How to Upgrade M.2 SSD & Memory in HP 15.6" Laptop

I will be opening up a brand new HP 15.6" Laptop to install larger capacity M.2 SATA SSD, add more memory and do clean install of Windows 10. Model# 15-dy1024wm
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Lens Type: Canon EF-S 18 - 135mm f/3.5-5.6 USM Lens
Tools Used:
---Cordless Screwdriver
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---Black Hard Plastic Spudger Sticks
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New Parts Installed:
Crucial MX500 Series SATA M.2 SSD 500GB
Crucial 16GB Memory Kit 2x8 2666MHz
How to create Windows 10 Install USB Flash Drive:
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Thank you for watching my video. With any project like this, always take precautions against static discharge and use the proper, quality tools. Dale

[@marcusjnewtonz28]

Thank you for help! Best Buy doesn’t deserve 200 bucks for a RAM install when it’s this simple. I had no idea, thank you!

[@malone628]

Wow!! I am not going to lie. It had been awhile since I had taken a laptop apart to do any work on it. My eyes are not what they used to be. I was pretty certain the hard drive was shot in my HP. After watching your video the first time I said to myself, "why not give it a shot"? For $31 total from Amazon I got a tool kit and SSD hard drive. You made the rest easy. Can't thank you enough!!

[@Angel-ph4xl]

how much was the ssd hard drive? any recommendations at reasonable prices?

[@jerrytahatravel]

Thanks so much for the video, sir! 👍🏼 It sure helped me a lot! 😊 I just replaced my 256 Gb M .2 SSD with a 1Tb Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 SSD. Thanks again and keep up the good work and have a good day, sir! Greetings from the Netherlands! 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@barbarataylor819]

I really love that it don’t seem like you did any edits to this video. While you were getting the install going I am sitting here with my pen in hand, biting my nails, making notes of what to do if I run into the same situation. Great video. You only spoke on what was necessary for this video. Very clear and straight to the mission. Really enjoyed this video! Thank you.

[@jeffkirby4945]

You Made This Process As Smooth As Silk..... Kudos

[@gerardomartinez.15]

I've seen other videos But I just have to say this You're the BEST

[@ral819]

Thanks Dale, I'm saving your video. This is almost exactly what I want to do to my HP15-dw0081wm...

[@arrynmichaels9002]

Thank you so much for this video. Gave me the confidence to open up my own laptop to upgrade ram, 2 x 8gb.

[@salvadordeperignat7605]

I have the 1027od which does come with a 250GB NVMe, which I will upgrade to a 500GB NVMe. I noticed from the HP website the 1024wm doesn't support NVMe. Excellent video and reference tools. Thanks!

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Thanks for watching. Dale

[@paolorossi784]

​@@CadillacComputerCenter hello, does this laptop have an extra storage slot for a Harddrive?

[@EssaArif-im1vb]

the 3022tu models come with a 1tb hdd to which u can add an NVMe@@paolorossi784

[@PigeonAndMe]

Where is CMOS battery on this model laptop. I faced Cmos checksum error

[@TheKaliedescope]

Did you ever find it? I'm in the same boat.

[@PigeonAndMe]

@@TheKaliedescope There is no CMOS battery on this model laptop. Only solution is main battery replacement.

[@TheKaliedescope]

@@PigeonAndMe Thank you! That was the conclusion I was reaching. I changed the main battery and it's like 90% better but I got worried when it started boot looping again.

[@PigeonAndMe]

@@TheKaliedescope I think that's not authentic products from Hp. Please remove that battery. one part of your battery will blast very soon.

[@cheeliew8933]

On the videoclip 6:43, motherboard have 2 flat cable (FFC) connector it is for SATA drive? wonder this laptop can add SATA SSD.

[@davecunningham3653]

glad i saw your video when you used the plugable 3.0 to usb nvme adapter my faveret tool when i clone a new nvme m.2 ssd thanks

[@jimtalor7971]

I bought a HP Pavillion 15.6 AMD base and it takes a Nvme m.2 gen3 which I upgraded to 1tb and up the ram to 16gb. After struggling with Dell's , I find the HP'S alot better from speed to battery life.

[@letitgo5186]

Interesting, I looked up the spec sheet and it says the hard drive should be an NVME. I think what this video goes to show is that you should open up your laptop and figure out what you have first before ordering parts. Thanks for highlighting this key item to watch out for! I can see during a production run, the initial laptops in this series were SATA and then to simplify production, save money, and keep things consistent, HP may have at some point switched to NMVE towards the end of the run.

