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I HAVE A HP 14AN010NR. I VIEWED YOUR VIDEO AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ORDERED THE GREEN THING YOU SUGGESTED. HOWEVER I GOT THE WRONG CADDY. DO YOU HAVE A CURRENT PART NUMBER? SOMEHOW THE CORRECT CADDY GOT CHANGED. I am a disabled veteran 82 years old. yes I occasionally need help.... thank you. I can do this.....lol
@@AICvideo Gottcha, thank you. my issue was the old part numbers from the original video were not correct. plussss the Kingston is cheeper, love that. ordered the caddy and SSD now waiting..... you are the best. Thank you very much. Chuck
I'm a bit confused by your questions, yes the caddy is what you need to plug into that port. You can use the whole caddy I just chose to not to. The internal 32gb emmc storage is soldered to the system board and is not "replaceable" you are just adding a different drive and can use that to boot vs the emmc storage. and no, you do not have to re buy windows. the license key is built into your system board, and after your first or second reboot, if you're connected to the internet the system with activate automatically. and lastly, no, you cannot upgrade the CPU, again it is soldered to the system board. and even if you had all the skills required to upgrade, any compatible cpu would be of similar class, or in other words, also slow. If you are really stepping up to that next level of system, if you save a few more bucks, I would just buy a used business class laptop, like this one: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575128025&toolid=10001&campid=5337706877&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FLenovo-Thinkpad-T450-Intel-Core-i5-5300U-2-3GHz-8GB-RAM-256GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro%2F324106703185 For $160 + shipping, you get a core i5, 256gig SSD, 8 gigs of ram and a 1600x900 screen. Or for a few bucks more this zbook 14 G2: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575128025&toolid=10001&campid=5337706877&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FHP-ZBook-14-G2-Workstation-Core-i5-5200U-2-2GHz-256GB-8GB-14-1600x900-Win-10%2F164120585527 I love the zbook line a lot.
Thanks for the help. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get the back off until I watched your video. Turned the notebook with a 32gb EMMC into a full on laptop with 250gb SSD and 12gb of ram. Used AOMEI Partition Assistant to port the Windows 10 OS over to the SSD. Unplugged the EMMC and it booted from the SSD.
agreed! I hope that lots and lots of people buy this laptop via my amazon partner link ;) But seriously, this is an excellent laptop for the price, and I really hope that HP sells enough for them to realize that a good screen is where its at.
Bravo. You speak well, Slow and clear. Too many techies doing info video talk at 100 mph. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO ON. I can do all steps you showed. Just didn't know this HP model could take an SSD. Easy not boot from 32 gig in bios.
Hey I just bought a HP Refurbished 14-an013nr from Walmart for 150 bucks put a 8 gig stick of memory in it now have 12gigs of memory,Put in a 256 Gb Crucial SSD drive it works great Thanks for showing this one to me now have a fast computer for all my TH-cam HD viewing.
Yes the job was easy after I took out all 14 screws :-) was overlooking one screw in the middle of the case you just can't take them apart that way:-( Little computer really flies ,Bios found my Crucial SSD made it C: and I was looking at my old home screen with all my data. Thanks again I subscribed to your channel be looking for your next video
Why talk about the caddy when you never used it and why not mention what that green adapter is called so we can actually buy it??? I'm extremely confused by the presentation choice of this video :/
This video is part of a series of videos done on this laptop and was done to answer many questions I had been asked. If you go to my first video of this laptop here: th-cam.com/video/PJaPJtMfFOU/w-d-xo.html at about 30 minutes in, you will have more information.
I think this will work www.amazon.com/dp/B01AD70D7E/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I29WTIB0MX9XJ7&colid=17OJQ9DCH19R0. But yeah I see no reference to where he got that adapter
It looks like the caddy was just taken apart. The caddy they talked about in the video and linked to in the description are the same and the green adapter is just the inside of the caddy that he removed
Thanks for the video. I successfully upgraded my HP 14-an013nr. I ordered an Aireye ssd and installed it with what appears to be the same caddy you bought but, I actually used the caddy because it lined up perfectly to plug in and when I installed the backing or bottom, it seemed to actually lock in the caddy so it can't move. The software work was tricky as I first used MiniTool/Partician Wizard with limited success then after reformatting the drive, I retried with Macrium. That worked really well. For now, i disabled the drive in Computer Manager / Device Management because I could not find that option in the BIOS. Maybe later I'll activate the drive and use it but for now, it will remain unused and ready the operating system in case of emergency. Because of your video and another's, I was able to do this upgrade. THANK YOU!!!
Thanks, you're awesome for replying after the year that has passed since you made this video. But I was referring to Danny G, because he said that it fit pretty well. He did reply to me, and, actually, they are the same after all.
I'm glad it worked for you. Unfortunately, my system did not recognize the 32GB original drive as I drive I could install Abuntu but, I am using it as a secondary story drive. Maybe later I will figure it out but for now, there are other things to do.
I just wanted to say thank you very much you actually helped me solve an issue with my laptop that I've been having for a while and I've been racking my brain trying to figure it out but thank you
From what I can see the AN012NR I have is very similar (hopefully) to your HP 14-an013nr. I did a youtube search for my ano12nr and your offering showed up. (Great help by the way!)
Thanks for the video. I do not want to change the boot drive/OS to the ssd. I simply want to install programs on the ssd and keep the 32g emmc as is. After hardware installation, do I just need to format the ssd from windows explorer?
Installed successfully! And I migrated the OS to SSD no problem. Well, one problem, I didn't increase the primary partition size on my first attempt so it was 28g used/0avail and 200g+ unallocated. Question about the caddy. when I removed the adapter from the optical dock, there is a loose cord that is connected to the adapter. Is it safe to remove this? I just taped it to the SSD for now.
I installed one of those adapters in a laptop once. You need the bracket from the back of the optical drive or another one. Pay attention to how it is on there for less frustration. Also that screw that holds it on is tiny so watch that you don't lose it. If it is like the one I had on mine that screw is really short so threading it in may seem a little tricky. You can use the front bezel from the optical drive if you don't want a gap there. It is ugly and it may seem out of place.
hey man thanks for this video - really not into using OneDrive and the lack of storage has been driving me nuts. will definitely be adding another SSD after seeing this
I've got a hp 14.5in 8g of ram 1tb of memory and I upgraded the ram to 16gb and the computer works great And the computer was 336$ and a bit over 40 in parts Upgrading ram and ssd is a great idea and is worth it pluse parts for hp Dell and that arn't too bad
Amazon will not send the laptop to Australia and buying it from the local HP web site is more expensive than currency conversion + taxes so ... it's annoying. The laptop looks good for a low-powered pc. It would pair well with a good desktop to provide portability while the desktop does the serious work.
Where do I find an interface board to add an SSD/HDD to my Hp 14 as shown in this video? I have tried scavenging CDROM drives from Toshiba and Dell scrap laptops, but find flat ribbon cables as opposed to the SATA interface connectors on the featured unit...
