ssd still work for me please?

[@prasanthkumarvpk7254]

I have same laptop and same doubt..

[@fab123fab]

Same here!

[@peteryvr3329]

thank for the upgrade info. how bright is the screen ?

[@noiseintheoffice]

I don't have a way to measure that. I can say that, in my experience it is bright enough in a brightly lit room, but not enough in full daylight; I've never had one that is though.

[@jwkelsall56]

I have a 2022 modle Tp401ma the sata samsung evo 860 250gb dose not work the Nvme evo 970 1tb dose work how ever

[@noiseintheoffice]

Glad to hear it! That means that Asus has upgraded the drive controller to NVMe! It should be faster.

[@lacksmit4813]

anyone know how to upgrade the RAM of this computer.

[@noiseintheoffice]

Sorry, the RAM is not upgradeable. It's SOIC only.

[@ForeverGhostdoggg]

I know this was done a while ago but can you tell me where you got your new ssd and what can be the max that would be best without issues. I need to upgrade mine badly, and the windows updates just make it worse.

[@zoyakhan8137]

can i know what is wrong with the windows updates? i have the same laptop

[@ForeverGhostdoggg]

@@zoyakhan8137 actually over time I realized nothing g was wrong with the updates, ideas the fact that I had no space, which is why I need the space

[@cheerio4000]

I got an ASUS J401M, I was wondering if I should get the 250gb or the 500gb. I do some gaming, GFX modelling and I want to edit lengthy videos on it. It's running fast but after making a download, I've already run out of space. I'm just curious how much would be enough?

[@asraelle9327]

The PC don't recognize 512 ssd....

[@cheerio4000]

@@asraelle9327 what

[@Ray-at-OneRadiance]

Thank you Brother

[@mattlumbley615]

Hello there! So will it handle a 512 or a 1tb ssd? If so what exactly do i need to look for? Thanks this video is awesome!!

[@asraelle9327]

I try a 512 and the PC doesn't recognized it...it doesn't appear in hard disk management...then, i think that the PC can't be up by more than 256go

[@hassanshaadhih2532]

Hi, quick question. Is there any chance that it would work with a PCIe?

[@noiseintheoffice]

Sata3 only - it does not have the PCIe controller

[@joecatajay7149]

I have a tp401c, i would like to know if u can add a much bigger gb than a 256gb SATA III SSD? thanks!

[@noiseintheoffice]

I believe it will support a 512 as well, not sure about bigger sizes. Just make sure it's a SATA controller and not PCIe and it will probably work.

[@joecatajay7149]

@@noiseintheoffice thanks so much for the info, more power and God bless!

[@mahender6969]

Hello. can you also upgrade the ram? on this laptop

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, it's soldered onto the mainboard

[@silkkay6214]

Hi, Thanks for posting this video. I have the same laptop seen in this video and bought a similar SSD (WD Blue 250GB Solid State Drive WDS250G2B0B) I followed your instructions to the book but the laptop won’t detect the SSD neither in Bios nor in This PC( Computer). Is there something I forgot to do? Or the laptop isn’t compatible? (Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP401M 14in. Touch 2-IN-1 Intel N4020 4GB 64GB J401MA-DB02) Any advice will be highly appreciated.

[@noiseintheoffice]

Mine is the Pentium Silver 5000, but that shouldn't affect detecting the drive. I had to update my bios to get Windows to detect it. If that still doesn't work, see if Disk Management lists it. It may just need to be set up.

[@silkkay6214]

@@noiseintheoffice I finally figured out why the SSD couldn’t be detected. I installed a different SSD with a single slot (NVMe). It worked. One thing though. The easeus software for cloning is not for free. I had to purchase a key product.

[@scoupe3027]

@@silkkay6214 Hello, mine is also the 401M, not the 401MA. Am I right in thinking the M.2 SATA didn't work for you but the M.2 NVMe worked fine? I've just installed a SATA version and can't get it to be seen at all. Thanks

[@silkkay6214]

I did the same and indeed it worked. I had also to purchase the easeus software. Thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving

[@scoupe3027]

Thanks for confirming! So I put a 1TB NVMe SSD in my TP401M and it works fine. The SATA 3 wouldn't work at all. It seems the 401M must be different to the 401MA

[@rail176]

Can I go bigger on the ssd

[@hassanshaadhih2532]

Does the battery drain faster or slower with the WD Blue NVMe SSD?

[@noiseintheoffice]

Unfortunately, the battery life is somewhat reduced from just the onboard drive.

