How to repair HP Stream 14" laptop EMMC nand fault no boot and upgrade to 64gb

How to repair HP Stream EMMC nand fault no boot and upgrade to 64gb

[@jesse_akin]

I’ve been trying to find an image or a video just showing me where they hard drive is on this laptop. After months of searching I’ve finally found a video that not only shows the hard drive but explains in great detail how to change it. Thank you very much.

[@iTCXtreme]

Your welcome. Take care.

[@StephenBoutin]

You just did like $500 worth of work to a $200 laptop lol. Thanks for showing the technique!

[@gabrielamparobeltre1083]

I really prefer to buy the motherboard before spending so much work anyway I congratulate you for the video and very well explained.

[@JaySpoonn]

As soon as I saw the hotplate I was like...um..I think it'd be easier to just buy the whole board, and swap it out

[@tomahawk1705b]

Wow very skilled craftsmanship! well done I was just searching around to confirm my research was correct and it definitely is a SanDisk 32G eMMC chip in my Stream 14 mine is Grey with white keys with a Celeron N4000 CPU. I too thought it was a ridiculously small OS drive for Win10. When I first unboxed it the drive was at about 14Gb in Win 10S mode but got out of S mode and the updates exploded up about 18 Gigs!. Anyways I ended up installing Intel's very own Clear Linux which brought everything down to about 10 Gigs for OS space and the system response is snappy everything just flys onto the screen really happy with the performance. I had to install the Brave Browser to get videos and FB Twitter media working no videos would play on Firefox. I have a habit of carrying my laptop around by the left corner and now it will freeze up when I do that so I've probably cracked some soldiering connection somewhere most likely the ram socket but if I move it around with 2 hands or 1 hand on the front edge taking the weight of the screen all is well.

[@miregoji2959]

This is not the same model you have

[@Hermiel]

It seems as though the billable hours + materials on this job approach the cost of a new laptop. That said, I appreciate the video; I was looking for a teardown of this model to determine whether or not there's a SATA or M.2 port onboard. It appears not. Many thanks!

[@Ed31003]

so i'm doing the same install today 07/07/21 -- thank you for the video, mine is basically the same board hp stream, 32gb to 64gb

[@iTCXtreme]

Good luck 👍

[@Ed31003]

@@iTCXtreme success!!! loading windows 10 now - i only had a 128 chip but customer will be happy - THANKS again for your videos!!!!

[@iTCXtreme]

@@Ed31003 Excellent!

[@beckhamjuandecasimiro5574]

Excellent video, tutorial. One question, if you can change the disk from 32 GB to 64 GB, can you put a 128 GB or 256 GB, ??

[@iTCXtreme]

Should be but anything bigger than 128gb may have compatible issues. Hence it is not tried ans tested.

[@LucasReck23]

You’re such a hero man, the only video that explain that fucking problem that happened with sooo many costumers. Thank you sooo much, btw, could you please tell us the website you brought your equipments and the disk ? Thanks a lot.( I didn’t get the website when you tell on the video, I’m from Brazil). Kind regards.

[@LucasReck23]

JIHUISHENG Store a.aliexpress.com/_mtF1GRf this is the seller on Ali where our hero brought the chip.

[@victormarindemo1492]

Nice video. If I want to change just the motherboard with a built-in 64gb eMMC which motherboard SN will that be?

[@dncnzxkzkxkdng2883]

I have a similar HP laptop with emmc and i get the error message ”no hard drive detected” when i try to start it. Can i restore data from emmc or is it destroyed? I have a lot of important stuff on it.

[@jottaa.jimenez2887]

WOW!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, that's an awesome work. Terrific..

[@laboratorioassembler]

Very great video i see these kind of laptops every week.. and all customer are going Crazy about disk space

[@capsuleone3543]

So basically, there no way a software can increase the emmc(in my case chromebook) Nice channel, i'll have a look.I am not that technician.

[@lukedavis436]

i detest soldered EMMCs as a person who collects all manner of devices i have seen how frequently they like to fail. looking at the Wii U, perhaps there is a way to add in a removable storage card/NVMe perhaps?

[@kokodin5895]

Hello again i have figured out how to make missing m.2 socket work as sata port by installing 4 capacitors and moving one resistor around resistor in question is 10k pulling id2 line low for emmc and high for sata ssd operation. used 128gb ssd is 8$ + 1$ for m.2 socket , capacitors i ued were 10nf sata line termination ceramic caps pulled from broken motherboard. they are directly under m.2 socker on the bottom side mod isn't perfect because none of suspend mode components were installed, so the drive will be always in active mode unless it gets sleep command over sata i tryed it on 2 types of boards, 2gb soldered onboard ram and the same as yours , bios pin programing resistors are the same one board had working emmc but moving resistor disabled it completly, the other one had emmc riped out by another person and sold as broken but still it worked great for me so next time have in mind there is another option to upgrade storage on those laptops

[@christygaming18]

What type of emmc memory should I buy since I would like to increase it from 64gb to 128gb or 256gb but I don't know what type of memory to put in it because I get emmc for cell phones on Aliexpress, inand emmc and the emmc for computers but it is only if they are the same to buy the memory

[@andreluizf22br]

I'am from Brazil. I Like this video!

