Did the same except went with 16gb of ram. Definitely an improvement in performance especially when playing games. I just used the migration software that was free from Samsung and did not have to go into the bios to make any adjustments at all.
are you referring to a 2.5 inch ssd or hard drive? If that is your question I haven't seen any connectors yet., but I haven't been actively searching either.
I put the total in my other video. So laptop was $240. The ssd 500gb m.2 was $65 but they recently made the price higher. 32gb of ddr4 was $130 dollars. I spent $435 total
I just bought mine from Amazon and I'm a Photographer. Can I buy more RAM from Amazon? P.S. I haven't even received mine, yet. And I'm excited! Previosly, I was an Apple MacBook Pro user. And I just couldn't afford the high price. Is it easy to remove or open the laptop?? Thank you. I subscribed.
Hi yes. I made a video with 32gb ram upgrade. Yes I bought my ram from amazon too. Make sure to double check the speed of the ram before you buy more ram. Opening up the laptop isnt too hard. Just take it slow and make sure you have a plastic prying tool. The good thing about this laptop is that it’s a 14 inch, which is very common so many videos on opening up this type of laptop
I also purchased an Android Flash Drive for my Smartphone to transfer all photography to be in the laptop. Is this a concern like the need to know specifics on that too?
It depends if you have a lot of files. 128gb of storage isn’t a lot but you could use an external hard drive or flash drive. If you know how to create and load an image you could always upgrade the ssd in the future. In terms of windows s mode that comes with the laptop I made a video on how to get out of windows s mode since people kept asking. It’s an easy process and should be FREE. So basically you should be able to go to windows home edition on this laptop free and it’s a simple process
Not too familiar with all types of android flash drive but I recommend going out of windows s mode to windows home edition first so that you are not limited. Windows s mode has a lot of restrictions, can’t even install chrome or firefox. It’s something windows created for security. But almost everyone i know needs to install things like zoom and chrome so they took out windows s mode. Hope this helps
I don't know if i saw well, but the laptop comes with a 2.5 inches ssd slot apart from the m.2? In that case, it'd be possible to have an m.2 and a 2.5 ssd together as storage?
Yeah. Idk if you can buy a ribbon cable but I’m not even sure if the motherboard will have the drivers to support it. I haven’t seen anything on TH-cam yet. Maybe in the future someone will make a video
hello, I hope you can help me, I have an hp 14 dk1xxx and I don't want to change the 120 gb ssd that it has by default, I just want to add an additional ssd, does it have another slot or should I buy another type of hard drive?
So I have the exact same laptop and I was wondering if I could put a 2.5" ssd in the empty slot and somehow connect it as additional storage(not bootable)? If anyone has any links that'd be great
Can you help with locating a connection/ribbon cable that can connect for this laptop to a ssd that 2.5? I know that laptop has room for it but I cannot find it from accessories on HP website at all super frustrating.
Hi Jace, great video, thanks for sharing. I'm interested in upgrading the SSD storage to 1tb and i see when researching there different read/write amounts. How does that affect this laptop and is there computer limitations that I need to be aware of with these upgrades? The laptop now has 8gb ram. I appreciate any insight you could give me, thank you.
Very good question. Yes the laptop has a limit for ssd read and write speed. The wd ssd I installed is super fast (I installed the same model and brand on my gaming computer and it achieves the speeds it says on the box 2400mb/s read and 1850 speeds). But when I installed the same ssd on this laptop the speed is limited. In this video look toward the end of the video, the read and write speeds is highly limited and couldn’t do the full read/write speeds the ssd is capable of
I am not an expert but check the speed of the exact same model and brand of the m.2 ssd I installed on my old gaming pc. The speeds are insane compared to the laptop speed which is limited m.th-cam.com/video/HKX2nncy-jE/w-d-xo.html I just checked crystal disk info and the transfer mode for the ssd is pcie 3.0x1 and pcie 3.0x4. So if you look up pcie x4 maximum bandwidth the max it can go is 1000mb/s which explains why in the video i was getting a read speed max of 901 and write speed of 795 mb/s. I will do more research to double check this. I could be wrong.