[@cooplien1425]

Awesome! Finally a tutorial I could understand.😊👍

[@florinstoica5357]

Thank you for the video. Can I ask you two questions please 1: what is the reason you have removed the battery? Must has no power at all when you install new ssd? 2: how the new ssd will recognise all the old data had the laptop? Thanks

[@pierrebezukhov2698]

Bought one of these several months ago. The first thing I did was to wipe out Windows and install Linux Mint 20, now 20.1. Heads up about that, you'll need either a USB wifi to install the drivers for the Realtek wifi card or look around for the .deb file and type in a couple of commands to get that working. Other than that Linux Mint XFCE works great on this lap top.

[@joelrios4051]

Thanks for the heads up! I'm buying one for that same purpose.

[@reflectivism]

this is such a good video - the info, the anecdotes, the thorough explanations, I love it! subscribed! :)

[@Q5Grafx]

got the ryzen version of this today. going to put a 1tb 980 pro in it and 32 gb vengeance kit. the ryzen 5000 series came with an nvme pcie m.2 but only 256gb. going to have to run a usb hub in it with only 2 usb slots but nice looking laptop for my wife. i wish i could put in an ssd for an acronis restore disk as well but i dont seen any sata ports. but she loves it so far. i was able to duplicate all her settings and get all her preferences setup easily enough. the win 10 downgrade was a pain because i had to allow windows 11 to update before i could get the pc out of S-Mode before i could start the windows 10 install. other than that it went simply enough. all the drivers were grabbed in the install process. the radeon graphics driver was a wrong version but it worked well enough to get the right version installed. still waiting to open the case until the ram comes in the mail. i can say i hate its keyboard. i never liked blister keyboards and this one is particularly squishy feeling and lack a feeling of confidence of they keys actually getting pushed. The 6 core 12 thread cpu is nice much better then the 2 core systems i still see out there and the machine boots up pretty fast and little lag in input. for a low cost laptop its very good and its shortcomings are to be expected at the price. i just hope they make replacement keyboards available as i see having to replace it many times over the next several years. for my wifes purposes of email and browsing its perfect. the screen is remarkably clear for this tier computer as well. thanks for the video it will come in handy in the next few days when i do the upgrade.

[@Supercecco85]

i don't understand why they put a huge massive empty space in such a cramped laptop and then didn t even put some kind of port for putting another ssd. I would like to buy this pc (amd type) but this lack of second ssd port is killing me. do you think that putting a permanent 512 SD installed in the dedicated slot would be a viable solution for adding some space? just guessing

[@ShavonneMckinney]

Just came across your channel! Thank you for making this video, it has truly help me ❤️💯

[@ShanNixVlogz]

thank you for this tutorial sir, i have that similar laptop, I'm planning to upgrade it to 8 x 2 dual channel..

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Love the information !!

[@cmercado317]

t hank you for your upgrade and trouble shooting

[@elevate32767]

thanks, gramps!

[@geralgeral9586]

Thanks só much brother!.. Angola- Luanda

[@YoshiIsCool1]

When you said Clone How does that work for the Drive?

[@adrianao5733]

super helpful!! thank you 💚

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Glad it helped ya. Dale

[@joeychizzel]

i'm trying to reformat the 256gb that came with the laptop but when i reformat it, it doesn't see the hard drive?

[@marcolopez9476]

I have the 15-dy2131wm is the same? on this video

[@gptsiteuser]

Can u get a ssd adapter? Trying to use my nvme port for something else

[@gptsiteuser]

Know it’s possible on some of these hp. Mine is a 15-dy1043dx

[@kathyw141]

PLEASE explain how to make a clean install usb. about how much does it cost to do this? I am just learning. I did all my older desktop models but laptops I don't understand so much. thank you for your channel. I know I will be learning a lot. I need much more memory on my laptop. I don't have enough to do anything. I don't want to buy a new one. the costs are terrible.

[@hahuded2122]

Awesome video!

[@davecunningham3653]

thanks for the great how to videos, i up graded my hp pavillion eh0050wm laptop witha seagate nvme m.2 ssd an mt ram to the corsair vengence 23gb 3200mhz runs great running win 11. kep up with the great videos.. thanks

[@kevinbulze207]

Hello i have a question i have HP 15.6 model 15 -dy207dx 8gb-256gb SSD is it possible to use the corsair vengeance i was possible trying 16gb will it work ?