Single vs dual channel doesn’t make as much difference for 99.9% of what most people do, but having more ram will. So upgrade. Also all modern cpus support dual channel memory.
...well, I couldn't get the cloning to work so I opted for a clean install on the new SSD, removed all the partitions off the 32GB internal during the Windows 10 setup and now in Windows I don't even see the 32GB (which is how I want it). Key here is that you need Windows 10 media and I'd STRONGLY recommend using the recovery tools on the built-in OS so that you have a way to get everything back to factory should you want to do that. For me, I used the reflect software to create the cloned partitions but my problem was that I could never get the BIOS to accept my new SSD as the primary boot drive. The other thing is with the reflect free cloning tool - it doesn't give you the option to extend the 29GB C;\ partition out to use whatever free space is left on your drive so you need another tool after you get windows moved to the new disk to do that. So, I have access to a windows 10 Home ISO so I created a bootable USB key out of that and then just did a new install and went from there. It's the 1607 build (latest at this time) so the good news was after manually running a windows update all the video/audio drivers were installed and everything works like a champ. I did a video as well - you can find it here. Thanks AIC for getting me started...good video: th-cam.com/video/kdeSMD1jwkM/w-d-xo.html
friend, I have a question, where can I get the green adapter for ssd drives? I saw the link you attached but it is not the same as the one in the video
is there another slot for hard drive since this is justa 32 gb hard disk on it. i'm wondering if i can put another hard disk inside for more storage capacity
couple questions...I installed a new SSD (doesn't see it in the BIOS initially until I use a disk cloning app) but when I re-enter the BIOS and try to select the new drive as the boot device clicking 'enter' does nothing - as in - doesn't let me select that device. I'm also unable to use a USB key to just do a clean install - I move the USB to the top of the boot order and it just skips it and moves to booting to the internal 32GB. Anyone have any more details on how the got past that step?
after you installed the drive, did you initialize it in storage management in windows? I don't think the bios will recognize it as a boot drive until windows is actually installed on it. as far as booting from the USB, you should be able to from windows go into settings and reset the computer and choose advanced boot options and boot from USB.
yes - used the reflect software to clone all the partitions to the new drive then rebooted and tried switching to the new SSD. It showed up in the list but wouldn't 'select' when I'd hit return. I guess I'm just going to do a fresh install to the SSD and just go from there.
Hope you are still answering questions thanks for the review I bought this laptop and it's a slug I am going to do the upgrade but orgive me I will end up with 2 hard drives what do I do to reinstall the OS and what to do with the pre installed HD ? thanks for your help.You can get the screw holders freee at Harbour Freiht if you have a coupon also the are only 3 bucks there.
I personally used the new drive as my OS drive and wiped the old drive and just used it for extra storage. I have a windows 10 install on a USB drive. I just use that.
Do you still have this laptop? I just upgraded the WLAN card, and mine brought only 1 antenna, I bought the second one and it goes off to the top left but don't know where...
SSD Not showing in BIOS boot. Hello, just bought the hp 14 An012nr . I bought a 120gb Kingston SSD and the caddy you suggested. I cloned the 32Gb emmc drive and the OS to the SSd and installed the SSD as shown in the video. However, when I go to the BIOS to change the boot order, the 120gb SSD doesn't show up, only the 32gb drive that already comes with the laptop. Even with legacy support on the SSD isn't read. Please help, thank you.
it should just boot to it. I don't have this laptop (and haven't for years) so I don't remember exactly how it works, but I deleted the old partition because it saw it as the main boot device until I did that.
Hi, I have purchased an upgraded (SSD Drive) hp 14-an013nr, can I just add an additional 4GB memory stick or do I have to replace the stick it comes with with an 8GB stick. I am not clear on the channel modes so not sure if it relates to this.
Hello, this is my first time upgrading a computer so sorry if I seem like a noob. Once I connect the additional ram and SSD do I need to do anything else with configuration? I saw another instruction video that was messing with the BIOS configuration. All I want is more space and ram. Thanks!
you don't need to do anything more with ram, but with storage, it depends. if you want to run your OS from the SSD, then you'll need to install the OS to the SSD (which I recommend doing). there are plenty of videos covering how to install windows.
Upgraders of the HP 14-an013nr unite! Let's move to a technical forum somewhere to continue our upgrade discussions. Can you suggest a good site? I looked at HP support forum and didn't like it very much. Got any better suggestions for a permanent home for these discussions? There was also something going on at slickdeals.net found by searching on the model number of this laptop, but that doesn't seem like a good permanent home either. Please offer suggestions.
I'm pretty active on reddit, I even have my own subreddit, I created this post where this can be discussed: www.reddit.com/r/AICproductions/comments/5dnthn/hp_14an013nr_modification_and_technical_discussion/
How did you set it to boot the ssd automatically? I tried setting it to boot the cdrom first, that did not work. The only way I could boot to the ssd is pressing the boot drive key when it first boots and then it allows me to select the ssd as the boot drive, but I have to do that every time i restart it.
I am stuck trying to open hp 14-r015tx. The edges come off but something is still holding in the centre but I cant find any more screws to unfasten. I am afraid to force it in case something breaks. Please help!
I don't know if I can help you. I don't know if that model is any different than the an013nr., and it has been years since I opened this laptop, so I only remember what's in the video.
Anybody else have bands of colors pop up on the screen after installing the ram upgrade. It happened to me first time I started up the laptop but it didn't happen the second time. I'm curious why that was tho
Thanks. One question, this is the model M2C39UA. I have the SN 5CG5421CQ. For upgrade RAM to 4GB and storage eMMC 32 GB to SSD M.2 240 GB. Many thanks.
Sir I am sorry but I just want to ask about the board that you have connected to the DVD slot they have an SSD on what is it how do I get 1 I think she have that exact same laptop and I have the SSD that is like permanent to it and I'm looking to try to expand my storage to make my laptop useful again
Correct. You can use the caddy, I just didn't There wasn't a good way to secure it. Some caddies have a tab with a hole that will allow it to be screwed into place, but the one I bought didn't have that.
These videos are seriously helpful and informative for this model of computer. Many people reference and link to your videos for help. Thank you for putting the time in to figure out these solutions and sharing. By the way, is the CPU removable/soldered? I know this question was asked in a different way, but I can't find a straight answer anywhere. I have the opportunity to get this laptop plus a 128GB SSD/1TB HDD and a 8GB stick for about ~$240. A CPU upgrade would turn this laptop into a force to be reckoned with if I had the chance.
hi can you link to me where i can buy the adapter showed at 6:30, because i can find only the caddy box of CD-ROM but i'm searching for something like yours adapter Thanks @AlCvideo
I noticed that there's not really a big bottom vent for the fan like most fan cooled laptops have. Wonder if I can put this on my lap and not have it overheat.
