Someone told me to always check twice to make sure you don't have any screws that you forgot! Thanks for reminding me of that priceless piece of information!
There is 1 screw on the back you need to take out, it has a little "CD" stamp next to it in the cover, and it is placed about 16.5 cm in from edge of laptop. When you have it out, just pull the optical drive out. Then, with drive out, you are able to access the flat screws, of which she stripped 1. Pay no regard to the other answers you got, those people have no clue.
Hi, I have precisely the same laptop, 17 f121ds I believe. I looked at your video before ordering the SSD and memory, to be sure I wouldn"t destroy the laptop beforehand. Your screw stripping made me be very careful with those 2 screws. I thought the faceplate was going to break, but it didn't. Thanks for the pioneering effort.
Wow, crazy! My old fashioned 2011 HP Paviliion dv7 has a "T" shaped panel that pulls off with no screws at all for access to the RAM & HDD. Anyway, good vid, if you buy a Dremel you can carve a slot in the stripped screw then you can just use a flathead screwdriver and get that "expletive" screw right out lol. Thanks for the vid!!
Thanks for absolutely brilliant Video! I wasn't looking for Pro rather non-technical stuff, however, I'm glad to see it. Retired and browsing but since 1958 after selling my first home made 'Resistor Substitution Box', well, I must confess that you made it all look so easy! I'll keep the SSD in mind. Here's why I'm happy; Some Tech's are fast because they cheat and People know it. And others Cheat but then they really don't have the skills to Repair. And I always did the work, meaning that if it was a melted capacitor then I had charged 20 Cents for it, and if I had ruined or burned 3 or 4 adjacent Capacitors then I paid the $1 loss out of pocket. I would never make a Customer pay for a Motherboard if all they had needed to do was clean off the dust on a contact. But I still pay People to do their work for me. The next time I need anything Repaired, well, I hope you'll be available! Take Care
Just bought a HP Pavilion Laptop and really wanted that 4 GB of ram upgrading, thanks for the heads up on replacing the ram I will be sure not to strip any screw heads.
HP failed to add a cover for updating the RAM , on newer Laptops they added this feature, but you did a good job in this video. The touchpad ribbon cable is very delicate and should be disconnected BEFORE you attempt to make changes to the driver. The star socket screw (underneath the DVD drive ) is very odd .
My sister gave me a book "Hope for the Flowers". I think "flowers' were female. I'm a former Marine and coder. You don't know how refreshing it is to see a, may I say, female participant in this refurb stuff. SHARKPLUS at the Google dealy. Love you work.
Awesome vid and helpful on how to crack into these odd Pavilions.. my Pavilion the mem/hdd are right under the rear cover. Her's however is similar to yours... remove the many screws, pry the keyboard up and her MB was mounted underneath the keyboard with the HDD and memory on there. I digress her laptop was dragging which I think was a drive issue... upgraded her RAM from 8 to 16 and tossed in a SSD. Night and day difference now!
This is the laptop I have and wanna upgrade the ram and hard drive on. Man that seems like a lot of work. I hate HP. They always make things way more complicated than they should be
Hi 🌹even tho you posted this video about 5 years ago, it's still a good one to watch! In that model, can the CPU be upgraded as well? Have a couple of HP G62 (& an HP Compaq CQ56, similar to the above HP) that can be upgraded. Thanks 🤓🌹(you're hot!) Sorta of a hassle to swap the RAM & SSD by having to open the laptop from the keyboard side!
5:46 I have the exact same model & that disc CAN BE removed. If you managed to figure it out, kudos 👏 If not, the small silver metal trip that you see protruding out of the disc drive has a screw in the epicenter. Just turn the device upside dow , find that last darn screw in the Hole of China (😂) and remove it. That aside, thanks for the video, it did help me out on my first attempt at repairing a laptop!
Nice new channel here! Looks like you could have stuck something to that little screw with superglue or resin to get it out -something to get traction like another screw head, or even the screwdriver - that can work :).
