HP 250 G5 Laptop - How to change or upgrade the hard disk
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How to open up and replace or upgrade the hard disk on a HP 250 G5 Laptop computer.
The procedure takes at least 12 minutes, probably longer if you are new to opening up computers. This video shows you how to remove the lower case/underside cover to access the hard disk, motherboard, RAM, wireless card and bios battery.. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Thanks for this video which i found very helpful. I appreciated your commentary, with tips like hinging the lid away from the VGA port when removing. So much better than simply playing annoying music!
Ta! Sure you don't want some dubstep ?
Thanks for sharing, done it a few minutes ago and everything went flawless 👌🙏
Thanks for the thanks :) glad it helped
@@freename instead of 5 minutes to boot (wich happened sometimes) now it takes only 50 seconds (sandisk Ultra 3D) Really happy with the upgrade! Thank you once again!
Helped me a lot, thank you.
This was helpful. Thanks for posting it. Just upgraded to a Samsung EVO860 (500Gb SSD). What a difference!
Glad it helped, and yep.. even new computers without an SSD feel slow.
Hi men, the caddy drive how size? 9,5 or 12?
Thank you. This helped me to upgrade my $10 HP255 G5 to an SSD drive. Now it boots in 6 seconds. Not bad. On my 255 G5 the two inner battery screws are short and the rest are long. Other than that and the fact the HDD has pins not screws the video helped me upgrade in 10 minutes.
Thanks for taking the time to say thanks :)
Thanks for the video. I found it much easier to remove the optical drive before lifting the palmrest.
I cannot get the back and the palm rest separated at all. Maybe as you've suggested if I could remove the optical drive it would be easier for me to do it. How do you remove the optical drive? Thanks
Never mind. Thanks. I see it just pulls right out. ;-)
The optical is out but makes no difference :-( there is still no gap whatsoever to get a credit card - or any other instrument into.
Thank you! I thought this process was going to be a hot mess like the Hp 14 stream. This is a major relief
Glad to have helped :)
Thanks. It made my job much easier.
Awesome, thank you, quick and to the point. Helped me a lot.
Fanks :)
Excellent video, thanks very much.
Very helpful, thank you for this video.
My pleasure, thanks for taking the time to say thanks too.
Can I use the same cable for a SSD, what typ of SSD should I buy to do this? Thank you for your help
Blooming brilliant… just upgraded to sod without a hitch, superb stuff, big thanks :)
yay!
I managed to swap my dying HDD for a and new SDD and now my laptop is running much faster. Big thanks for the video! :)
Thanks for saying thanks.
Hey. I plan to the same with my laptop. The HDD that I have is "laptop thinn". Do I need to buy some specific laptop thinn SSD? Or are the SSDs already "laptop thinn"?
All SSD I've seen have been the "thin" type.
That is great. I am wondering if I can remove my CD drive with an HDD? If yes what size should i buy the "Caddy"
Thanks for the tips! My company has a bunch of these
Thanks for the thanks.. "enjoy" upgrading them :)
Very useful video! Thank you!
:) thank you for taking the time to say so.
Extremely helpful, thank you!
Thanks :)
Super vidéo bravo et merci beaucoup one question : do you have put one SDD in place of DD ?
Thanks man for the guide, very helpful for opening up my HP G5
Thanks for taking the time to comment and thank me :)
did you tried to repaste, the cpu and gpu, i have a r5 430m and i would like to try to repaste and overclock, is there any headroom left for some extra cooling blocks?
would some extra cooling holes directly under the cooling vent help temperature?
Thanks. Very clear instructions.
:) thanks for the thanks.
Got all the screws out but now I'm stuck. In the video, you're unclipping the back panel by sliding a credit card in between and gently prying. That looks perfect. However with mine there is no gap whatsoever between the back panel and top/palmrest. Forget about sliding a credit card in - I can't even get a razor blade in between those two parts. It's as though it's one solid piece. If I feel where the gap/joint should be with my thumb nail I can indeed feel that there is a slight joint/junction there but not one that ANYTHING could ever possibly get into without breaking or damaging the plastic of the parts. It's as though there are two pieces connected together - but it's like they've been glued or something. There seems to be no actual gap between them that a credit card, a razor blade, a knife, or any other instrument could conceivably slide (or push) into. Any ideas or suggestions?? Any trick or advice that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated as the hard drive has died and I desperately need to replace it. Thanks
thank-you. very helpful
Thanks for the thanks :)
thank you this vid is very helpful :D
My pleasure. It would be really helpful to me if you could subscribe thank you
icannotgetafreename
I've subbed and liked ;)
Thank you bro it’s helps
Thanks for the thanks :)
Thank you so much for this video
My pleasure and thanks for taking the time and saying so!