I do one worse, I just keep it on my bed, while watching movies/tv shows, and it never feels like it ever gets very warm, much less hot, even when running iTunes movies at 1080p.
I wonder if anyone else has run into this problem. I kept the 32gig eMMC installed and added a 128gb ssd. The machine doesn’t boot properly anymore. Prior to the update 1709 attempts, the boot screen would show volume 3 and volume 6. I would simply select volume 6 (ssd) and it would boot fine. Now the auto update runs (doesn’t successfully install 1709) and when it boots, I see a blue recovery screen with options. Yes, I could remove the eMMC card and boot from the ssd but wonder if this can be solved with bcdedit. I tried bootfix to no avail. I can get past the recovery screen by hitting F1 and enter or esc and enter, and it boots into windows. Update: i just went into the bios and under boot options, only sees the 32gb drive, no ssd. But when I boot windows, the OS boots into ssd (C drive) and it sees the 32gb as the D drive. Boy something’s horked up. I might need to do a clean install.
I was looking at an upgraded version of this laptop for a couple weeks for my parents. I had been planning to do the 8GB RAM thing with 1 stick of 4GB but Windows 10 is bad about RAM usage. Is the 16 GB build recommended over 8GBs? At some point the AMD processor will be the bottleneck. I'm appreciating the SSD and the carrier card links. That looks like a great deal for local storage. I'm going with a NAS for bulk storage. But all of this will bump it into the 330 range. I'm wondering if that is worth it. With 8GBs of RAM it's only ~$270 range.
I had 16 gigs, and downgraded to 8. 8gig of memory is more than enough for this laptop. Its what I recommend, and I would not bother spending more than that on it.
If you use my amazon partnerlink, the 16gb for sure! J/K. I personally feel that 8 gigs is the right amount. Unless you do a lot of things that use a lot of memory, but not CPU, like excel spread sheets. I've had 16 gigs/12 gigs/ and 8 gigs in it, and I did not notice any difference between them in day to day use (mostly web browsing, remote console, and email work).
Thank you, really helped me get an idea how to go about it. Is it the same for a 14-ac108tu laptop, is the one I have.... Thanks again, great job. happy holidays.
Yes, but you still get a performance boost by going from 4 gigs to 8 gigs. At least I sure noticed a difference in performance. but its confirmed by cpuz that it is single channel regardless of the number of dimm slots used.
Thanks for quick reply, so if I throw another 4gb of ram in there it doesn't recognize it as having 8gb but it's not just sitting there being unused? Another guy took out his 4gb completely and just put an 8gb in. Thanks for info
Of course it recognizes it. dual channel vs single channel is the speed at which the memory runs. if you have two memory dimms installed that are exactly the same (same speed, size, etc) the memory can run a little faster. that's all dual channel does for you. this computer really isn't fast enough to take advantage of that anyways. I had 2x8 sticks (16gb total) and it recognized all of that memory, but it wasn't any faster with 16 vs 8 gigs, so I have just 8 gigs in it.
AICproductions I see, thanks for the info I was getting the impression that if I just put another four in there it would be wasted, didn't want to spend all the money on an 8 GB when I could just have two fours
AICvideo, so all these people asking about where to get the adapter? i just need to know how long the thing is on the SSD and how long the piece on the PC is because im confused i look at the caddy on amazon and i see it says the SATA piece comes with it but why no any other images? if you are to reply to this after almost 3 years i appreciate the time you take to respond
I'm sure you can stretch it to 8 hours, I was able to average between 3 and 6 hours depending on what I was doing. I never turned off wifi or bluetooth. (they usually don't do much to save battery). but battery saver mode really makes a big difference, and is very effective.
I'm not sure I fully understand the setup you're going for? are you streaming games? vlogs? I mean, if you plan on editing videos on it, it will be OK for that. If you plan on gaming? probably not, if nothing else, most games you play have to be turned down to their lowest, or close to lowest settings, and the video wouldn't look good.
Thanks for your response, but the streaming I want to do is meant for live events, not for gaming.... that's why I told you I'm going to use a camcorder.... Now, what do you think?, I'd really appreciate your opinion.
I would look at the minimum requirements for your capture card. I don't have a better answer because I've never done that and I simply don't know how it will perform.
Ok I understand, thanks anyway...Good channel, thaks for making videos related with budget laptops like this... probably I buy it later because its a good value... greetings from Ecuador, keep going making good videos
I installed it a 256GB sad and the computer is not even registering it. Any tip on what I might be doing wrong would be appreciated. Same brand as the one you installed on the video just bigger memory, thanks in advance.
That's a helpful video. Thanks a lot! But you mentioned there are 14 screws. There are 2 more wide headed screws near the cd drive slot that makes it a total of 16 screws.
Hello, I don’t know if you can help me but I need help. I cloned the contents of my old drive to my new drive but it cloned the entire thing. I should have 90 GB left over but it says the same amount as my old drive. My old one had the total of 29.1 GB and my new one had 119 GB but after the cloning process both drives read at 29.1 GB as the total. In the program I used to clone it shows everything cloned over except the new drive had an empty space reading “90” GB or so. Can you please help me?
AICvideo whenever I go to disk management to attempt to expand the unallocated space of 90 GB I right click it but it only shows the “New Simple Volume” (I believe it’s called) option.
I just always google it. I use them so seldomly that the one I used previously doesn’t work anymore, and I have to try a new one. And I’ve gotten to the point I just install from scratch anymore.
Do you know what kind of port that is right by the RAM card? Also, did that stock storage device say M.2.0 or M2.0? I might end ep tearing this down to get a personal look at everything, but I use it a lot.
I know it's eMMC. But it says M2.0 or it says M.2.0 on it. I can't see if there is a period between the M and the 2. The other port I asked about I realized is probably just the battery interface lol
I have a Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO M.2 that I am trying to find something to use it on instead of just collecting dust. I already have this laptop. I'm just wondering if I can use it in there.
Can I continue to boot from the mmc32gb instead of the new drive? I have not yet done the upgrade, but the laptop wants me to upgrade windows and I ran out of space. What should I do? Keep booting from the 32 or install windows 10 all over to the new SSD? I would love to make things as simple as possible. Thanks.
Personally? I would clone the emmc drive over to the SSD (then expand the storage) and format the emmc storage. The new SSD will be twice as fast as the emmc, and you won't have to deal with windows 10 not upgrading. Personally I always go for a clean install, but if you have stuff already installed and configured, a clone gets you set up quickly.
@@AICvideo Thanks for the response. Is making a bootable usb drive the same as having a copy of windows 10 on a usb drive and if so, how big of a thumb drive should I buy in order to have an external copy of window 10 on a flash drive? I guess the reason I wanted to keep the 32gb active, would be as a way to keep a copy of windows 10 in a partition directly on the pc. What do you suggest?