Hi sister, i don't know if you can help me, but would you know if the HP 17-ca0003na HD Laptop can take other forms of Hard drives like nvme or m.2 sata? Thanks sister
HP notebook of this generation is a pain - older HP has dedicated cover to change RAM and HD. Current Dell is not too hard to crack open and change battery and RAM. I watched some HP video and crack one open to add RAM from 4 to 8G. Such a pain and high risk of wrecking the notebook in the process.
Hello, thank you for this video, helping me a lot. Although I have a couple questions: My computer is an HDD could I change it to an SSD? Also, is any possibility to change the processor to an updated one? Sorry for my ignorance.
Thanks for the video, I have the same exact laptop I believe! I just got off the phone with HP and they suck, pretty much couldn't answer my question regarding the ram and mhz required. What is the frequency you are using and how did you figure out which ram was compatible for this laptop?? Any help would be super appreciated and thanks! :D
if you look up your exact model number then you should be able to find compatible RAM. Crucial's website also allows you to look it up. you can also check your laptop's BIOS or other system check to see what you currently have installed. You'll more than likely need DDR3 SODIMM sticks. I believe I used 1600 speed since this laptop is used for just everyday usage, nothing too extreme.
Thank you for the video! I have a hp pavilion dm4 laptop and I have been using it for 10 years, it is a i5, I upgrade the sotre memory from hhd to ssd and it improved a lot, I am going to append a 4 gb ram memory. I would like to know which other parts or specs I could upgrade to improve the performance. Thank you so much!
I don't know much about these upgrades, but, however, I would like to upgrade my Pavilion, and if it's worth it, for video editing as in 6k video editing. Not sure if I can do that. My aim, so-called, is to have 64gbRam, and 4T of memory. Or what might you recommend, a new computer (I prefer a laptop), perhaps? Thank you very much!
The breakdown into remove the keyboard and expose the motherboard, drive was ok. However, I was watching to see the installation of the RAM and wasn't able to actually see this done in a clear concise way. Thanks anyway.
Well Done !! I;m contemplating doing this ( SSHD and RAM) to my Pavilion G Series but Im scared to death. I have SO MUCH stuff on this laptop I cannot afford to lose it. I have been backing up to a Seagrave disk but I'm not sure IF in fact Im keeping things current on the backup. Thinking of SAMSUNG as my SSHD choice. Just wondering what if any experience you've had with their support? Thanks again for the video ...WELL DONE !!.... Rich
Hi Thanks for the video. I have HP Pavilion 15-au003tx with 8 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM ,Can I put another RAM of 8GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM but of a different company like samsung. The existing RAM of 8 GB is of a different company. Thanks
I have almost the identical computer. I just opened it tonight to put in new memory just to find that the memory HP told me to buy is about a millimeter too wide. Can you please tell me the chips that fit in yours? I’m wanting to max it out with 32gb.
hello, I just came across this video. I have an HP Pavilion 17, is it the same handling? I still have all my original components and I would like to replace the hard drive with an SSD and increase the RAM to make my PC faster. I am French and I don't understand English, can I still follow this tutorial while neglecting your words? Thank you
Hello, Right now I would like to change from HDD to SSD for my laptop HP Pavilion g6. Please let me know should I use Samsung 850 EVO like you in this video, and where I can buy it. I have just stayed here for 2 weeks. Thank you,
hi! can you help me? i want to upgrade my laptop aslo. we have the same model. i want to upgrade it so that i can play valorant smoothly. so any recommendations?
i like the video. i have the same type one which is 2yr old and i want to upgrade ram so i could play heavy games. is it worthy to install 2gb or 4gb ram? any changes in speed?..