[@bluandr4449]

Please tell me the exact model number of this laptop Is it TP401MA-EC320T or TP401MA-BZ215T or else?

[@noiseintheoffice]

The original label is missing. DXDIAG and System Information say the model is TP401MAS_TP401MA

[@maxmirzoev1280]

I have Asus TP401MAR (you can use MyAsus app to get details about your model). I've bought WDS500G2B0B - the same SSD with bigger capacity. But it's doesn't work unfortunately, not compatible. UPD: After that I've bought WDS250G2B0B - and it's also didn't recognize by system. I've made a clone of my Windows OS, so both of the disks was initialized. Probably will try WDS500G3B0B (WD Blue SA510) as John bellow advised.

[@John-yl6pb]

Max, I just did this with a WDS500G3B0B (WD Blue SA510) successfully fyi. 500 isn't the issue... the G2 might be a PCIe NVME which isn't supported. I found this out by putting an old one I had sitting around in... no joy. Need an M2 sata.

[@maxmirzoev1280]

@@John-yl6pb Good news, thanks man, I will try. What index of the model do you have btw? TP401.......?

[@John-yl6pb]

@@maxmirzoev1280 Yes TP401M

[@maxmirzoev1280]

@@John-yl6pb I have the same one, thanks, John!

[@primeapepokemon8648]

@@maxmirzoev1280 Hi Max, I have the same asus tp401MAR, i was wondering if you tried to upgrade it with a NVME ssd, or any other method to successfully upgrade the storage

[@SpideyHD]

www.pc-canada.com/item/TS256GMTS830S.html After looking more into the specifications, I have found an SSD that might be compatible with this laptop. It has SATA ||| & M.2. Please let me know if it is compatible with this laptop. Thanks.

[@jjgarris7]

Was looking to get this for my wife for Christmas and install the SSD soon after. OS comes in S mode. I assume I have to get out of S mode to use EaseUS? (don't think it's in the MS store) After swapping boot drives, I think I can run recovery to reinstall OS in S mode again right? Anyone know?

[@qwertyltrewq7556]

I’m not too sure if this will answer your question but I was able to get out of S mode using A video I found on KZbin hope this helps

[@kimm8529]

I would like to know this too.

[@TPTVNKI]

I have the same lap top

[@pandojevito]

Hi nice video!!! does the ram can be updated!?

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, RAM is soldered on board. 4GB does well for Windows 10 though.

[@bmh6636]

Backlight?

[@doctormrk]

Can we fit it with 500 GB/1 TB/ 2TB WD blue SATA 3 SSD or is it compatible with only 250 GB ?.

[@asraelle9327]

I try wd blue ine 512 and the PC don't recognize it...wasted money

[@salaflorida1720]

Is that work for the Vivobook J401NA-BZ054TS ? A 4Go with 64 Go SSD ? Thank you mate

[@noiseintheoffice]

Sorry, I can't say for sure. It looks like the same unit, except that the one I see online with that model number has a low-end Celeron processor, which may give sub-par performance.

[@fatmadogan7538]

Quelqu'un peut m'expliquer ?? Le truc qu'il vient de mettre dans le pc moi je l'ai pas c'est normal??

[@aq6304]

Could you re-install the OS to this M.2 instead of keeping it on the eMMC?

[@noiseintheoffice]

That's what I did. This reduces app launch and boot time.

[@aq6304]

@@noiseintheoffice thanks

[@JetInCa]

can't find ram slot for upgrade the ram.... So weird.

[@noiseintheoffice]

Sorry, RAM is not upgradable. It is SOIC only. You are limited to 4 GB.

[@gemstoneautos6357]

i followed the steps and windows recognized the hard drive but the bios did not, any ideas?

[@gemstoneautos6357]

update, bios can read it as storage but not in the boot options or boot priority section

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@gemstoneautos6357There is a new BIOS update for this model. That might be a place to start. Mine installed during Windows updates.

[@noiseintheoffice]

Okay, PCIe drive is on the way to test it's compatibility with the TP401! I'll update when it comes in. *UPDATE:* PCIe does not work on this model. The slot will accept it, but the system doesn't recognize it.

[@bryankeltonadams]

Did it work?

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@bryankeltonadams It did not. The TP401's M.2 slot fits a PCIe drive, but won't recognize it. The BIOS also doesn't support UEFI.

[@bryankeltonadams]

@@noiseintheoffice bummer

[@mikoivan12]

My SSD does not fit. I have the Crucial MX500. Any clues as to why?

