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Some sell the caddy/rubber holders too:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K44M16Y/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_SVnKCb4BJBWM6

Seems almost a universal part.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HH5YMBM/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_aYnKCbM44HMSG

 

https://ebay.us/rgK9Op

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Hello everyone,

I was wondering whether I could install a 2,5" SSD in the harddrive bay on the bottom left of image1.

There is no slot like you can see in image2. Is there any other way to install a 2,5" SSD, e.g. via cable or is my only option upgrading the storage by installing a higher capacity NVMe SSD?

The laptop model is a HP Pavilion 15-CK... with i5 8250u, SSD 256GB, MX150, 8GB 2400 DDR

Thanks.

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in the upper left there seems to be a m.2 slot

 

tho a sata ssd just fits in a laptop, in that bay

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5 minutes ago, Kaschtschei said:

Hello everyone,

I was wondering whether I could install a 2,5" SSD in the harddrive bay on the bottom left of image1.

There is no slot like you can see in image2. Is there any other way to install a 2,5" SSD, e.g. via cable or is my only option upgrading the storage by installing a higher capacity NVMe SSD?

The laptop model is a HP Pavilion 15-CK... with i5 8250u, SSD 256GB, MX150, 8GB 2400 DDR

Thanks.

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Unless you're willing to try your hand at soldering and selling to lose a usb port you could put a usb to sata converter inside it. 

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5 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

Unless you're willing to try your hand at soldering and selling to lose a usb port you could put a usb to sata converter inside it. 

That would probably be more trouble than its worth. I guess going for a higher cap NVMe is the easier option.

Thank You.

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Is that a SD card reader on right? If it has good enough speeds you could get some 128GB or 256GB SD card and use it for something.

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Just now, Pasi123 said:

Is that a SD card reader on right? If it has good enough speeds you could get some 128GB or 256GB SD card and use it for something.

Yeah there is, but I was looking for a drive for my games and a fast micro sd with 512GB costs more than a 1TB NVMe and almost as much as a 2TB NVMe.

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Take some closer pictures of that bay and it's port. I didn't really understand your description. Don't wanna tell you something wrong.

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40 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

in the upper left there seems to be a m.2 slot

 

tho a sata ssd just fits in a laptop, in that bay

By the looks of it, to save money, they did not even fit an SSD/SATA connector... so no go. :(

 

There do seem to be resellers selling replacement SATA cables/bays from the other models. There seems to be a ribbon cable attachment there for it, but I have *no idea* if it is locked out in the BIOS, so I'd only do it if it was me, but not recommended someone else do it.

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17 minutes ago, LukeLinusFanFic said:

Take some closer pictures of that bay and it's port.

It's like TechyBen says there is no port:

 

10 minutes ago, TechyBen said:

By the looks of it, to save money, they did not even fit an SSD/SATA connector... so no go.

 

12 minutes ago, TechyBen said:

There do seem to be resellers selling replacement SATA cables/bays from the other models.

That sounds like a good option.

 

13 minutes ago, TechyBen said:

There seems to be a ribbon cable attachment there for it

Could you point out where on the motherboard that cable attachment is. I'm fairly clueless about that stuff.

 

15 minutes ago, TechyBen said:

I have *no idea* if it is locked out in the BIOS

I'm going take a look at the BIOS.

 

Thanks

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9 minutes ago, Kaschtschei said:

It's like TechyBen says there is no port:

 

 

That sounds like a good option.

 

Could you point out where on the motherboard that cable attachment is. I'm fairly clueless about that stuff.

 

I'm going take a look at the BIOS.

 

Thanks

This is the model that came with a SATA 2.5inch drive (see below). As said, it might be a different BIOS, so while the connector is there, and a cable is available off ebay... it may not work.

 

If you have a spare HDD, and the cable is $2, then it costs nothing to "try". But if the cable is expensive, It's probably not worth wasting the time.

 

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25 minutes ago, Kaschtschei said:

Could you point out where on the motherboard that cable attachment is. 

Maybe this port, can we get a closeup? 

 

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3 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

Maybe this port, can we get a closeup? 

 

 

It's a problem though, if no existing models have that port populated. If they never released a model using it... they probably never added support to the bios.

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Just now, TechyBen said:

It's a problem though, if no existing models have that port populated. If they never released a model using it... they probably never added support to the bios.

There was a model which had 128 NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, so I guess it should work?

 

Are these the right cables?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-HP-Pavilion-X360-11-N-SATA-Hard-Drive-HDD-w-Cable-Connector-DC02001W500-GOSZ/123675405709?hash=item1ccba0ed8d:g:Eu0AAOSw5wFcFz5K

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2nd-Hard-Disk-Drive-Connector-Cable-HP-Pavilion-DV7-7000-DV6-7000-50-4SU17-021/222814950554?hash=item33e0ce549a:g:RqgAAOSwceNabpBI

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SATA-Hard-Drive-HDD-Cable-Connector-For-HP-Pavilion-X360-11-N-DC02001W500/123047659301?hash=item1ca6364725:g:lYgAAOSwjR5avD7d

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Don't know. They look like the kind of thing needed. You'd have to see which one fits the 1TB HDD model, and see which shape/connector it was.

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30 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

Maybe this port, can we get a closeup? 

I'm currently not at home so I can't open it up right now, but I found an article describing the disassembly of this laptop and it has some more pictures:

https://www.myfixguide.com/hp-pavilion-15-ck000-disassembly-and-ram-ssd-and-hdd-upgrade-options/

 

33 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

Maybe this port, can we get a closeup? 

In the upper right corner of the picture you can see the port.

 

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34 minutes ago, Kaschtschei said:

I think that's exactly what I needed. 

Thank you very much, you have been very helpful.

Let us know if it works or not.

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1 minute ago, TechyBen said:

Let us know if it works or not.

Yeah will do, shipping says 02.04 - 20.05. So keep your eyes peeled. Thanks again.

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The shipping gods have smiled upon me. Today the package arrived.

1x Drive Bay, 5x Screws,1x Sata attachment thingy, 2x rubber side thingies

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Installation of the drive went flawless. No issues with recognizing it.

 

Thanks for the help!

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Steam games! The millions of steam games you can now download [and never play]. XD

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I know... I always get that feeling of dread when scrolling through my steam library and I don't even remember when or why I bought half of these games.

Doesn't stop me from induldging in every steam sale though ?

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