I mean, you do you. You asked what I would do. You can format the emmc and still use it as a 2nd drive. (that's what I did, put my music library on there). If you install the OS on both drives, then you have to select each time which drive you boot from, and that can get old after a while. you can use the 32 gig drive for just windows, but you'll always running into issues space wise for updates and such. as far as installing windows, you just need a windows bootable USB drive, if you google "windows media creation tool" you can find windows free utility to make a windows 10 bootable USB drive. You need an 8 gig drive for it. I personally carry one of these: amzn.to/2Q3IqOm It's small, metal, and the loop is perfect to go on my house keys. I made it a windows bootable drive, but also keep other folders on there with common software I install on computers, some music, videos, etc. I use it all the time.
Hello, I have already installed a 500 GB HDD thanks to your video, buy a caddy and install it, now I have another problem, I would like to change the SDD for another HDD of 1 TB, my question is if in the space of 32 that They bring them normally I could put an HDD ?? Thank you!!!
I have a question.. Can I install a regular 500gb Laptop hard drive instead of an SSD drive.. Because I did and its giving me a ACPI bios error (bluescreen most of the time) or is it possible the memory chip I upgraded which was another 4gb and the same exact one might be faulty.. Any ideas..
was the hard drive new or used? if used it might be bad. Otherwise I would reset the bios to factory settings, and then I would put everything back to factory specs, and start over, and upgrade just one thing at a time. see if that fixes it. Might need to reinstall windows.
Thanks.. Hard drive was used but was working in another pc and formatted.. But this was a brand new laptop I installed the hard drive and memory before I did the initial windows setup that comes built in with the new PC.. I had already installed everything updated drivers, updated bios every single thing when I started noticing the problem.. Im going to flash the bios again and also reset it after as per your advice and see if that helps maybe also a windows repair before I go and try a full windows install.. But my biggest question is would it matter being a regular laptop hard drive as apposed to an SSD I didnt think it would.. O I did keep the Operating system on the 32 gig drive it comes with which now after updates has only about 8 gigs left and am using the 500gb to install the programs and also made it the default save drive for data.. Also I already did a windows memory test and it came back with no issues.. Any ideas..
I have an update for you.. First of all thank you very much for your help.. Well I flashed the bios again and it seemed to still be happening so I set the bios to its defaults which I never modified I figured it adjusted memory and the hard drive by itself as all new computers do.. And that seems to have fixed the problem.. I have shutdown and restarted over 10 times and it has not given me any errors which before it would give it to me 95% of the time.. I also went ahead and did a windows repair and it did its thing.. But it seems like defaulting the bios fixed the problem like you said I have no idea why but it did.. I cant thank you enough..
I have never personally had this issue, so I cannot say for sure what the issue will be. but I googled it, and yeah, I would remove the storage drive and memory that you added. That error shows up as a driver issue, or a bad piece of hardware issue.
Quick question, with the second hard drive, can I install windows on it and have the computer boot to the second hard drive and bypass the 32gig all together? thanks
Yup, that's what I did. I just installed a fresh copy of windows from USB to the SSD, and deleted the drive on 32 gig drive, and then set the ssd as the boot device in windows
The largest I tried was an 8 gig dimm (x2), since I don't have a 16 gig dimm. so I cannot say either way. If you had a 16 gig dimm laying around you can try it, but I wouldn't spend the extra money on it. I felt no performance difference between 8 and 16 gigs.
I installed a new SSD (opened the PC and connected it) but it isn't recognized in the Disk Management or Marium Reflect. (I couldn't figure out how to check to if BIOS recognized it.) I checked and all drivers are up to date. Did you have to do anything to get the PC to recognize the new drive? If not, do you have any idea as to what I might be able to do? Thank you in advance. Your video is really helpful.
Hey thanks for the video, I'm having issues with this computer for lack of memory. My question to you is, adding the SSD will help solved the problem with the lack of internal memory?
@@AICvideo , thank for replying so fast. I used the computer for college and now my kids used it for school work. I'm sorry, my son said the message that comes promts to free storage. I'll get the SSD from your link.
@@AICvideo , another question about the ram memory. Since you said it runs only on single mode, there's no way to increase it at all? Is the card that comes with the computer fixed or can I remove it and use another one with more capacity?
single channel mode vs dual (or quad channel) only means that if your CPU supports it, you will get slightly faster speeds in certain workloads if you have matching memory in the correct slots. and it has nothing to do with how much memory you can upgrade the system with. This system has two slots, you can load it up with 32 gigs of ram, but if you want just 8 gigs you will get the same performance if you have 2 dimms of 4gigs or 1 dimm of 8 gigs th-cam.com/video/-D8fhsXqq4o/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/a0jb0hCMXfo/w-d-xo.html
Cool thanks. I just got that caddy, I could have gotten a cable that would have done the same thing, but I didn't want to risk it not working, and I know that this works, so I just went for it.
Hello, and Thanks for the informative video! I'm clicking on your links for the Kingston SSD & High Rock hard drive caddy. Can you select any of the sizes? 120G /240G/ 480G/ 960G for the SSD? are they all the same with the connectors I wanted to get the 240 for my notebook. I feel It's very reasonable price. I've already Installed a stick of ram.I already have windows 10.. just can't update now. I feel If I can do this with your parts that hopefully fit and work with my HP Notebook 14-an012nr ,I'll be good. hopefully I hear from yah when you have a chance... Thank you.
Now It's a Real Laptop /PC!!!!!!!! AIC !!!! 240G! not no little 32g. how ridiculous, HP. thanks HP for All the connectors so I can at least upgrade to Almost Limitless storage! 1 & YES I WON !!!!!!! TKO !!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
AICvideo, you mentioned this is part of a SERIES of videos on this laptop - to make this simpler for some of us, can you add links to additional videos in the description next time, to make it easier for us to track back to those other videos and watch them as well?
For anyone still watching in Phoenix AZ who wants one of those 8gb ram modules for free HMU. Thought I could pull 16 gb on this and bought one 8gb too many.
Thanks for The video! It helped! Would you be able to help me to find it in UK Market? This item exactly is unavailable in amazon.co.uk I have to spare NVMe Evo 960. Can't figure out, how to connect it. It's not even about the speed. I understund, i won't be able to get it to full potential. Just to get it in there....
Enter this line in your browser or in the Amazon search bar (that's where I bought it) and you should find the exact caddy: "HIGHROCK Hard Drive Caddy Tray 9.5mm Universal SATA 2nd HDD HD SSD Enclosure Hard Drive Caddy Case Tray, for 9.5mm Laptop CD / DVD-ROM Optical Bay Drive Slot (for SSD and HDD)"
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but as a noob. Here it goes. If I was able to clone my 32gb hard drive which was built in to the syatem, wouldnt windows 10 be already installed on the clone or do I have to reinstall it again? I watched your bios video on this laptop and matched everything, but for some reason when I boot from the ssd It keeps taking me to computer repair screen and simply will not boot up to windows. The worst part is that already formatted the 32gb internal emmc memory😞 All I keep getting is automatic repair screen on start up. Other than the SSD all I installed was an extra 4gb ram card in the upper slot which bumped me up to 8gb ram. Any help would be appreciated🙏
Without looking at it, not sure how much help I can be. What did you use to clone the drive over? It might be a bad clone? I always either use macrium reflect to clone, or just do a fresh install from a boot USB.