Hello maam My laptop is p205tx hp model, while upgrading when I add more 8 gb of ram my screen goes black and won't boot, I tried by using one at a time then works but together it won't Help needed
Yes, it should be possible, for technical details, you can refer to this doc, page 12 : h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03094322 . You can also consider the following upgrade solution : th-cam.com/video/H09SEyoE8yY/w-d-xo.html. Be also aware that upgrading memory (up to an overall 8gb) can be very usefull, 4gb is not enough nowadays.
It is not likely, it would be surprising to have a NVMe port available on such old laptop (2014). the upgrade from mechanical HDD to SATA SDD is already a great improvment (and RAM increase too) and the principle of this upgrade was to re-use an unsued SSD, not to look for top performance in buying high end stuff.
your video can be more helpful if you didn't fast forward part of you video thinking that people whos watching it know what they doing ,,, i was looking for a video like that i have the same laptop with 6 gig memory and i want to put 16 gig, but u go so fast for part of it ,that i don't think i will do it by myself.... and usualy when i watch video i can do it by myself ,,, i have no problem with desktop at all but laptop its another story since they removed the cover in the back ...
Please redo that video. To much talking and almost no showing of how you install the ram correctly. That is what people want to see the correct way in a slower clearer procedure. Thanks anyway for your attempt.
Someone told me to always check twice to make sure you don't have any screws that you forgot! Thanks for reminding me of that priceless piece of information!
LOL You kind of glossed over the actual installation of the RAM and it was out of frame! That's what I was watching this video to see..FML.
I agree expand the RAM again on camera.
@@jeffreyschmidbauer1172 Indeed absolute trash it didn't even show the job being completed. Thumbs down.
begin at 2:45
you nailed everything except skipped taking the DVD drive out entirely, which is the whole reason I am here.
It does say sad and Ram. Not DVD player lol
Go back to school, Maxim and ask for a reading intensive course, boy.
There is 1 screw on the back you need to take out, it has a little "CD" stamp next to it in the cover, and it is placed about 16.5 cm in from edge of laptop. When you have it out, just pull the optical drive out. Then, with drive out, you are able to access the flat screws, of which she stripped 1. Pay no regard to the other answers you got, those people have no clue.
Hi, I have precisely the same laptop, 17 f121ds I believe. I looked at your video before ordering the SSD and memory, to be sure I wouldn"t destroy the laptop beforehand. Your screw stripping made me be very careful with those 2 screws. I thought the faceplate was going to break, but it didn't. Thanks for the pioneering effort.
Wow, crazy! My old fashioned 2011 HP Paviliion dv7 has a "T" shaped panel that pulls off with no screws at all for access to the RAM & HDD. Anyway, good vid, if you buy a Dremel you can carve a slot in the stripped screw then you can just use a flathead screwdriver and get that "expletive" screw right out lol. Thanks for the vid!!
Great video. My wife has the same one or very close to your model. HP Pavilion 17-f113dx. This is my first time opening up a laptop. Very helpful.
Thank you, I was going crazy with the last 2 screws and by watching this video I found them.
Thanks for this!! This is exactly like mine (and yes, I bought it in 2014) and I am looking to upgrade the memory....
Thanks for absolutely brilliant Video! I wasn't looking for Pro rather non-technical stuff, however, I'm glad to see it. Retired and browsing but since 1958 after selling my first home made 'Resistor Substitution Box', well, I must confess that you made it all look so easy! I'll keep the SSD in mind. Here's why I'm happy; Some Tech's are fast because they cheat and People know it. And others Cheat but then they really don't have the skills to Repair. And I always did the work, meaning that if it was a melted capacitor then I had charged 20 Cents for it, and if I had ruined or burned 3 or 4 adjacent Capacitors then I paid the $1 loss out of pocket. I would never make a Customer pay for a Motherboard if all they had needed to do was clean off the dust on a contact. But I still pay People to do their work for me. The next time I need anything Repaired, well, I hope you'll be available! Take Care
Just bought a HP Pavilion Laptop and really wanted that 4 GB of ram upgrading, thanks for the heads up on replacing the ram I will be sure not to strip any screw heads.