The gaming pc crystal disk info transfer mode is pcie 3x4 to pcie 3x4. So that explains why it reaches the max speed. If we search max bandwidth of pcie 3 it is 3.94gb/s. Also glad you have upgraded to 8gb of ram! I think when you buy an M.2 SSD and install it on this hp laptop, it won't achieve the full read/write speeds. It would be faster than the original ssd though because of the transfer mode is limited on this 2020 hp. it's also possible there's something you need to do to unlock the full transfer mode on this laptop.
What screwdriver u use to take out the ssd nail i been trying to take it out and it wont let mee
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hello, great video but I have a concern, the port for the ssd m2 supports both sata and nvme? is that I want to buy one that is compatible and I do not want to make a mistake in the purchase 😅
If you look toward the end of the video, the original ssd is a SATA (notice the M Key). The new ssd is an nvme, but the read and write speeds for the upgrade (new m.2 nvme ssd) isn't huge if that makes sense hope this helps.
Do you happen to have a ph 1 or ph 0 screwdriver on hand? I can’t remember off the top of my head. If you don’t I will get the link when I get home tomorrow from work.
Hi thanks for showing how to upgrade the new ssd but i have a question. My ho laptop with a same as your's is having a problem. The problem is that when i turn on it jus says there's a problem. And then when i try to diagnose it and reset it says it can't. What do i do,when i do my research it says a faulty ram but im not sure.
When you take out the original ssd, I see the connector type is sata (three prongs). And then the new one you put in is pcie 3x4 connector. Will this laptop take both?
I’m learning as I go along, but from my understanding the original 128gb ssd that has three prongs is an m.2 sata which you pointed out. The new one is an m.2 NVME, specifically a western digital brand that has backwards compatibility. I have the model numbers toward the end of the video. Since there is a lack of info on the motherboard I suspected that not all m.2 ssds would work so I went with the WD SN550 which is backwards compatible with older m.2 sata connections.Basically I played it safe and it payed off because if you look at the speed test for the new ssd, its faster than the original but not as fast as it says on the box. I have the same wd sn550 m.2 ssd installed on an old gaming pc and the speed test shows it achieve speeds close to the box. th-cam.com/video/HKX2nncy-jE/w-d-xo.html basically I don’t think all m.2 ssds will work on this laptop. I would make sure it is a backwards compatible nvme ssd that can run on older m.2 connections
Can i do this on my hp-14 bw0xx? Also I'm wonderinf whether it's better to upgrade to 8Gb of ram with 500GB ssd or 12 Gb of ram with 250gb ssd? I use my laptop for video editing, and photoshop
I an not familiar with that model unfortunately. You can check you tadk manager > performance > memory to see how many slots of ram you have. You can also run crucial scanner. Another way is to use crystal disk info to see if you have an nvme ssd install currently
@@whattmeter i have 2 ram slots with max of 16gb. And drive interface: sata/m.2 sata. Sata version 3-6Gb/s. When i went to task manager-performance there's only HDD?
@@FifaMaestroAdam Oh so for ram you already have two slots filled out?ah so HDD that means you probably have a hard drive installed. If I have your model correct, here's what I found on crucial. I would double check though because I could be wrong. Looks like you can upgrade to a 2.5 inch SSD. Also on your first post, if you plan on gaming definitely 250GB ssd will fill up quick. Just my thoughts www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/hp-14-(amd-14-bw0xx-models)#ssd
Muy buen video! Quería consultar, estoy entre este modelo de HP con un Athlon silver 3050U, pero con 16gb de ram y 480 ssd o una lenovo con monitor de 15' que tiene un core I3 10th gen, 8 de ram con 240 ssd. Cual me conviene? Me hace dudar el procesador a la hora de elegir. Cual recomendas?