@@AICvideo I used AOMEI to Clone...I'm thinking of removing the drive and connecting to my main pc and running CCleaner or some other Hard Drive cleaning tool. I did make a bootable drive woth AOMEI, but will have to figure out how to do a fresh i stall from the boot disk if worst comes to worst. Thanks again for helping. I would hate to wipe and start from a new install, but if that is what it takes....Oh well🙏
google "windows media creation tool" on another computer, download and create a windows bootable USB drive. boot on that and run the repair utility. I would try that first.
Parts found in this build:
The laptop:
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CD rom to HD caddy (the green thing)
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I HAVE A HP 14AN010NR. I VIEWED YOUR VIDEO AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ORDERED THE GREEN THING YOU SUGGESTED. HOWEVER I GOT THE WRONG CADDY. DO YOU HAVE A CURRENT PART NUMBER? SOMEHOW THE CORRECT CADDY GOT CHANGED. I am a disabled veteran 82 years old. yes I occasionally need help.... thank you. I can do this.....lol
All caddy's are basically the same. You don't even have to take it apart, I just did for fun.
@@AICvideo Gottcha, thank you. my issue was the old part numbers from the original video were not correct. plussss the Kingston is cheeper, love that. ordered the caddy and SSD now waiting..... you are the best. Thank you very much. Chuck
Awesome, good luck with the upgrade.
I'm a bit confused by your questions, yes the caddy is what you need to plug into that port. You can use the whole caddy I just chose to not to. The internal 32gb emmc storage is soldered to the system board and is not "replaceable" you are just adding a different drive and can use that to boot vs the emmc storage. and no, you do not have to re buy windows. the license key is built into your system board, and after your first or second reboot, if you're connected to the internet the system with activate automatically. and lastly, no, you cannot upgrade the CPU, again it is soldered to the system board. and even if you had all the skills required to upgrade, any compatible cpu would be of similar class, or in other words, also slow.
If you are really stepping up to that next level of system, if you save a few more bucks, I would just buy a used business class laptop, like this one:
rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575128025&toolid=10001&campid=5337706877&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FLenovo-Thinkpad-T450-Intel-Core-i5-5300U-2-3GHz-8GB-RAM-256GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro%2F324106703185
For $160 + shipping, you get a core i5, 256gig SSD, 8 gigs of ram and a 1600x900 screen. Or for a few bucks more this zbook 14 G2:
rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575128025&toolid=10001&campid=5337706877&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FHP-ZBook-14-G2-Workstation-Core-i5-5200U-2-2GHz-256GB-8GB-14-1600x900-Win-10%2F164120585527
I love the zbook line a lot.
Thanks for the help. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get the back off until I watched your video. Turned the notebook with a 32gb EMMC into a full on laptop with 250gb SSD and 12gb of ram. Used AOMEI Partition Assistant to port the Windows 10 OS over to the SSD. Unplugged the EMMC and it booted from the SSD.
Hopefully, this sells well and becomes popular enough that we see more like it with a heavy focus on screen quality.
I absolutely despise 1366x768
agreed! I hope that lots and lots of people buy this laptop via my amazon partner link ;)
But seriously, this is an excellent laptop for the price, and I really hope that HP sells enough for them to realize that a good screen is where its at.
Bravo. You speak well, Slow and clear. Too many techies doing info video talk at 100 mph. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO ON. I can do all steps you showed. Just didn't know this HP model could take an SSD. Easy not boot from 32 gig in bios.
Thank you for the walk-through! I never upgraded a laptop before and you made it very easy to understand. Great job!
Hey I just bought a HP Refurbished 14-an013nr from Walmart for 150 bucks put a 8 gig stick of memory in it now have 12gigs of memory,Put in a 256 Gb Crucial SSD drive it works great Thanks for showing this one to me now have a fast computer for all my TH-cam HD viewing.
Glad to have helped!
Yes the job was easy after I took out all 14 screws :-) was overlooking one screw in the middle of the case you just can't take them apart that way:-(
Little computer really flies ,Bios found my Crucial SSD made it C: and I was looking at my old home screen with all my data.
Thanks again
I subscribed to your channel be looking for your next video
Why talk about the caddy when you never used it and why not mention what that green adapter is called so we can actually buy it??? I'm extremely confused by the presentation choice of this video :/
This video is part of a series of videos done on this laptop and was done to answer many questions I had been asked. If you go to my first video of this laptop here: th-cam.com/video/PJaPJtMfFOU/w-d-xo.html at about 30 minutes in, you will have more information.
I think this will work www.amazon.com/dp/B01AD70D7E/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I29WTIB0MX9XJ7&colid=17OJQ9DCH19R0. But yeah I see no reference to where he got that adapter
Sorry, guess I'm old. Still do not see where you got the adapter, Can you just link the location where you got it
It looks like the caddy was just taken apart. The caddy they talked about in the video and linked to in the description are the same and the green adapter is just the inside of the caddy that he removed
+The Relaxation Station exactly
Thanks for the video. I successfully upgraded my HP 14-an013nr. I ordered an Aireye ssd and installed it with what appears to be the same caddy you bought but, I actually used the caddy because it lined up perfectly to plug in and when I installed the backing or bottom, it seemed to actually lock in the caddy so it can't move. The software work was tricky as I first used MiniTool/Partician Wizard with limited success then after reformatting the drive, I retried with Macrium. That worked really well. For now, i disabled the drive in Computer Manager / Device Management because I could not find that option in the BIOS. Maybe later I'll activate the drive and use it but for now, it will remain unused and ready the operating system in case of emergency. Because of your video and another's, I was able to do this upgrade. THANK YOU!!!
Awesome! glad you were able to get it taken care of, that's the whole reason I make these videos.
Would you mind linking me to the caddy you used?
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Thanks, you're awesome for replying after the year that has passed since you made this video. But I was referring to Danny G, because he said that it fit pretty well. He did reply to me, and, actually, they are the same after all.
I'm glad it worked for you. Unfortunately, my system did not recognize the 32GB original drive as I drive I could install Abuntu but, I am using it as a secondary story drive. Maybe later I will figure it out but for now, there are other things to do.
I just wanted to say thank you very much you actually helped me solve an issue with my laptop that I've been having for a while and I've been racking my brain trying to figure it out but thank you
From what I can see the AN012NR I have is very similar (hopefully) to your HP 14-an013nr. I did a youtube search for my ano12nr and your offering showed up. (Great help by the way!)
Glad to be of help.