HP failed to add a cover for updating the RAM , on newer Laptops they added this feature, but you did a good job in this video.
The touchpad ribbon cable is very delicate and should be disconnected BEFORE you attempt to make changes to the driver.
The star socket screw (underneath the DVD drive ) is very odd .
Thanks Amazing perseverance. I also have HP 15 which I want to upgrade .I got it dec2016. Now I will do the upgrade.
My sister gave me a book "Hope for the Flowers". I think "flowers' were female. I'm a former Marine and coder. You don't know how refreshing it is to see a, may I say, female participant in this refurb stuff. SHARKPLUS at the Google dealy. Love you work.
Awesome vid and helpful on how to crack into these odd Pavilions.. my Pavilion the mem/hdd are right under the rear cover. Her's however is similar to yours... remove the many screws, pry the keyboard up and her MB was mounted underneath the keyboard with the HDD and memory on there. I digress her laptop was dragging which I think was a drive issue... upgraded her RAM from 8 to 16 and tossed in a SSD. Night and day difference now!
Very helpful thank you. Interestingly, the same exact screw was stripped for me as well..
Thank you so much. Really appreciate it
This is the laptop I have and wanna upgrade the ram and hard drive on. Man that seems like a lot of work. I hate HP. They always make things way more complicated than they should be
Great upgrade! Even with the stuck screw! 😠 I also subbed! ❤️🌹👸 Do you repair laptops?
I remember when I was changing thermal grease for my brother's hp laptop. I hate it. Great job.
if im right shes doing it on a laptop hp pavillon 17 1053.ca
Get yourself a screw extraction kit. Will help with your future problem if any.
Hi 🌹even tho you posted this video about 5 years ago, it's still a good one to watch! In that model, can the CPU be upgraded as well? Have a couple of HP G62 (& an HP Compaq CQ56, similar to the above HP) that can be upgraded. Thanks 🤓🌹(you're hot!)
Sorta of a hassle to swap the RAM & SSD by having to open the laptop from the keyboard side!
5:46 I have the exact same model & that disc CAN BE removed. If you managed to figure it out, kudos 👏
If not, the small silver metal trip that you see protruding out of the disc drive has a screw in the epicenter.
Just turn the device upside dow , find that last darn screw in the Hole of China (😂) and remove it.
That aside, thanks for the video, it did help me out on my first attempt at repairing a laptop!
Hey could you tell me the battery/computer reference? I need to get a new one!
I have the same model I think and I was wondering what the ram was I need to buy I want to go with more I think because I'm a hardcore gamer.
Big help and great TH-cam. Thanks. Some supplemental light would have helped, but got what I needed.
Epic fail! Stripping the screw, and then you're surprised that the HDD is screwed in? I couldn't watch any more ... it was too painful =)
Nice new channel here! Looks like you could have stuck something to that little screw with superglue or resin to get it out -something to get traction like another screw head, or even the screwdriver - that can work :).
thanks! and that's a great idea! i wish i'd thought of that, i'll have to keep it in mind for next time.
It can work sometimes - its an old trick :).
Super glue works great
Hi sister, i don't know if you can help me, but would you know if the HP 17-ca0003na HD Laptop can take other forms of Hard drives like nvme or m.2 sata? Thanks sister
This model I have also and it's a night mare.
HP notebook of this generation is a pain - older HP has dedicated cover to change RAM and HD. Current Dell is not too hard to crack open and change battery and RAM. I watched some HP video and crack one open to add RAM from 4 to 8G. Such a pain and high risk of wrecking the notebook in the process.
Life saver
Hello, thank you for this video, helping me a lot. Although I have a couple questions: My computer is an HDD could I change it to an SSD? Also, is any possibility to change the processor to an updated one? Sorry for my ignorance.
Yes, HDD can be replaced with SSD. Don't touch CPU.
I have a similar laptop but it’s called the Envy.