Solo mi opinión, pero el i3 de décima generación es bastante bueno si nos fijamos en los puntos de referencia. un lenovo de 15 pulgadas probablemente solo tenga una ranura para ram. En mi opinión, optaría por lenovo, porque puede actualizar a 20 gb de ram fácilmente en el futuro. (Just my opinion but the i3 10th gen is actually pretty good if you look at benchmarks. a lenovo 15 inch most likely only has one ram slot. In my opinion, I would go lenovo, because you can upgrade to 20gb ram easy in the future.)
It's pretty fresh so no not on this laptop. The factory thermal paste actually does a great job. with the ssd and ram upgrade it runs fortnite, dead by daylight and a bunch of other games others had me test. (i added 32gb ram so the gpu has 2gb of dedicated memory by default and the extra ram allows it to have an additional 15gb of shared gpu memory). it will run games at low.
Oh it’s share gpu ram that helps the dedicated gpu ram. Because of the the ram/memory upgrade of 32gb it allows the computer gpu to access more ram when needed
Hi how can I fix it, if the screen went black. I don't want to open it. It's new only 2 month old. I was download new information and I turned it off. The next day black screen.
Easy way is to copy and paste the command. Here is a great tutorial from www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/
totally valid question. command prompt (run as admin) then type "wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey" Easy way is to copy and paste the command. Here is a great tutorial from www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/
It’s really up to you. I would definitely write and save the windows license key and any software that you have that has product keys at least. Just in case you need to activate the windows license again. I did a fresh install on mine but saved the license key before switching out the ssd
@@whattmeter OEM windows key is paired directly to the motherboard. As long as you reinstall the same version of Windows that came with the machine, it will be guaranteed to reactivate itself.
Thanks! Hehe i guess i’m scared. But yup I didn’t have to reactivate mine. I guess i like playing it safe because of my previous experiences with windows
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Did the same except went with 16gb of ram. Definitely an improvement in performance especially when playing games. I just used the migration software that was free from Samsung and did not have to go into the bios to make any adjustments at all.
Great! 16gb is the perfect amount
I also did this
Nice 16gb is the sweet spot
Me too but anyone know how to add the 2.5 ssd? Is there a kit for it? I'd love the extra space
@@TheJonci0322 I was wondering the same when I opened up the case and saw the space for an extra drive but no connections.
I’m glad your doing this , when mine comes in I will be doing the same thing, I just subscribed
Cool! It’s not bad at all. Although it struggled with fortnite just a heads up
Thanks! It’s a pretty good laptop especially for the price
32 gigabytes of ram is a bit much, you’ll probably get better performance with 16 gigabytes(2x8) with faster speed ram
Thanks for the tip
@Krew Miles How is this a good thing again? Not cool.
GRACIAS CASI COMPRO ESA LAPTOP Y TENDRIA QUE ESTAR BUSCANDO ese disco duro , mas compro los m.2 pci 2 generacion
No hay problema, me alegro de que haya ayudado (No problem glad it helped)
Is the rubber lining on the back held in with glue or just by friction?
I took mine off, it has an adhesive.
idk how to upgrade the sata 3 ssd but there are no vid about it pls help me
are you referring to a 2.5 inch ssd or hard drive? If that is your question I haven't seen any connectors yet., but I haven't been actively searching either.
Did he Clean the laptop with rubbing alcohol?
if you ever see this can you tell me what you used in the video and how much it costs. also the video was really helpful so thanks
I put the total in my other video. So laptop was $240. The ssd 500gb m.2 was $65 but they recently made the price higher. 32gb of ddr4 was $130 dollars. I spent $435 total
I just bought mine from Amazon and I'm a Photographer. Can I buy more RAM from Amazon? P.S. I haven't even received mine, yet. And I'm excited! Previosly, I was an Apple MacBook Pro user. And I just couldn't afford the high price. Is it easy to remove or open the laptop?? Thank you. I subscribed.
Hi yes. I made a video with 32gb ram upgrade. Yes I bought my ram from amazon too. Make sure to double check the speed of the ram before you buy more ram. Opening up the laptop isnt too hard. Just take it slow and make sure you have a plastic prying tool. The good thing about this laptop is that it’s a 14 inch, which is very common so many videos on opening up this type of laptop
Would you recommend upgrading before adding files,photos, and data or does it matter? Also is Windows 10 an extra purchase??