Thanks so much for putting the links in the description! I was missing one crucial part (the caddy) for my upgrade and had no idea what it was called.
glad to help.
Exactly what I needed to kno...THANKS AGAIN !! I really appreciate it ..my purchase will DEFINITELY be made using your Link
Np, thanks for using my link! save my main link: amzn.to/21fD0wB for any amazon purchase!
Thanks so much for making this video! It was very helpful to me! :)
Glad to help
Muchas gracias, me funcionó la actualización siguiendo este video.
Thanks for the video.
I do not want to change the boot drive/OS to the ssd.
I simply want to install programs on the ssd and keep the 32g emmc as is.
After hardware installation, do I just need to format the ssd from windows explorer?
Correct. you can also go into settings and change where it stores files by default to the SSD.
AICproductions very helpful. Thank you.
Installed successfully! And I migrated the OS to SSD no problem. Well, one problem, I didn't increase the primary partition size on my first attempt so it was 28g used/0avail and 200g+ unallocated.
Question about the caddy. when I removed the adapter from the optical dock, there is a loose cord that is connected to the adapter. Is it safe to remove this? I just taped it to the SSD for now.
@AICproductions Sata 3 is 6 gigabits a sec not 6 gigabytes a sec, there are 8 bits in a byte so there is kinda a big difference
I miss spoke, I know the difference between a bit and a byte.
I installed one of those adapters in a laptop once. You need the bracket from the back of the optical drive or another one. Pay attention to how it is on there for less frustration. Also that screw that holds it on is tiny so watch that you don't lose it. If it is like the one I had on mine that screw is really short so threading it in may seem a little tricky. You can use the front bezel from the optical drive if you don't want a gap there. It is ugly and it may seem out of place.
hey man thanks for this video - really not into using OneDrive and the lack of storage has been driving me nuts. will definitely be adding another SSD after seeing this
for sure, 32 gigs just isn't enough.
I've got a hp 14.5in 8g of ram 1tb of memory and I upgraded the ram to 16gb and the computer works great And the computer was 336$ and a bit over 40 in parts Upgrading ram and ssd is a great idea and is worth it pluse parts for hp Dell and that arn't too bad
Amazon will not send the laptop to Australia and buying it from the local HP web site is more expensive than currency conversion + taxes so ... it's annoying. The laptop looks good for a low-powered pc. It would pair well with a good desktop to provide portability while the desktop does the serious work.
Wire Rubbish Bin I feel u man... I live just over the ditch 😣 and have the same problem 😭
buy one off office works? it comes with DVD drive
That honestly sucks man
Where do I find an interface board to add an SSD/HDD to my Hp 14 as shown in this video? I have tried scavenging CDROM drives from Toshiba and Dell scrap laptops, but find flat ribbon cables as opposed to the SATA interface connectors on the featured unit...
The description of the video literally as a section labeled "parts found in this build". i just....
3:25 Mine has ony stick of 4gb stick of RAM, how do iknow if my board only runs on Single Channel Mode before buying another RAM stick?
Single vs dual channel doesn’t make as much difference for 99.9% of what most people do, but having more ram will. So upgrade. Also all modern cpus support dual channel memory.
Do you know how to fix the blurry texts? I see this when I go to disk management or when I'm installing. Ty
...well, I couldn't get the cloning to work so I opted for a clean install on the new SSD, removed all the partitions off the 32GB internal during the Windows 10 setup and now in Windows I don't even see the 32GB (which is how I want it). Key here is that you need Windows 10 media and I'd STRONGLY recommend using the recovery tools on the built-in OS so that you have a way to get everything back to factory should you want to do that. For me, I used the reflect software to create the cloned partitions but my problem was that I could never get the BIOS to accept my new SSD as the primary boot drive. The other thing is with the reflect free cloning tool - it doesn't give you the option to extend the 29GB C;\ partition out to use whatever free space is left on your drive so you need another tool after you get windows moved to the new disk to do that. So, I have access to a windows 10 Home ISO so I created a bootable USB key out of that and then just did a new install and went from there. It's the 1607 build (latest at this time) so the good news was after manually running a windows update all the video/audio drivers were installed and everything works like a champ. I did a video as well - you can find it here. Thanks AIC for getting me started...good video: th-cam.com/video/kdeSMD1jwkM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you very much. I was driving crazy to open my daughter notebook.
Welcome. Glad it helped.
friend, I have a question, where can I get the green adapter for ssd drives? I saw the link you attached but it is not the same as the one in the video
It is.
Thanks mate appreciate you showing me the back plate removal was trying to figure it out for ages haha
Glad to help!
is there another slot for hard drive since this is justa 32 gb hard disk on it. i'm wondering if i can put another hard disk inside for more storage capacity
couple questions...I installed a new SSD (doesn't see it in the BIOS initially until I use a disk cloning app) but when I re-enter the BIOS and try to select the new drive as the boot device clicking 'enter' does nothing - as in - doesn't let me select that device. I'm also unable to use a USB key to just do a clean install - I move the USB to the top of the boot order and it just skips it and moves to booting to the internal 32GB. Anyone have any more details on how the got past that step?
after you installed the drive, did you initialize it in storage management in windows? I don't think the bios will recognize it as a boot drive until windows is actually installed on it. as far as booting from the USB, you should be able to from windows go into settings and reset the computer and choose advanced boot options and boot from USB.
yes - used the reflect software to clone all the partitions to the new drive then rebooted and tried switching to the new SSD. It showed up in the list but wouldn't 'select' when I'd hit return. I guess I'm just going to do a fresh install to the SSD and just go from there.
Hope you are still answering questions thanks for the review I bought this laptop and it's a slug I am going to do the upgrade but orgive me I will end up with 2 hard drives what do I do to reinstall the OS and what to do with the pre installed HD ? thanks for your help.You can get the screw holders freee at Harbour Freiht if you have a coupon also the are only 3 bucks there.
I personally used the new drive as my OS drive and wiped the old drive and just used it for extra storage. I have a windows 10 install on a USB drive. I just use that.
Do you still have this laptop? I just upgraded the WLAN card, and mine brought only 1 antenna, I bought the second one and it goes off to the top left but don't know where...
I do not.
Where did you get the adapter for the 2.5” drive? I’m having trouble finding one like you used. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
amzn.to/2BU2Ja6 - The guts of one of those.
Great thank you!
So in order to add a hard drive, you just need the adapter? That's everything? Will the computer recognize it instantly?
+Sir Tips A Lot correct.
SSD Not showing in BIOS boot.
Hello, just bought the hp 14 An012nr . I bought a 120gb Kingston SSD and the caddy you suggested.
I cloned the 32Gb emmc drive and the OS to the SSd and installed the SSD as shown in the video.
However, when I go to the BIOS to change the boot order, the 120gb SSD doesn't show up, only the 32gb drive that already comes with the laptop. Even with legacy support on the SSD isn't read. Please help, thank you.
did you wipe the 32gig ssd? if so, it should just boot to the new one.
