“HP team here have contradicted on additional storage option thru 2.5 inch SATA bay. First said empty 2.5 inch bay present to add SSD/HDD storage, then said no such bay present. Can HP team pls confirm if there is a 2.5 inch bay to add an extra SATA SSD.”

Asked by Mikey 5 years ago

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HP - Pavilion 15.6" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - 256GB SSD - Shadow Black-Front_Standard

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I bought this exact model from Best Buy and immediately cracked it open to install more RAM. It has an empty bay and connectors for a 2.5" SATA SSD.
Answered by Samuel 5 years ago
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Few of the users mentioned a vacant 2.5" slot. Even HP has confirmed in many answers before. But 2 times they've mentioned 2.5" slot not present including the lastest answer. Since lot of users here rely on HP's response, let's wait for a conclusive answer.
Answered by Ninja 5 years ago
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Just added a 2.5 inch ssd. There is a dummy drive with the cable attached. 7 screw to remove the back cover.
Answered by G2nickk 5 years ago
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There is a dummy drive to the right of the fans, SATA cable is provide and is there to accommodate a 2.5" SATA SSD. The NvMe M.2 SSD 256gb is located under a heatsink to the right of the RAM(an additional stick of RAM has been added).
Answered by Parch 5 years ago
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Hello Mikey! Just to clarify, the storage that is included in this computer is an M.2 SSD. Inside of the laptop is a 2.5" tray to add either a SATA hard-drive, or a SATA solid-state drive.
Answered by HP Team 4 years ago
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Yes, the storage is expandable. Just cracked mine open when it arrived today to drop in two 16gb Corsair Vengeance cards and a 1TB Samsung 860 EVO. Cloned the C drive to the Samsung EVO and opened it up to remove what turned out to be a dummy drive and am really pleasantly surprised because this was mentioned nowhere in the specs. Still no idea where the 256GB SSD is, but I'll figure that out soon.
Answered by Garonski 5 years ago
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I just got it and cracked it open and i didnt see an open slot for one like ive seen on other laptops. i dont know if they have it hidden or not.
Answered by bhirst 5 years ago
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