Great helpful Video, thank you
Thanks :)
Para computadoras en Mexico mismos modelo no tiene tornillos del HDD se saca solo con cuidado. Esta solo a presión la carcasa.
Hola, muy buen video, te felicito !!
Quería consultarte, para programar, no hay problema si coloco un SSD de 500gb ? Lo soportará la notebook ? O me convendría la de 1tb ? Gracias
Both 500GB and 1TB should work. I can't verify but would expect them to be ok.
Google: Tanto 500GB como 1TB deberían funcionar. No puedo verificar, pero espero que estén bien.
thank you mate, it helped
Thanks for taking the time to say so and I am glad it was helpful.
Excellent! The guide is very well done. Just wish the camera was top down, but no biggie.
I can't remember where I was but it wasn't in my office where I can do top down. It's likely the only place I could prop up the camera was on the box the laptop itself came in.
Great! Thanks
May I ask you for this laptop HP 250 g5. How much pin LED screen/monitor for this laptop? 30 pins or 40 pins? Thank you
Don't know, sorry.
Hey, great video! I just subscribed. I do have a question, though: I wanted to upgrade to an SSD, does this laptop support a SATA 3 connection?
Hi, sorry. I don't know the answer.
@@freename sir pls reply me pls
I have the same laptop and i want upgrade the processor to core i3(3.20ghz) but i have intel n3060 processor (1.60ghz) so can i upgrade pls help me
@@bestiethegamer3867 The CPU in that laptop is soldered onto the board. You can't just lift it out and swap it with another CPU.
@@freename means i cant ??
Only if you have a soldering rework station and ability to solder BGA chips.
Thanks for great vid.
Thanks for taking the time to say so!
My Hp got bad,i removed my harddrive. Thanks for the help
Thanks for saying so :)
Thank you so much
Thanks for the thanks :)
HI, is it posible to put these two disc togheter? The HHD + SSD in HP250 G5 Laptop ??
If you take out the DVD drive (if you have one) and use a DVD to Hard Disk converter you might be able to. They don't always work but it is the easiest way to add a second disk into a a computer with only one normal space for a disk.
Thank you
You beautiful amazing man!!! My lap top back is now off and i can see where the mother board is and the hard drive are. Got to work out which bits they are, don't want to remove the wrong bit eh? Can I put any hard drive in to replace the one I broke?
Yes; although I would recommend a 2.5" SSD! It will make the machine far, far quicker.
icannotgetafreename yes, I was thinking about that and have just messaged ebuyer about what inch one and once again you have been truly awesome. Do you recommend any brands or advise to stay away from any too?
@@carolinegray6984 I buy SanDisk and crucial. I would no longer buy Toshiba or OCZ
Hi I cannotgetafreename, I have ordered one of these. Will try to attach a picture....
I bought a SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD 1TB, reads at 560 and writes at 530 is this OK?
The laptop contains an SSD or HDD? Can I use this hard drive (from the laptop) on my desktop for extra space?
You can use a laptop drive in a desktop vase but it needs a bracket to go on due to the dimension of the laptop drive being so much smaller. Or you out it in and have it just hanging around inside the case not screwd in.
Can I in my hp 250 g5 with intel i3 5005 upgrade KINGSTON 8GB DDR3L HyperX FURY Black 1866MHz CL11 - HX318LC11FB/8 8GB, DDR3L, 1866Mhz, CL11
I want to update the storage from an hdd to an ssd and i just wanted to know what ssd's are compatible with the computer
Any 2.5" SATA SSD
Newbie amateur tech, can I cannibalize parts from an HP Omen and put them in a 250? Are there any compatibility issues? They are both Intel ( one I5 and other I3).
Sorry, I don't know. I've never seen an Omen
Hi, I wish to have my storage upgraded. how will this affect performance? I have HP 250 G5, it has an HDD storage below 200gb I wish to upgrade to 500gb or 1TB.
Changing to a higher capacity hard disk is not likely to affect performance. Upgrading to an SSD will drastically improve the startup speed of the computer and how quickly programs load.
icannotgetafreename many thanks🙏
can you tell me the hdd sata port version on motherboard
Don't know that info either and I won't come across that laptop again for a while to find out.