Thanks for the video, I have the same exact laptop I believe! I just got off the phone with HP and they suck, pretty much couldn't answer my question regarding the ram and mhz required. What is the frequency you are using and how did you figure out which ram was compatible for this laptop?? Any help would be super appreciated and thanks! :D
if you look up your exact model number then you should be able to find compatible RAM. Crucial's website also allows you to look it up. you can also check your laptop's BIOS or other system check to see what you currently have installed. You'll more than likely need DDR3 SODIMM sticks. I believe I used 1600 speed since this laptop is used for just everyday usage, nothing too extreme.
Blitz City DIY you rock 👍🙌 Thanks 😀
Blitz City DIY ps this video was very helpful in my upgrading to a 500 ssd! HP with the damn hidden screws lol whatttt
Thanks great vid, I am going to have a go at mine now.
I could swear that all you need to do was remove the bottom cover of the laptop to get access to everything.
Hello. I love your pop of ED! Question, which internal ssd did you use on the laptop?
ps: Which internal SSD model and maker did you use? Thank you.
Thank you for the video! I have a hp pavilion dm4 laptop and I have been using it for 10 years, it is a i5, I upgrade the sotre memory from hhd to ssd and it improved a lot, I am going to append a 4 gb ram memory. I would like to know which other parts or specs I could upgrade to improve the performance. Thank you so much!
I don't know much about these upgrades, but, however, I would like to upgrade my Pavilion, and if it's worth it, for video editing as in 6k video editing. Not sure if I can do that. My aim, so-called, is to have 64gbRam, and 4T of memory. Or what might you recommend, a new computer (I prefer a laptop), perhaps? Thank you very much!
The breakdown into remove the keyboard and expose the motherboard, drive was ok. However, I was watching to see the installation of the RAM and wasn't able to actually see this done in a clear concise way. Thanks anyway.
Well Done !! I;m contemplating doing this ( SSHD and RAM) to my Pavilion G Series but Im scared to death. I have SO MUCH stuff on this laptop I cannot afford to lose it. I have been backing up to a Seagrave disk but I'm not sure IF in fact Im keeping things current on the backup. Thinking of SAMSUNG as my SSHD choice. Just wondering what if any experience you've had with their support? Thanks again for the video ...WELL DONE !!.... Rich
Hi
Thanks for the video.
I have HP Pavilion 15-au003tx with 8 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM ,Can I put another RAM of 8GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM but of a different company like samsung.
The existing RAM of 8 GB is of a different company. Thanks
I have almost the identical computer. I just opened it tonight to put in new memory just to find that the memory HP told me to buy is about a millimeter too wide. Can you please tell me the chips that fit in yours? I’m wanting to max it out with 32gb.
Ddr3
Great job. Clear and informative. Thanks.👍
I have an HP pavilion b&o laptop 17 inch and it's looks the same but I can lift the fact plat with out removing the disk drive.
hello, I just came across this video. I have an HP Pavilion 17, is it the same handling? I still have all my original components and I would like to replace the hard drive with an SSD and increase the RAM to make my PC faster. I am French and I don't understand English, can I still follow this tutorial while neglecting your words? Thank you
Hey! Could you tell me which laptop you've got because I've got the exact same one and I'm looking for a new battery. Thanks!
@Ky I am not sure that Hp pavilion x360 was available in 2014
thank you so much. i get now. but i hate that hp series. why ram position under motherboard...?
Followed every step and now the screen is blank when I push power
Did you have to get a caddy for the ssd? Noticed something but missed if you said you did need it
Hello,
Right now I would like to change from HDD to SSD for my laptop HP Pavilion g6. Please let me know should I use Samsung 850 EVO like you in this video, and where I can buy it. I have just stayed here for 2 weeks.
Thank you,
wonderful
hi which SSD do you recommend i should buy for that same HP laptop i have please
When you upgrade the ssd does the memory stay on the laptop? As in all your files?