@@AICvideo ahh okay, so after wiping all the partitions in the old 32gb emmc drive, the new 120gb should now be visible?
it should just boot to it. I don't have this laptop (and haven't for years) so I don't remember exactly how it works, but I deleted the old partition because it saw it as the main boot device until I did that.
Hi, I have purchased an upgraded (SSD Drive) hp 14-an013nr, can I just add an additional 4GB memory stick or do I have to replace the stick it comes with with an 8GB stick. I am not clear on the channel modes so not sure if it relates to this.
ignore channel modes, this laptop isn't fast enough to take advantage anyways, Just add a 2nd stick of 4gb of memory.
Hello, this is my first time upgrading a computer so sorry if I seem like a noob. Once I connect the additional ram and SSD do I need to do anything else with configuration? I saw another instruction video that was messing with the BIOS configuration. All I want is more space and ram. Thanks!
you don't need to do anything more with ram, but with storage, it depends. if you want to run your OS from the SSD, then you'll need to install the OS to the SSD (which I recommend doing). there are plenty of videos covering how to install windows.
Could I use a cloning program to move everything including programs and the OS from my original hard drive to the new SSD?
+Nick Gonzales sure. I have always used macrium reflect.
Hey what is that part connected to the SSD, the green part connected to the SSD, I need one to do my connection upgrade
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Upgraders of the HP 14-an013nr unite! Let's move to a technical forum somewhere to continue our upgrade discussions. Can you suggest a good site? I looked at HP support forum and didn't like it very much. Got any better suggestions for a permanent home for these discussions? There was also something going on at slickdeals.net found by searching on the model number of this laptop, but that doesn't seem like a good permanent home either. Please offer suggestions.
I'm pretty active on reddit, I even have my own subreddit, I created this post where this can be discussed:
www.reddit.com/r/AICproductions/comments/5dnthn/hp_14an013nr_modification_and_technical_discussion/
OK, I'm going to your reddit for further tech discussion.
AICproductions i need to know the name of the green adapter and where can i find it
How did you set it to boot the ssd automatically? I tried setting it to boot the cdrom first, that did not work. The only way I could boot to the ssd is pressing the boot drive key when it first boots and then it allows me to select the ssd as the boot drive, but I have to do that every time i restart it.
+Joseph Bernard did you see my video covering the bios. I show you in that one.
What is the name of the SSD adapter that's connected to the SSD and motherboard or where do you find it online?
Check the video description....
I am stuck trying to open hp 14-r015tx. The edges come off but something is still holding in the centre but I cant find any more screws to unfasten. I am afraid to force it in case something breaks. Please help!
I don't know if I can help you. I don't know if that model is any different than the an013nr., and it has been years since I opened this laptop, so I only remember what's in the video.
@@AICvideo It not the same, I managed to get hold of the manual and solve it thanks
Oh good, sorry I couldn't be more help.
Anybody else have bands of colors pop up on the screen after installing the ram upgrade. It happened to me first time I started up the laptop but it didn't happen the second time. I'm curious why that was tho
No... that's kinda crazy.
I need an adapter to add a new HDD. Which are using?
Thanks. One question, this is the model M2C39UA. I have the SN 5CG5421CQ. For upgrade RAM to 4GB and storage eMMC 32 GB to SSD M.2 240 GB. Many thanks.
as the video title states, this is a 14-an013nr.
Sir I am sorry but I just want to ask about the board that you have connected to the DVD slot they have an SSD on what is it how do I get 1 I think she have that exact same laptop and I have the SSD that is like permanent to it and I'm looking to try to expand my storage to make my laptop useful again
I put all the parts in the build in the description, but here is the link:
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What is that green thing on the ssd, just noticing that I don't have 1 of those in the laptop so I cant install it
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making sure mate... that green bit attached between your ssd and the board come with the caddy and you just removed it from the caddy right?
Correct. You can use the caddy, I just didn't There wasn't a good way to secure it. Some caddies have a tab with a hole that will allow it to be screwed into place, but the one I bought didn't have that.
These videos are seriously helpful and informative for this model of computer. Many people reference and link to your videos for help. Thank you for putting the time in to figure out these solutions and sharing.
By the way, is the CPU removable/soldered? I know this question was asked in a different way, but I can't find a straight answer anywhere. I have the opportunity to get this laptop plus a 128GB SSD/1TB HDD and a 8GB stick for about ~$240. A CPU upgrade would turn this laptop into a force to be reckoned with if I had the chance.
The CPU is soldered, and cannot be removed without major work/cost.
hi can you link to me where i can buy the adapter showed at 6:30, because i can find only the caddy box of CD-ROM but i'm searching for something like yours adapter
Thanks @AlCvideo
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Do you recommend this computer? I'm looking for a windows machine to do certain tasks I can't on my mac
Absolutely. It is a great computer for the money.
For some reason the laptop flickers on/off. I think its the way the ssd is connected, its like it keeps getting disconnected and then re-connects.
How is it secured? I used velcro dots and it held really well.
Hi is there any risk of electrocution involved with the dissasembly with the 14" Hp?
Yes, 1.21 gigawatts of power!
@@AICvideo ok thanks
That was a joke... Unplug, remove battery, and there is no power in the system...
@@AICvideo i feel so stupid
Yeah, it's more likely to die from being shocked by you (static electricity).
I noticed that there's not really a big bottom vent for the fan like most fan cooled laptops have. Wonder if I can put this on my lap and not have it overheat.
I do one worse, I just keep it on my bed, while watching movies/tv shows, and it never feels like it ever gets very warm, much less hot, even when running iTunes movies at 1080p.
I wonder if anyone else has run into this problem. I kept the 32gig eMMC installed and added a 128gb ssd. The machine doesn’t boot properly anymore. Prior to the update 1709 attempts, the boot screen would show volume 3 and volume 6. I would simply select volume 6 (ssd) and it would boot fine. Now the auto update runs (doesn’t successfully install 1709) and when it boots, I see a blue recovery screen with options. Yes, I could remove the eMMC card and boot from the ssd but wonder if this can be solved with bcdedit. I tried bootfix to no avail. I can get past the recovery screen by hitting F1 and enter or esc and enter, and it boots into windows.
Update: i just went into the bios and under boot options, only sees the 32gb drive, no ssd. But when I boot windows, the OS boots into ssd (C drive) and it sees the 32gb as the D drive. Boy something’s horked up. I might need to do a clean install.
mine is hp notebook 14-aq001tu is it possible to upgrade its ram and hdd to ssd?
I don't know.
hey do you think it would be possible to put a 2.5 HDD in there? I think velco wouldn't be enough, maybe glue it down or duct tape it?
I'm not going to validate this with a response...