Thanks for this brother. I am 5 years late lol. Better late than never. Can I upgrade my old HP 250 G5s hard drive with a Sata Adapter with M.2 in it? and would that help speed up the performance? I want to give it to my kids to use for homework and school. Love you videos and thank you for this
Any SSD would improve performance. On a machine like this it's probably not going to make any difference using a native SATA Vs m.2.
@@freename Thank you brother
@@agelualofa even if u put m2 2280 nvme pci 4.0 x4 hard drive, data still have to go thru ata interface and u get 400mb/s speed.
If I buy SATA 3.5, will it fit in my HP G5 250?
No, laptops use 2.5 inch drives.
Tengo uno de esos mismo cual.pido para cambiarlo ? Por favor ayuda
I do not understand the question.
No entiendo la pregunta.
How did you reinstall windows 10. It's a new drive and want a clean install
Use you old drive or another computer and make a usb stick using the windows 10 media creation tool. www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
What brand and model of the hard disk you use to replaced the old one.
Normally a SanDisk SSD Plus or Kingston
@@freename how many gb?
@@iQ0VER200 Entirely up to you and how much stuff you think you might want to store.
Im copynig hhd to a clone ssd and put it in the laptop,its correcr?
Sounds right!
I have HP 250 g5 , Intel Celeron N3060 and i dont have fan inside, is this possible ?
Yes. It's a weak processor and might be able to passively cool just using a hear sync alone.
Hi, i have a HP 250 G5, it powers on but the screen remains black and the hard drives not responding. Ive replaced the hard drive with a working one but still cannot display anything. I also tried replacing the RAM but still no changes. Lastly it also cannot connect to a second display or monitor..Any idea or tip..??
Sounds like you are at the end of troubleshooting without having the circuit board debugging skills of Louis Rossmann. If it has a BIOS battery you can remove maybe remove the main and bios battery for ages (hours!) and then plug it back in and try again.
@@freename Thank you for your response.. Ill try do that and see the result..
hi, the dvd is 9,5 or 12 mm? i need this to buy a caddy drive. Thanks!
you prefer the sdd in the optical drive or the hdd? which´s better?
Both questions I sadly don't have the answer to :( measure your drive?
9mm caddy
Hola, se puede agregar un disco ssd?. Desde ya gracias
Not sure you can add an SSD as a second drive. You can replace the existing hard disk with an SSD!
Google Translate: No estoy seguro de que pueda agregar una SSD como segunda unidad. ¡Puede reemplazar el disco duro existente con un SSD!
Hello Dear friend and Congratulations for your videos. I have the same laptop with an internal ssd M2 connector instead of HD connector. If the ssd Disk is removed will the laptop startup or not? Thanks for your Help!!!
It will POST but it won't boot an operating system. The operating system will be on the SSD/M2 card. You could take out the card and boot from a "Live USB" for linux if you didn't want to have a disk in the computer. That Live USB would need to be connected to boot and use the computer.
@@freename Thanks a lot for your reply!!! What do you mean by POST? To see the power led ON? I have a blank screen without the SSD/M2 card. It should boot the bios but it does not,
@@StefanosBand I would expect you to be able to get into BIOS without the storage in the laptop. Are you pressing the correct button to get into BIOS? Usually F10 on an HP.
@@freename I will try it and I let you know! Many thanks for your help and best regards!
@@freename Hello again I have only the Power led On. The fun is not working and the FN keys does not put me in the BIOS. I think that the motherboard is faulty! I have disconnected some strip connections to see if it is something else is faulty but I still have no results! I have also put the RAM out in case of a faulty RAM problem.
thx
thank you
Thank you for saying so :)
Thanks
:)
What kind of screwdriver is that? When I open the back the screws are way too small for my screwdriver so I can't remove the HDD
The size label has worn off the screwdriver I have so I can't tell you :( Just use a slightly smaller screwdriver?
5 years late but a knife worked for me (the end has to be pointy)
on that model can you add more ram?
Yes.. on my one at 5:08 you can see there are two RAM slots next to the hard drive (closer to the camera).. on my model only one of the RAM slots has RAM in it.. so you should be able to add a stick - or remove the existing RAM and install two higher capacity upgraded sticks.
Mine says you can expand it on windows, but when I open, there's just one slot
All-in-All Change it with a higher capacity :-)?
It s there possible to change the CPU, (Intel Celeron) to a I3, thank you
No
thanks, now I have the SSD and all is fast. Just couldn't open 3 rear clips without breaking them. I need more practice:)
:)
what is size of this disk ? i want to put ssd but i dont know what size i need to buy
Size as in capacity or dimensions?