No bud, it goes away since its stored in the hard drive
Very informative, thank you much. 😊
Great job! But how do you do this with Pavilion 14?
If I change the HDD to a SSD am I gonna lose all my files?
Hi Liz thanks for video. I have a question. Can we use m2 ssd
hi! can you help me? i want to upgrade my laptop aslo. we have the same model. i want to upgrade it so that i can play valorant smoothly. so any recommendations?
i like the video. i have the same type one which is 2yr old and i want to upgrade ram so i could play heavy games. is it worthy to install 2gb or 4gb ram? any changes in speed?..
Stop whining about certain assembly. This is going back to 90.
Act professional in speech, otherwise good job indeed. Keep up the good work
SSD comes with Windows already installed?
Whats the model of your laptop? Have the same one, but my model # is whipped
Have you find the model mate?
I snapped that screw by accident..broke the plastic to the CD rom side...m
Whats the Name of the Morherboard because I want to update the BIOS
Hello maam
My laptop is p205tx hp model, while upgrading when I add more 8 gb of ram my screen goes black and won't boot, I tried by using one at a time then works but together it won't
Help needed
you have to upgrade new one which exactly the same to your available ram in your laptop
Hey, do you think it can be done in HP G6 1313ss using the same components? Thanks!
Yes, it should be possible, for technical details, you can refer to this doc, page 12 : h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03094322 . You can also consider the following upgrade solution : th-cam.com/video/H09SEyoE8yY/w-d-xo.html. Be also aware that upgrading memory (up to an overall 8gb) can be very usefull, 4gb is not enough nowadays.
Bravo!
Is this the same for hp pavilion 17-f114dx memory upgrade?
camera cut off ram installation
Can we put dual channel modules?
I can't see anything
12:43 Performance changed
Whats the most ram this laptop will accept?
You opened it upside down lol.
hi i have a g7 4gb and want to upgrade to 8gb, so do i put 2 8gb sticks or do it put 2 new 4gb sticks ?
I've learned always buy in a pair. Studying to get my A+ right now
Can you upgrade it to even faster PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD? Does it has a slot for that?
It is not likely, it would be surprising to have a NVMe port available on such old laptop (2014). the upgrade from mechanical HDD to SATA SDD is already a great improvment (and RAM increase too) and the principle of this upgrade was to re-use an unsued SSD, not to look for top performance in buying high end stuff.
your video can be more helpful if you didn't fast forward part of you video thinking that people whos watching it know what they doing ,,, i was looking for a video like that i have the same laptop with 6 gig memory and i want to put 16 gig, but u go so fast for part of it ,that i don't think i will do it by myself.... and usualy when i watch video i can do it by myself ,,, i have no problem with desktop at all but laptop its another story since they removed the cover in the back ...
I wanna add 16gb extra, and make 4 (single channel) + 16 ram(...........) Tell me
You wanna fix mine. It's running by really slow now..
😂 lol don't be lazy! Just buy a samsung ssd & a pc tool bag (both can be bought at amazon) and do it yourself!
Is thar cpu also replaceable?
This is a great laptop. Put Linux on it and it will scream!
What about CPU is it upgradable ?
Get a drill, drill the screw out
Rambling i got 2 minutes in and you did not even start showing how to replace hard drive, lol bye
Please redo that video. To much talking and almost no showing of how you install the ram correctly.
That is what people want to see the correct way in a slower clearer procedure. Thanks anyway for
your attempt.
Way too much unnecessary dialog and video of you gesturing. Panning shots of closed laptop? Panning shot of keyboard? Why
Smart and beautiful..😍
shut up this isn't tinder weirdo
This laptop 💻 sucks. I broke it tbh, the clips was hard af.
2:07 2:08
Lost me at Mary.
2:06
Great! the part where do something, you speed it up, Girl Chump!
Your Bad Azz
I have the same laptop will a samsumg 860 evo 500 gb fit?