[@smartcorp9678]

aqui e o brasilllllll

[@Chronox2k4]

The service repair is more expensive then the actual laptop :D. (Service operation + nand flash )

[@martinmc9830]

I dont agree, 64g chip is approx £40, labour approx £100, but new 'Windows' laptop is £300 so it is worth it.

[@yourunclesam6780]

That's an awesome tutorial soldering work.Tnaks

[@yermo130]

Great Video! for me one of the best how things have to be done.

[@petyaelkin8539]

Hi, I soldered an M.2 laptop into this notebook (there are M.2 contacts on the motherboard, near the contacts where the power is connected, a little further from wi-fi) and connected the SSD but we can’t determine its laptop, how to fix it? Thank you very much.

[@tonylipford7310]

Did you add all of the other supporting components for the M.2 that are also missing?

[@m.m.m.c.a.k.e]

What temperature is the bottom heat plate at? Nice work bruh 👏 fun way to learn

[@kokodin5895]

do you have bordview diagram for that model, i would love to either rout emmc sata connection to an external m.2 sata drive, or populate and reactivate the m.2 socket on the side of this laptop but as i am now i can only find that would work on 2gb model with integrated memory (because cpu 2nd sata port is already routed to m.2 pinout)and can't find any diagrams for revision d of the board to confirm my theory edit********** while watching the movie i was checking on the emmc pinout for that 2gb ram model and it almost seems like gloryfied sd card hooked directly to the cpu so if your work wouldn't work you could probably ded bug an sd card in there instead of an emmc chip. well data interface is the same at least, i still beed to count data lines to be sure

[@dragunovbushcraft152]

Nice video. WAAAY too much trouble for the HPStream 14.

[@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc]

Hello,my question about the memory replacement is this memory chip is the SSD of the laptop and the repairing is similar as a hard disk replacement or the chip has not bought empty but comes with a special firmware preprogrammed from the seller?Because a similar memory chip is inside a UE40KU6000 samsung smart tv but there is stored the tv firmware and for sure it needs a preprogrammed one for the replacement.Very nice video!!!

[@iTCXtreme]

Hello, these are blank nand chip come from the supplier.

[@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc]

Ok,thanks.Very nice repair!!!

[@timothyodell5245]

Question, What if I leave in the bad EMMC and just swap the wifi m.2 with an SSD could that still work? EMMC is having identical issue as displayed in the video.

[@iTCXtreme]

Hello, I haven't tried it. But it might be worth a try...

[@hetsie9956]

I got a Acer Aspire Switch that I'm gonna replace the emmc memory on. Is this all I have to do? No flashing or anything required for the actual chip?

[@iTCXtreme]

As far as I am aware no flashing is required. It is different to mobile nand replacement. Cheers

[@kazishohel78]

Hi Sir do you know can I exchange Toshiba eMMC instead of Scan disk eMMC?

[@jojoreyes7222]

How about upgrading it to 256GB or 125gb instead of 64gb. and where can I buy EMMC storage drive? I'm from the Philippines

[@flyberryindia8301]

Gr8 work sir... congrates

[@alainvieux-melchior8864]

Hello congratulation for that délicat job you did briantly. Now I can join population that was borring against marketing... A question : why you don't put 128 or 256 Go instead of 64 ? (sorry my english is not enough fluent if you already answered in the video) it seam's that CB can receive it ?

[@iTCXtreme]

I was more anxious on the compatibility on larger emmc.

[@PositiveTony]

Did you replace with a new chip?

[@iTCXtreme]

Hi, yes it was a new emmc chip used. Take care 🙂

[@Abl.S]

excellent and professional service wow!!!

[@iTCXtreme]

Thank you 😊

[@gazeddy]

do you do this as a service or only for tinkering? the reason i ask is my son has this laptop (cb007na to be exact) and replacing nand chips are out of my skill range.

[@iTCXtreme]

Hello, it is service. 😊👍

[@gazeddy]

@@iTCXtreme any idea of price and how i can contact you outside youtube

[@iTCXtreme]

@@gazeddy Hello again, my email [e-mail].

[@giorgio5789]

hi, great work! where can I buy the emmc chip please? than kyou

[@softman5562]

i really love your work i want to be your student how can i be your student in our country its very hard to get all this kind of items

[@jvij5509]

Is the chip preballed? I notice on ebay they sell a stencil to reball them. Do you think this could be done in the laptop without removing the motherboard from it? I realise your safer preheating the back but I don't have that facility but do have a hot air rework station and a soldering iron some flux and solder remover.Cheers

[@iTCXtreme]

Hi Pal, the chip is preballed. You should be fine with hot air station. Just mask the new nand with a layer of kapton tape. I would recommend taking the board out. 😊👍

[@jvij5509]

@@iTCXtreme Cheers

[@andytipping70]

id be frightened of melting the keyboard membrane if you didnt take the board out!!!