@@freename inches
So there’s no way to just add an SSD? I would need an external HDD If i wanted the best of both worlds?
Yes. Unless your model has a DVD drive in which case you might be able to replace that with a caddy holding another hard disk
icannotgetafreename that’s awesome. Thanks for the tips
Hi!
Can you connect SSD by JODD???
It's instead of dvd
You can in some computers but some also don't like using the DVD to SATA converters. (e.g. some Lenovo laptops definitely don't work with them. They work but you can't boot from them - so your main drive still needs to be in the normal SATA port.).
Buy one and test but make sure you buy it from somewhere you can send it back if it doesn't work?
Does this laptop support an m.2 drive
Not on the version I have in my video. If it can support an m.2. drive it probably would be where the hard disk is in my one. I can't see a space or connector on the motherboard.
I could not do it, 😥 i made it ok until the part before of take off the back. It seems all ok, all the borders were un clipped but it is like it is another curb in the middle, i have fear to broke it 💔 and the vga conector i dont know i hope i did not broke it 😭
Screw* not curb
Exactly that model number and generation (G number) laptop? And it's going to be very difficult to try to help over the internet; I recommend asking friends for a trusted and good computer repair person or shop to see if they can help you take the case off or do all the work.
@@freename thank You. It is a hp 240 g5
@@julietasoledadrodrigues3512 this video is for a 250 G5. I don't have access to a 240 to give advice on what else might need unscrewing. Other hp machines hide some screws under the rubber feet / rubber strips so check there if it feels like the remaining screw is near that place.
Can I add 512GB ssd SATA 3????
I would have thought so but it might not work at the higher SATA3 speed. Not sure what spec the laptop SATA is.
What ssd did you use in this vid?
Standard SATA 2.5 inch drive.
@@freename thanks for the reply i ordered an SSD 240GB Kingston A400 Internal Solid State Drive Laptop SSD Drive SATAIII 2.5" would you recommend this?
Yep, that's one of the brands and models I've used without problem. As with any drive, back up your important data! Anything (even hard disks) can go wrong without notice. SSDs are more difficult to recover data from than hard disks too.
@@freename ok thank you sm for taking the time to reply enjoy the rest of ur day
Does this motherboard has m.2
I do not think it does.
what size screwdriver do you use
Interesting question..
A screwdriver from an ancient screwdriver set I bought at a petrol station (Gas station for the USA people) about 15 years ago. 4mm width.
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It is slowly disintegrating.
However if I were to buy some new ones these days I'd probably go with Ergo ones which look a bit like this:
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what about cloning the drive
I would use macrium reflect trial.
@@freename thank you - the software will probably do the job, but how can you clone a drive in a laptop when you only have one sata cable? its easy in a PC, where one can have multiple power and sata cables
@@johnh8932 I use a computer.. or a USB to SATA cable and clone the drive with the new one plugged in via USB before you remove the old drive.
Or using the Macrium boot USB if you've already put the new drive into the computer and have the old drive on the USB to SATA adaptor.
Make sure you are copying the correct way! Don't accidentally copy the new blank drive over the top of the one with all your data on!
cani add hardisck also in place of dvd drive
Can't tell you the answer to that one, sorry. The one I took to bits didn't seem to have a DVD drive if I recall correctly.
is it's hdd sata port version is sata 3
ok. this is too simple.
How about a jodd slot? how about a connector to link removed HDD to that?
jodd slot? And a connector for the hard disk to copy stuff over: www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-comUSB-SATA-Drive-Adapter-Cable-Black/dp/B00HJZJI84/
For software I would recommend Macrium Reflect, free.
What's the port just beside the hard drive? For whats it's used? imgur.com/a/B4N13qj
CD Drive.
Hi I have this laptop without a cd drive and it does not have the connection inside can I buy a connector and then use it to put the HDD in and put a SSD where the HDD was?
And whats the connector that I need
Thank you @@freename
@@JoanNelson-vd4ip It might work and the connector and caddy to hold a hard disk is probably low cost enough to try. Sadly I have no idea what connector you would need. eBay is probably your best best.
@@freename thank you for replying and your help 👍
I did it myself and saved 10 dollars labour charges hehe
Shows nothing about the screws under the rubber pads. watch out for those
I think you better rewatch the video :D it absolutely shows the ones under the feet.
It does at the very beginning of the video.
From a repair point of view, this product is a perfect example of how NOT to design a laptop :-(
Yep. Totally horrible.