I also purchased an Android Flash Drive for my Smartphone to transfer all photography to be in the laptop. Is this a concern like the need to know specifics on that too?
It depends if you have a lot of files. 128gb of storage isn’t a lot but you could use an external hard drive or flash drive. If you know how to create and load an image you could always upgrade the ssd in the future. In terms of windows s mode that comes with the laptop I made a video on how to get out of windows s mode since people kept asking. It’s an easy process and should be FREE. So basically you should be able to go to windows home edition on this laptop free and it’s a simple process
Not too familiar with all types of android flash drive but I recommend going out of windows s mode to windows home edition first so that you are not limited. Windows s mode has a lot of restrictions, can’t even install chrome or firefox. It’s something windows created for security. But almost everyone i know needs to install things like zoom and chrome so they took out windows s mode. Hope this helps
I don't know if i saw well, but the laptop comes with a 2.5 inches ssd slot apart from the m.2? In that case, it'd be possible to have an m.2 and a 2.5 ssd together as storage?
There is a space, but I did not see a connector for a 2.5 inch ssd
I opened it up again. Yeah I didn’t see a ribbon cable connector to connect a 2.5 inch ssd. I even removed the battery.
Ohh, such a shame. It'd be great if it had it
Yeah. Idk if you can buy a ribbon cable but I’m not even sure if the motherboard will have the drivers to support it. I haven’t seen anything on TH-cam yet. Maybe in the future someone will make a video
Ok! Thank you!
hello, I hope you can help me, I have an hp 14 dk1xxx and I don't want to change the 120 gb ssd that it has by default, I just want to add an additional ssd, does it have another slot or should I buy another type of hard drive?
So I have the exact same laptop and I was wondering if I could put a 2.5" ssd in the empty slot and somehow connect it as additional storage(not bootable)? If anyone has any links that'd be great
Can you help with locating a connection/ribbon cable that can connect for this laptop to a ssd that 2.5? I know that laptop has room for it but I cannot find it from accessories on HP website at all super frustrating.
I still haven't found any yet, not even on amazon
Does this boost fps while gaming? Or just extra memory?
Hi Jace, great video, thanks for sharing. I'm interested in upgrading the SSD storage to 1tb and i see when researching there different read/write amounts. How does that affect this laptop and is there computer limitations that I need to be aware of with these upgrades? The laptop now has 8gb ram. I appreciate any insight you could give me, thank you.
Very good question. Yes the laptop has a limit for ssd read and write speed. The wd ssd I installed is super fast (I installed the same model and brand on my gaming computer and it achieves the speeds it says on the box 2400mb/s read and 1850 speeds). But when I installed the same ssd on this laptop the speed is limited. In this video look toward the end of the video, the read and write speeds is highly limited and couldn’t do the full read/write speeds the ssd is capable of
I am not an expert but check the speed of the exact same model and brand of the m.2 ssd I installed on my old gaming pc. The speeds are insane compared to the laptop speed which is limited m.th-cam.com/video/HKX2nncy-jE/w-d-xo.html I just checked crystal disk info and the transfer mode for the ssd is pcie 3.0x1 and pcie 3.0x4. So if you look up pcie x4 maximum bandwidth the max it can go is 1000mb/s which explains why in the video i was getting a read speed max of 901 and write speed of 795 mb/s. I will do more research to double check this. I could be wrong.
The gaming pc crystal disk info transfer mode is pcie 3x4 to pcie 3x4. So that explains why it reaches the max speed. If we search max bandwidth of pcie 3 it is 3.94gb/s. Also glad you have upgraded to 8gb of ram! I think when you buy an M.2 SSD and install it on this hp laptop, it won't achieve the full read/write speeds. It would be faster than the original ssd though because of the transfer mode is limited on this 2020 hp. it's also possible there's something you need to do to unlock the full transfer mode on this laptop.