[@justanother106]

Any links for the chip??

[@bestofthebest3821]

What type of memory card Are those ? They Are two of them on your stream? Mine has 4 GB of ram ...ID like to upgrade It to 6 GB ay least or 8

[@serhioramires3166]

It is real nice video!! Thanks very much!

[@blakebaker830]

These eMMC machines are such a headache. I was looking to see if I could upgrade my girlfriend's. She has the purple one with 32GB storage installed and it cannot even undergo a windows update anymore, but a new laptop is not in the cards at the moment.

[@cdon3032]

Sire can you help me out please, i have the same laptop as yours and it won't turn on and led keeps on blinking and I already changed the ram and tried to remove the parts one by one to see if it's the one who's preventing my laptop to turn on but nothin else is broken, i don't know how to turn it on, a help from you would be really appreciated 😊

[@emralcrewrblox]

How do you find a compatible chip? Is any BGA153 emmc compatible? Or do you need to compare other specs too?

[@iTCXtreme]

Hello, I look for same brand emmc. Most brand has a list of emmc comparison on their website.

[@tristanyt319]

I'm thinking of replacing the thermal paste on this thing because it runs really hot. You can really feel the heat through the keyboard. This laptop doesn't have a fan so I'm wondering if a new thermal paste would make a difference or not.

[@iTCXtreme]

Hello, sadly some laptops like this has passive heatsink which are very in dissipating heat. You can replace the thermal paste, but I don't think this will make much difference. Take care.

[@govideo3631]

Nice work, i've got almost same model stream 13 and same problem, the only solution i've found is to install Puppy linux on usb stick, that l, my laptop has only 2gb ram, and i doubt whether it worth to replace emmc.

[@pearltears8039]

How much money do you charge to fix something like this.... Im in the USA though

[@Mocktare]

That's Great! Great Thanks for the video , that's interesting .

[@felipevs1]

It's possible to upgrade the ram on this laptop?

[@iTCXtreme]

Hi, yes the RAM is upgradable but it has a single DIMM slot.

[@ictrepairs6963]

I wonder who is willing to pay more than 10€ in order to get such job done. I will do it for free if it was my son laptop and that’s where I would learn from. To a client I will suggest not to play with such a toy device and keep the money to buy a proper laptop. Cheers up!

[@sarahlouxo5046]

Would this work for any stream? I think mines hp stream 11 it is supposed to have 32gb but it feels like 2gb if I’m lucky. Edit- also would apps and things be lost in the process of replacing the EMMC?

[@iTCXtreme]

The method should work on all stream and you will lose all you data.

[@MrSuparjo86]

good job sir , congrates

[@darattaqwa]

Wow! Good work

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

I'm currently dealing with a very rude customer who has the purple variant of this exact model. Ugh. To hell with this laptop. Honestly, you'd be much better off purchasing a used Lenovo T440P instead of the HP Stream.

[@hassantoyib5055]

Please the machine. You are using cost how much and the name

[@jorizfilms]

Where can buy the memory storage??

[@iTCXtreme]

AliExpress

[@shahnilashaikh8591]

Hi I have same HP stream but keyboard when I am pressing u or any key it typing 4 alphabets. Could you please help me

[@iTCXtreme]

Hi, you have a bad carbon contact under the keyboard keys. Need to replace the keyboard with a new one. 😊👍

[@justanother106]

Any links for the chip?

[@iTCXtreme]

Hi pal, it has been a while and i have lost the link. However the seller is on AliExpress: "JIHUISHENG Store". 😊👍

[@justanother106]

Thank you

[@tccell5458]

Good

[@iainadams9726]

Would you let people send an EMMC laptop to you to upgrade

[@iTCXtreme]

Hi, unfortunately due to COVID19 we are not taking any jobs. However business will remain normal once rules are relaxed. You are welcome to contact us then. Thank you.

[@OdykKayne]

@@iTCXtreme Hmmm...what would the cost be to replace a chip on one of these boards when you do start taking work again?

[@iTCXtreme]

@@OdykKayne Hello, please email for pricing. Email: [e-mail] Thank you.

[@charles603]

Try a Linux distro to format the drive

[@andaraamaila11]

what code emmc??

[@tomahawk1705b]

Oh yeah and jfyi you can always try DiskPart in command line then - list drives, select disk with a final command -clean, be careful to clean the right drive because there's no second chances once it's cleaned all data is gone...

[@BebeBoomerPaul]

it should easily take a 256 or 500gb emmc

[@iTCXtreme]

Not sure about compatibility???

[@ningen1980]

2 Haswells worth of MX-4 later.....

[@MrHD71]

was it worth fixing this worthless laptop?

[@iTCXtreme]

Course it is? 1. Gained knowledge. 2. Will make money. So the answer is YES!