[@geowilson1587]

nice screwdriver with light too.thanks for process..i use guitar pick for plastic edge prying works great too..so if you rem drive and put new with clean install it activates off old sys how.?

[@daberecollinsamaechi9878]

Very informative and good explanation. Thanks

[@zade9932]

Is it okay I got a nvme and not m.2 I saw that

[@michaltanay2315]

Please can you send me exactly link which one will be need 16GB RAM DDR4 for my laptop HP 15s-fq0028na And how many will be need kit ? Because if I'm correct indside see only one 4GB RAM DDR4 in my laptop HP 15s-fq0028na

[@sensimania]

The most difficult part of this process is trying to loosen the screws for the battery. The manufacterer screwed 2 of the screws too tightly, and they're also a little stripped. Those things are tighter than a mofo. I've been trying to remove them for 30mins now (with both electric and manual screwdrivers) and they're not budging 😢.

[@Happy-Me.]

Great video. I have this model. I'd be interested to see how you clean the fan. 😎

[@kremepye3613]

Wd-40

[@bilge77]

hey great video....one question....I have a HP x360 Convertible 15-dq0000...I did a clean install of Win11......very slow performance....I need to upgrade...it currently has 8gb Ram and a Toshiba 5400 HDD 1TB that is bogging this machine down.....I want to upgrade to 16GB of Ram if possible and replace HDD with a M.2 SAtA if that is what it takes. Your suggestion would be quite helpful......Thank you......I believe it takes a M.2 SATA SSD rather than a PCIe M2 SSD

[@jeromeqg94]

hi would you show us how to install hdd 2.5 in hp 15s-1117au

[@harkodeboer1158]

Thanks - needed to add some memory. Thanks to you - easy!

[@im_munted]

When i upgraded my acer a while ago, first of all it was so much easier to open up, no prying was involved (probably why theyre so flimsy) but i completely forgot to disconnect the battery. i only shut it down. still worked fine tho and the added HDD and +8gb ram all worked after that. But good thing to keep in mind now.

[@mahima9804]

Hi, I have recently came to the US as an international student and I have the same laptop model. Wondering where to go for SSD installation in my laptop. It has HDD right now and it's very slow when it comes to its performance. Do shops like Walmart do the SSD installation?

[@vac72cov]

Hi sir, first of all, thanks for your videos! they are awesome, new subscriber here. I just bought a entrylevel laptop from HP, a 15s-fq0008sl (celeron n4120 with 4gb, 128gb m2 sata drive). I read the hp service manual and found this series (and also found a brandnew model named 15s-fq0006sl with apparently the same hw platform that comes with nvme one) is capable of run nvme drives. Given this, still you suggest to use a sata m2 drive or think it could work fine with the mvne? would I notice the differences in performances in this particular setup, with a n4120 cpu and 1 channel 8gb ram, or better stay with a bigger m2 sata ssd? thanks in advance and greetings from italy

[@russellmogen4249]

Not M.2 SATA, open up first before ordering your replacement. My HP (15-dy2035tg) requires NVMe.

[@sheepster70]

Hello Cadillac from England, quick question, the Corsair Vengeance you upgraded to, was it 2666mhz or 2400mhz?. The reason why i ask is when you opened task manager after you'd finished, it showed 2400mhz for the memory. Cheers.

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Thanks for watching. I believe it was 2400mhz. The factory ram was 2400. Lot of those models only support 2400. 2666 will work though, may just clock down. Thx

[@sheepster70]

@@CadillacComputerCenter , Thank's for the quick reply. Ok, i bought some 2400mhz 2 x 8gb corsair vengeance for an older HP laptop as an upgrade that had standard 2400mhz memory in it, but it didn't like it one bit. I have another HP, model number 15s-fq1505na, which is 2 years old nearly, that has 4gb 2666mhz as standard, so in theory the corsair i have should be ok. Cheers.

[@commandux]

Hello good Morning. I would like to know the name of the connector that makes the HDD connection, so I can also install an HD ssd 2.5

[@pouyamahmoudi]

Thank you.

[@rickedwin3789]

Great video, very clear and easy to follow. Made the job very easy and without problems. Thanks!