What screwdriver u use to take out the ssd nail i been trying to take it out and it wont let mee
hello, great video but I have a concern, the port for the ssd m2 supports both sata and nvme? is that I want to buy one that is compatible and I do not want to make a mistake in the purchase 😅
If you look toward the end of the video, the original ssd is a SATA (notice the M Key). The new ssd is an nvme, but the read and write speeds for the upgrade (new m.2 nvme ssd) isn't huge if that makes sense hope this helps.
bro i have spent hours trying to find that screwdriver can you tell me what to search up and also give a link to it if possible.
Do you happen to have a ph 1 or ph 0 screwdriver on hand? I can’t remember off the top of my head. If you don’t I will get the link when I get home tomorrow from work.
Just got home. It’s a Ph1 screwdriver is what you need. Ph 0 works great too
Hi thanks for showing how to upgrade the new ssd but i have a question. My ho laptop with a same as your's is having a problem. The problem is that when i turn on it jus says there's a problem. And then when i try to diagnose it and reset it says it can't. What do i do,when i do my research it says a faulty ram but im not sure.
By any chance you recently upgraded the ram? I would reinsert the ram modules make sure they are in correctly
When you take out the original ssd, I see the connector type is sata (three prongs). And then the new one you put in is pcie 3x4 connector. Will this laptop take both?
I’m learning as I go along, but from my understanding the original 128gb ssd that has three prongs is an m.2 sata which you pointed out. The new one is an m.2 NVME, specifically a western digital brand that has backwards compatibility. I have the model numbers toward the end of the video. Since there is a lack of info on the motherboard I suspected that not all m.2 ssds would work so I went with the WD SN550 which is backwards compatible with older m.2 sata connections.Basically I played it safe and it payed off because if you look at the speed test for the new ssd, its faster than the original but not as fast as it says on the box. I have the same wd sn550 m.2 ssd installed on an old gaming pc and the speed test shows it achieve speeds close to the box. th-cam.com/video/HKX2nncy-jE/w-d-xo.html basically I don’t think all m.2 ssds will work on this laptop. I would make sure it is a backwards compatible nvme ssd that can run on older m.2 connections
okay so i havent watched the vid yet cuz im not able too... but i have this same laptop... will you do a vid on how to replace the ram???
Yes, i made a video with 32gb ram upgrade let me try to find the link
Here is the ram upgrade video. th-cam.com/video/NJ7_aGSiJvc/w-d-xo.html hope it helps
Video link to upgrade RAM on the laptop?
hey man question where can I buy one of those tools to open it because Im struggling to get mine open
ebay but yo can use expired credit cards and x ray sheets
thx
Can i do this on my hp-14 bw0xx?
Also I'm wonderinf whether it's better to upgrade to 8Gb of ram with 500GB ssd or 12 Gb of ram with 250gb ssd? I use my laptop for video editing, and photoshop
I an not familiar with that model unfortunately. You can check you tadk manager > performance > memory to see how many slots of ram you have. You can also run crucial scanner. Another way is to use crystal disk info to see if you have an nvme ssd install currently
@@whattmeter i have 2 ram slots with max of 16gb. And drive interface: sata/m.2 sata. Sata version 3-6Gb/s. When i went to task manager-performance there's only HDD?
@@FifaMaestroAdam Oh so for ram you already have two slots filled out?ah so HDD that means you probably have a hard drive installed. If I have your model correct, here's what I found on crucial. I would double check though because I could be wrong. Looks like you can upgrade to a 2.5 inch SSD. Also on your first post, if you plan on gaming definitely 250GB ssd will fill up quick. Just my thoughts www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/hp-14-(amd-14-bw0xx-models)#ssd
so i have to reinstall windows when i do this ?
Muy buen video! Quería consultar, estoy entre este modelo de HP con un Athlon silver 3050U, pero con 16gb de ram y 480 ssd o una lenovo con monitor de 15' que tiene un core I3 10th gen, 8 de ram con 240 ssd. Cual me conviene? Me hace dudar el procesador a la hora de elegir. Cual recomendas?