[@noiseintheoffice]

If it's an M.2 drive it should fit in the slot. There are 2 slots on that end of the board. Make sure you're using the one under the ribbon cable. If that doesn't help, maybe a little more detail?

[@mikoivan12]

noiseintheoffice my Crucial MX500 M.2 SATA SSD won’t fit. I only see one slot on the board. And it’s similar to The one on the video

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@mikoivan12 Will it physically not insert into the slot? Or is the issue thickness/length? Does it have the same key slots? Also, one side is wider than the other. count the connections at the ends; one has 5 connections, the other has 6. So it may insert with the label either up or down. It looks like yours needs to have the Crucial label up

[@mikoivan12]

@@noiseintheoffice I was able to finally install it. However at bios, it does not show it in the Boot priority, but It does show at the Storage that I have the SSD attached. I replaced the SSD to WD Blue. SatA SSD. What now?

[@mikoivan12]

However, I was able to clone the SSD and extend the volume.

[@reyhan5015]

Does this model use a TN or a IPS panel?

[@WernerZeigler]

IPS

[@cheerio4000]

EaseUs isn’t free anymore, any recommendations?

[@noiseintheoffice]

I think this will work: www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html

[@cheerio4000]

@@noiseintheoffice thanks but thats still $15

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@cheerio4000 Just ignore the blue button on the Options screen and click Download. Then install the app. When you go to do anything, it'll pop up asking for a license key (they always hope to get you to pay). Just close that and select the Partition Manager to manage the drive.

[@cheerio4000]

@@noiseintheoffice but I cloned the disc already 😕

[@oliveryoung5957]

@@noiseintheoffice when I close the license key tab nothing pops up for partition manager any help?

[@SavvyOlawale]

hello, I followed all your steps but my M.2 SATA SSD is not being detected anywhere both in disk management, bios or under This PC. What do I do pls? Hope it's not that the SSD I bought is defective. It is a 128GB M.2 SATA SSD (the one with two gaps on it). EDITED: I went ahead and ordered an NVME drive (the one with a gap) and it worked. Please don't completely follow what was said in the video cause you'll waste money. Ask questions and be sure your model is the exact one in this video. I wasted cash buying an M.2 SATA Drive

[@DmitriIvanenko]

I thought he said NVMe wasn't going to work? I'm waiting for mine to arrive and see if it'll work, I ordered the same model as he mentioned, but 500gb one. Hope it'll work.

[@SavvyOlawale]

@@DmitriIvanenko Now check under your PC, the model is written there. If what you have there is "Model: TP401M Notebook PC" M.2 SATA SSD will not work for you.

[@SpideyHD]

Link: www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1927_1930&item_id=140826 Is this ssd compatible with the asus vivobook tp401ma? Info: It is an M.2, NVME ssd. It includes 250gb.

[@SpideyHD]

I am using a NVME ssd intead of a SATA ssd. Will it still be compatible? Because I'm pretty sure M.2 is all that is needed.

[@Max3090]

Anyone knows if we can add more ram in this model?

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, it is SOIC and cannot be upgraded.

[@fredandrews9216]

The J401MA indeed has a discrete Wifi card that can be removed.

[@Ajay0510]

Ram can be upgrade???or switch??from 4gb to 8gb??

[@noiseintheoffice]

No RAM upgrade, chips are soldered directly to the PC board.

[@andresherrera7472]

Ram cant be upgraded?

[@noiseintheoffice]

Nope, it's soldered to the board - SOIC

[@versinal0]

Nice tutorial, i have a question. Is it possible to swap the CPU for a better one?

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, it's an SOIC processor, so soldered directly to board.

[@gemsygame9826]

Casper $CSPR would be a good one to check out and analyze, kindly consider CSPR.

[@Everclear1102]

Is the memory expandable too?

[@noiseintheoffice]

Sorry, no. The RAM is SOIC, so cannot be upgraded.

[@sweetie07jheann]

Can you upgrade the ram for this

[@noiseintheoffice]

Nope, it's SOIC.

[@felixdablo6842]

Hi, if you would not mind me asking, i have this TP401CA in me and i had recently installed a SSD thanks to your video. My question is, can i possibly ADD another RAM on this model? I understand that the stock RAM is SOIC. But is there any slots available for me to add another DDR3 RAM? Thanks and look forward on your reply.

[@johnsmithee4419]

Did increase boot tim?

