SSD Upgrade by Soldering a new M.2 slot- HP Victus Gaming Laptop 15.6

[Mouadmlk]

Hey everyone! First post here. I just bought the killer bang-for-the-buck HP Victus laptop (15.6 not 16.1) and opened it up for a RAM and potentially SSD upgrade. The ram went fine, but then I saw empty m.2 traces clearly labeled SSD2 (in addition to the already working SSD1)
I was wondering whether anybody has any info on whether it works, or maybe tried/has the means to try soldering a second SSD slot on there (see picture attached). This is a fairly recent laptop with not too much attention (probably yet, given its amazing price point), so I couldn't find any information or schematics of the motherboard to figure out whether the traces are wired correctly if at all. Any ideas?
The model number is 15-fb0039ne. The picture attached is a screenshot from the following youtube video, since I already closed up my laptop. Our model numbers don't match perfectly, but everything looks the exact same under the hood.

I would appreciate any help

 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

6 minutes ago, Mouadmlk said:

Hey everyone! First post here. I just bought the killer bang-for-the-buck HP Victus laptop (15.6 not 16.1) and opened it up for a RAM and potentially SSD upgrade. The ram went fine, but then I saw empty m.2 traces clearly labeled SSD2 (in addition to the already working SSD1)
I was wondering whether anybody has any info on whether it works, or maybe tried/has the means to try soldering a second SSD slot on there (see picture attached). This is a fairly recent laptop with not too much attention (probably yet, given its amazing price point), so I couldn't find any information or schematics of the motherboard to figure out whether the traces are wired correctly if at all. Any ideas?
The model number is 15-fb0039ne. The picture attached is a screenshot from the following youtube video, since I already closed up my laptop. Our model numbers don't match perfectly, but everything looks the exact same under the hood.

I would appreciate any help

 

 

I personally doubt it'll be wired correctly to support an additional M.2 drive. Usually, if it was ready to have another drive installed, manufacturers will populate the pads with the actual slot and leave it blank just like they usually do with RAM. 

[jaslion]

These are not wired in 99.99999999999999999% of cases as well this is to cut cost and these arent hooked up to cut cost.

 

 

[Mouadmlk]

Thanks for your answers! To confirm that, how can I make sure they are not wired just by looking at the board? Does anybody have an example picture of m.2 pads properly wired but with no slot soldered to it, just to see what the traces look like?