Solo mi opinión, pero el i3 de décima generación es bastante bueno si nos fijamos en los puntos de referencia. un lenovo de 15 pulgadas probablemente solo tenga una ranura para ram. En mi opinión, optaría por lenovo, porque puede actualizar a 20 gb de ram fácilmente en el futuro. (Just my opinion but the i3 10th gen is actually pretty good if you look at benchmarks. a lenovo 15 inch most likely only has one ram slot. In my opinion, I would go lenovo, because you can upgrade to 20gb ram easy in the future.)
are you going try change thermal paste? I'm interested in doing for better performance!
It's pretty fresh so no not on this laptop. The factory thermal paste actually does a great job. with the ssd and ram upgrade it runs fortnite, dead by daylight and a bunch of other games others had me test. (i added 32gb ram so the gpu has 2gb of dedicated memory by default and the extra ram allows it to have an additional 15gb of shared gpu memory). it will run games at low.
@@whattmeter what kind ram is it?
Oh it’s share gpu ram that helps the dedicated gpu ram. Because of the the ram/memory upgrade of 32gb it allows the computer gpu to access more ram when needed
great video do you know if it is possible to use a usb adapter to connect M2 SSD to a PC? thanks
Ive never used one before
@@whattmeter thanks I found a 2.5 hard drive adapter that use M2 SSD inside
@@cronos6252 Omg where! I would like to order one and make a video about it if I can.
@@whattmeter google sabrent m2 SSD to 2.5 sata III aluminium enclosure EC-M2SA amazon or ebay !!!
@@cronos6252 thanks! i'll give it a shot
Hi how can I fix it, if the screen went black. I don't want to open it. It's new only 2 month old. I was download new information and I turned it off. The next day black screen.
I would bring it in for warranty to play it safe
Call me stupid, but how do I gain the license key?
totally valid question. command prompt (run as admin) then type "wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey"
Easy way is to copy and paste the command. Here is a great tutorial from www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/
jesus christ how u get the foots off like thati literally butchered the bottom of my girlfriends laptop l;ol
entonces no hay manera alguna de añadir un ssd de 2.5 al espacio vacio al lado? tengo el mismo espacio y tengo esa duda hace mucho
encontraste la solucion? no quiero cambiar el disco, solo agregarle otro pero no tengo ni idea
can somebody please tell me why theres no ssd in there neither hard drive and i still have storage?
Do you mean you have additional partitions in addition to your c drive?
@@whattmeter figured out it was a hard drive, but weirdly no cover only a chip thing, no cover or thing over it in protection what so ever.
Alrighty good to hear you figured it out
Add with HDD. How to add
haven't seen any cables for this hp laptop model yet so I haven't tried adding an ssd or HDD. waiting for cables to be available.
how do I back up the windows key? first time trying this.
totally valid question. command prompt (run as admin) then type "wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey" Easy way is to copy and paste the command. Here is a great tutorial from www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/
@@whattmeter thank you sir!
You’re welcome! Hope it helps
What was the cmd?
Cmd ? Command prompt?
@@whattmeter yes
Yeah I used it to pull up the windows license key as a precaution. Not necessary but just in case
@@whattmeter ok what types of rams do I need to upgrade it?
Ddr4 laptop ram. Speed 2400 Mhz
So I barely have anything on mine, what should I do? Still make the backup or switch it out?
It’s really up to you. I would definitely write and save the windows license key and any software that you have that has product keys at least. Just in case you need to activate the windows license again. I did a fresh install on mine but saved the license key before switching out the ssd
@@whattmeter OEM windows key is paired directly to the motherboard. As long as you reinstall the same version of Windows that came with the machine, it will be guaranteed to reactivate itself.
Thanks! Hehe i guess i’m scared. But yup I didn’t have to reactivate mine. I guess i like playing it safe because of my previous experiences with windows
@@whattmeter luckily this changed with Windows 8. Ever since then, keys are tied to the motherboard. Windows 7 and before were a pain for that.
Haha yeah i ‘m still traumatized by that. Thanks for the help!