[@noiseintheoffice]

Boot from power to desktop was about 20 seconds when booting off the eMMC. Booting from the SSD takes about 14 seconds. If you take away the 5 seconds for POST and BIOS, the actual Windows loading time went from 15 to 9 seconds. Thanks for the question John!

[@jayakhair7819]

Asus Tp410ur support NVMe?

[@papayesaperlipopete8213]

yes

[@nirniro1]

is this laptop is ram upgradable ? tnx

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, it's soldered on the circuit board (SOIC)

[@nirniro1]

noiseintheoffice Shame ... feel slaw , maybe this window is too heavy on it Thank you for the response

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@nirniro1 Yes, Windows 10 is gradually getting more and more resource hungry. You could try turning off some background services, like indexing etc.

[@markusz1956]

Can i upgrade the RAM?

[@noiseintheoffice]

Sorry, no. The ram is SOIC (soldered to the board)

[@markusz1956]

@@noiseintheoffice OK. Many thanks for the quick response! 👍

[@mike_vahemoubayed8099]

Is the ram upgradable

[@noiseintheoffice]

No, there are no slots. The RAM is SOIC right on the board.

[@stephenstrang590]

360p? its 2019

[@noiseintheoffice]

Yeah, sorry about that. We're in 2019, but my Fuji is from 1990... O_o

[@alsa8601]

Okay, now I have to write my whole comment all over again because previously, KZbin failed at uploading it. First of all, thanks a lot for the great tutorial, which was extremely helpful for me since I have never installed an SSD and all the more, since I want to buy this exact device. What a nice coincidence because it seems to be a decent device but not hyped as much as Macbooks or the latest Huawei ultrabooks. However, I still have two questions and I'd be so happy if you were so kind to give me your opinion on them: (The following questions both refer to the same Asus device you're working on in the tutorial) 1) I wondered whether I could also install the following Samsung SSD instead of the one you used: www.amazon.de/Samsung-MZ-V7S250BW-Plus-Interne-3-500/dp/B07MHXYL6T/ref=cm_wl_huc_item As far as I can see, the Samsung SSD has got an M.2 format (2280) but I couldn't find out whether it's SATA-type. In the Amazon specs, it says 'Interface: PCIE x 4'. However, as I am new to this field I have no clue whether it is technically possible to install the Samsung NVMe SSD and I haven't smartened up by reading Amazon reviews or searching on Google :( 2) By now, I have opened my previous Samsung Ultrabook only thrice and only in order to clean it, which worked pretty well apart from ripping apart two dents of the bottom shell while opening it (it was made of plastic). I wouldn't exactly describe myself as intellectually challenged but I do respect your skills and presumed experience. That's why I fear screwing things up in an instance if I were to install the SSD into a brand new device, although in your video, it doesn't seem to be too tricky at all. Hence, my question: Is there anything else -apart from disconnecting the mainboard from the electricity supply - I could possibly screw up? How do I know which side of the SSD has to look up or down, respectively? Again, thanks a lot for the video. Even if you cannot find the time to answer, your tutorial has helped me a lot :) But if you brought yourself to answer my questions, that would be sublime :D

[@noiseintheoffice]

Hello Javier. 1) Regrettably, the Samsung 970 EVO has a PCIe interface. The TP401 specifies a SATA III interface. The 860 EVO would be the correct fit: www.amazon.de/Samsung-MZ-N6E500BW-860-EVO-Interne/dp/B078WQC2GQ/ref=sr_1_6?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1553543868&sr=1-6&keywords=samsung%2B860%2Bevo&th=1 2) You should be safe in doing the upgrade so long as you disconnect the battery, and touch that metal chassis to equalize the static charge. The drive will fit in the slot only one way, label up. Thanks for your question!

[@alsa8601]

@@noiseintheoffice Wow thanks, now, that's what I call a fast answer! Just one last question: In the video you said that it's theoretically possible to install a PCIe SSD as well, right? Because on Amazon the Samsung product description reads “suitable for top-performing PCs and Ultrabooks“. Of course, this convertible isn't exactly what this sentence refers to but at least it is an Ultrabook :D So, I would consider contacting ASUS support to clearify that if you said that there might be a tiny chance that a PCIe SSD could work. I'll let you know what they answered :)

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@alsa8601 Sure! That would be great. I got no information when I chatted with them in that regard, but maybe you'll have better success. :)

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@alsa8601 Testing with a PCIe drive indicates that the M.2 socket doesn't support it, although it fits mechanically. They mustn't have connected the lines from the PCI bus to the M.2 socket. The BIOS also doesn't have options to support NVMe drives. :(