[@MartinOrkuma]

Thanks very much! Found this very helpful

[@Angel-ph4xl]

can you follow along with this video if your laptop already has files downloaded, pictures etc.?

[@uanbu6539]

Why do we need to remove the battery before adding the new ram sticks please?

[@rickeybrecheen4236]

What docking station will work for the HP dy2000 of dy2xxx so I can use multiple monitors

[@kishdogg1594]

Hello I have a HP 15-dy2702dx i3-1115G4 265gb solid state drive3 8gb SODIMM DDR4 SDRAM no optical drive 15.6 can i upgrade the Ram anther 8GB would it be worth it

[@adelhesham8143]

Can I add an hdd or 2.5 SSD ???

[@yoklug]

Excuse me, where is the 2.5" SATA connector on this motherboard? Can a 2.5" SSD fit in there? Thank you

[@mgonz7165]

Thanks really learning a lot

[@sunnova]

tyy

[@themahesh2168]

I have Hp au084tx Its manual says... Supports M.2 SATA-3 SSD 128 GB SATA III Solid-state Drive 256 GB SATA III Solid-state Drive 256 GB SATA III Solid-state Drive NVMe What this means, does it support m.2 SATA ssd or NVMe SSD ??? SHOULD i go with 500gb or only 256 gb supported ???

[@YoshiIsCool1]

Where to buy the Ssd At?

[@flyalaska2021]

can you add a SSD 2.5" for more storage to this laptop?

[@nontypicalguy]

No, there is only space for an M.2 drive, and I don't remember seeing SATA cables. Even if there were, some parts or the casing would need modification.

[@pedroperalta2270]

it's possible.

[@baregum]

I think its possible on the empty space beside battery, but you need to buy sata flex specific to the specs, which kinda unknown?

[@warrenarnold]

@@pedroperalta2270 dy1023dx can it hold 2nd hdd? also have you tried, i found the connector but the hdd did not detect

[@warrenarnold]

@@baregum have you tried?

[@charitykanhukamwe8545]

Great video I have an HP Laptop 15-bs0xx with M.2 slot with notch on the left the M.2 NVMe SSD have I am finding have slot on the right . Is it possible yo fit the SSD turned upside down so that the slot is on the left.i.e label side facing downwards.

[@parag954]

Thanks for making these kind of videos very helpfull.

[@MotiFy3]

do you know if i can do that on a 15-dw3015nq?

[@mtippett80]

Brilliant video!!!! Is the hp 15-db0000na a similar layout? Trying to upgrade my daughters laptop from 4GB of RAM to 8GB which I think is the max .

[@Unknown-eq9wo]

i think I trust my self with the ram not the ssd But what happens if you don’t have the flash drive will it give you an option of what you can run it on

[@hot-shotlabel3212]

Why do you pull the battery out ?

[@JamesSwedowski]

hi there i have same laptop but its a 15 dy2075tg 11 gen what is your recommend ram and ssd memory and how big can i go on both of them

[@pamspencer5922]

Great video! Thank you for making it. I have a Hp 15-dw0043dx and would like to upgrade the hard drive to 1 TB. Is there a type and model hard drive you would recommend? I don't wanna buy the wrong thing. Thank you again.

[@pamspencer5922]

Would this drive work? SK hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 Internal SSD | Up to 3500MB/S | Compact M.2 SSD Form Factor SK hynix SSD | Internal Solid State Drive with 128-Layer NAND Flash

[@TheFatSonny]

So many videos showing how to replace hard drives on YT. How about showing how to add a secondary drive?

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

On a laptop that will support a second drive, I have many videos doing just that.

[@RockStar-rh1ye]

hi can i use internal hard disk for same laptop?

[@haroonsadat1320]

Keep up the great tutorials

[@nbrownvolleyball]

When installing a new hard drive is it mandatory to change your ram as well? Also, if you didn't buy a new hard drive that has all of your computer info on it, will you need to back up your data on to a USB?

[@mehdierrahmaoui7292]

hello can i ask if i can add an ssd drive not change it , so i can have on pc both ssd and hdd drives ??

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Hi. This model does not have a 2.5 inch mounting caddy or cable.

[@deniseg4741]

ops, I just watched your video and u removed the battery. I have my laptop still open with my new SSD just installed. Do Can i have to remove the battery now??

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

If it's already installed, your good. Just be careful.

[@deniseg4741]

@@CadillacComputerCenter thanks for your quick answer. I add memory and change for a new SSD. I turned it on and say: Boots Device. Please install an operating system on your hard disk. Hard Disk 《3F0》. Don't know how to download it if I don't access to the internet and nothing. I can use my son's laptop that is the same to download it. not sure if It can works

[@iconicallytiona]

It’s not working for me. It’s saying that it couldn’t find any drives. I’ve done this twice, once with Windows 10 and Windows 11. Could it be the SSD is not compatible??

[@keojiabrown6807]

If this is what i think it is apparently with some 10th and 11th gens you have to download drivers from hp for your laptop to detect the ssd. But last i check they removed them from the website for some reason. Im not an expert in this so i would just check some more vids about it. Edit: He has a video about it just watch it.

[@kathyw141]

can it handle 2 hard drives? would that provide more memory? I'm lost.

[@dermottconnolly1312]

Thanks for the video. Hope your gonna do more and get lots of subscribers.

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Thank you much. Dale

[@jessethepondhopper8370]

Why didn't you put 2 16 gb rams in there or could you?

[@G-Man..277]

My touchpad hasnt worked since downgrading to win 10 . Tried everything . Only had it 4 days too

[@gonzalotapia1250]

Great content! Just a question. Given that its somewhat hard to open this laptop, could you stick a thermal pad on the cpu and just clean the fan with a can of compressed air to avoid opening it too frequently?

[@GeekRex]

This was nothing. Many laptops are much more difficult to open. My biggest concern was the rubber feet. Not common to hide the screws under removable rubber strips.

[@CNC295]

Thank you for this video

[@giovannigiorgio2262]

thank u

[@genesmay6589]

Theres a few other drivers you need to install. If you go in to device manager and click each heading you'll see yellow triangles on what didnt install..

[@capt.crockpot2440]

Hi, will this reboot of windows 10 sequence work on pretty much the same laptop running windows 11 without need to find the product key again? thanks

[@binarycortex]

Thank you so much for this!!!

[@chalmerjayjamero527]

sir, you got a nice screw driver. May I know its brand and model?

[@mustang.]

If upgrading ram use the new rams plastic box to pry open the laptop 😅 . Also, i have bought m.2 nvme 4th gen ssd for my hp 15 da1070nx , which is on 8th gen i7. I have confirmed this from both the hp software and from ai that its conpatible. The ssd is xoming from amazon germany , i purchased it a few days ago for dirt cheap. But now after hearing you say i am worried if i will be able to put that. Still en route. My laptop has a sata hdd which is very slow and also allows an m.2 . I will be placing a new m.2 nvme 4th gen ssd ( speed upto 5000) instead of the other 4th gen that goes 7,000 and 12,000. Because that speed wont be supported anyways .

[@lucienlatourtes9783]

I am trying to replace the fan in this HP 15-dy 1024wm shown above However, the fan connections are too small to handle. Can you show me how to disconnect the fan and what tool to use? Thanks for your help.

[@mojojojox1]

Does this one support NVME SSD?

[@SmokersFace]

Can I put this: WD Black 1TB SN770 NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - PCIe Gen4 , M.2 2280, up to 5,150 MB/s - WDBBDL0010BNC- WRWM inside my hp laptop will it boot?

[@matrox]

Can you add a second SSD Sata next to the battery/

[@ython06]

Is it possible to work if i just replace 16GB of RAM + current 4GB in another slot?

[@michaelvalle57]

videos very informative

[@hehotbros01]

Lol my man said my bad... 19:54

[@milindraj6696]

does it have 2.5 inch sata connector?

[@emonel4162]

Does hp 15 bs147 supports ssd? If does then what kind of ssd it supports?

[@m.asimali6815]

Dale you are an experienced laptop technician....Can you please guide me whether HP 15-da2000TU will work fine on an M.2 NVMe SSD. You may have come across this model. Waiting for your reply and thanks in advance.....

[@OEverettC]

What do you use to stick the rubber grip back under the laptop? Does it stay sticky enough to put back? Do you apply glue or something? You didn't reapply them back in the vid.

[@CadillacComputerCenter]

Usually there is enough adhesive left on the strip to re apply. If not , just use a few tiny specs of super glue on the ends and one or two in the middle.

[@genesmay6589]

Just be careful peeling it up. Make sure you get under it all the way or you will peel the rubber off and leave the tape