I was looking at an upgraded version of this laptop for a couple weeks for my parents. I had been planning to do the 8GB RAM thing with 1 stick of 4GB but Windows 10 is bad about RAM usage. Is the 16 GB build recommended over 8GBs? At some point the AMD processor will be the bottleneck.
I'm appreciating the SSD and the carrier card links. That looks like a great deal for local storage. I'm going with a NAS for bulk storage.
But all of this will bump it into the 330 range. I'm wondering if that is worth it. With 8GBs of RAM it's only ~$270 range.
I had 16 gigs, and downgraded to 8. 8gig of memory is more than enough for this laptop. Its what I recommend, and I would not bother spending more than that on it.
HP 14-ac159nr Can you tell me How to upgrade to SSD
Is it recommended to buy the Crucial 16GB or just keep the one in the laptop?
If you use my amazon partnerlink, the 16gb for sure! J/K. I personally feel that 8 gigs is the right amount. Unless you do a lot of things that use a lot of memory, but not CPU, like excel spread sheets. I've had 16 gigs/12 gigs/ and 8 gigs in it, and I did not notice any difference between them in day to day use (mostly web browsing, remote console, and email work).
this may have been asked before, but what's the name of that adapter that connects the SSD to the port for an optical drive?
There is no name for it. you have to buy one of these: amzn.to/2ip2bOW. take it apart and inside is the green adaptor.
Thank you, really helped me get an idea how to go about it. Is it the same for a 14-ac108tu laptop, is the one I have.... Thanks again, great job. happy holidays.
Is it really only single channel? I see so many people upgrading it to 8gb by buying another 4gb ram
Yes, but you still get a performance boost by going from 4 gigs to 8 gigs. At least I sure noticed a difference in performance. but its confirmed by cpuz that it is single channel regardless of the number of dimm slots used.
Thanks for quick reply, so if I throw another 4gb of ram in there it doesn't recognize it as having 8gb but it's not just sitting there being unused? Another guy took out his 4gb completely and just put an 8gb in. Thanks for info
Of course it recognizes it. dual channel vs single channel is the speed at which the memory runs. if you have two memory dimms installed that are exactly the same (same speed, size, etc) the memory can run a little faster. that's all dual channel does for you. this computer really isn't fast enough to take advantage of that anyways. I had 2x8 sticks (16gb total) and it recognized all of that memory, but it wasn't any faster with 16 vs 8 gigs, so I have just 8 gigs in it.
AICproductions I see, thanks for the info I was getting the impression that if I just put another four in there it would be wasted, didn't want to spend all the money on an 8 GB when I could just have two fours
Yeah, 8 gigs seems about right, and having 2 4's is the perfect way to do it on this system.
I have an hp 14-an010nr (similar model) do you think that this would work?
Yes, I think so. it looks to be the same laptop, at least the shell looks the same. so I could only assume the internals are similarly laid out.
I have an na model. The only difference is the specs.
Not sure if I'm doing this right but I bought a wb blue 1tb for this same laptop but seem to be having trouble
Ok
AICvideo, so all these people asking about where to get the adapter? i just need to know how long the thing is on the SSD and how long the piece on the PC is because im confused i look at the caddy on amazon and i see it says the SATA piece comes with it but why no any other images? if you are to reply to this after almost 3 years i appreciate the time you take to respond
... its the guts of the caddy. I just took the caddy apart...
@@AICvideo im supprised you replyed ill order the caddy and see what it does for me thank you for your help!!!
no worries. video is old, but I'm still active on my channel.
How much the battery lasts if is given a very "light" use? (say, no youtube videos, no bluetooth, no wifi, etc.)
I'm sure you can stretch it to 8 hours, I was able to average between 3 and 6 hours depending on what I was doing. I never turned off wifi or bluetooth. (they usually don't do much to save battery). but battery saver mode really makes a big difference, and is very effective.
hi, do you think I could use this laptop to make streaming videos via youtube using a camcorder and a video capture card?
I'm not sure I fully understand the setup you're going for? are you streaming games? vlogs? I mean, if you plan on editing videos on it, it will be OK for that. If you plan on gaming? probably not, if nothing else, most games you play have to be turned down to their lowest, or close to lowest settings, and the video wouldn't look good.
Thanks for your response, but the streaming I want to do is meant for live events, not for gaming.... that's why I told you I'm going to use a camcorder.... Now, what do you think?, I'd really appreciate your opinion.
I would look at the minimum requirements for your capture card. I don't have a better answer because I've never done that and I simply don't know how it will perform.
Ok I understand, thanks anyway...Good channel, thaks for making videos related with budget laptops like this... probably I buy it later because its a good value... greetings from Ecuador, keep going making good videos
I installed it a 256GB sad and the computer is not even registering it. Any tip on what I might be doing wrong would be appreciated. Same brand as the one you installed on the video just bigger memory, thanks in advance.
is it not recognizing it in windows? have you gone to disk manager and initialized it?
Whats that green thing called which connects the SSD to laptop...Name?
check the video description.
@@AICvideo Thank you
That's a helpful video. Thanks a lot! But you mentioned there are 14 screws. There are 2 more wide headed screws near the cd drive slot that makes it a total of 16 screws.
14, 16, what ever it is, its a ton. way more than there should be. my dell has 1 screw and my zbook 14 has a latch to remove the bottom plate.
The SSD is SATA III but the adapter is type 2. Will that cause issue with speed?
+TheMelloMan no, at least not significantly.
Hello, I don’t know if you can help me but I need help. I cloned the contents of my old drive to my new drive but it cloned the entire thing. I should have 90 GB left over but it says the same amount as my old drive. My old one had the total of 29.1 GB and my new one had 119 GB but after the cloning process both drives read at 29.1 GB as the total. In the program I used to clone it shows everything cloned over except the new drive had an empty space reading “90” GB or so. Can you please help me?
You have to expand the drive in disk manager.
AICvideo whenever I go to disk management to attempt to expand the unallocated space of 90 GB I right click it but it only shows the “New Simple Volume” (I believe it’s called) option.
You probably have small partitions, download a third party partitioning app to move them to the end of the drive.
AICvideo alright, any recommendations for a software?
I just always google it. I use them so seldomly that the one I used previously doesn’t work anymore, and I have to try a new one. And I’ve gotten to the point I just install from scratch anymore.
Do you know what kind of port that is right by the RAM card?
Also, did that stock storage device say M.2.0 or M2.0? I might end ep tearing this down to get a personal look at everything, but I use it a lot.
+Nasty Butter no, it's an emmc drive, connected by a ribbon cable. Not sure which port you are talking about.
I know it's eMMC. But it says M2.0 or it says M.2.0 on it. I can't see if there is a period between the M and the 2.
The other port I asked about I realized is probably just the battery interface lol
I have a Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO M.2 that I am trying to find something to use it on instead of just collecting dust. I already have this laptop. I'm just wondering if I can use it in there.
as far as I'm aware, this laptop does not have an M.2 slot anywhere on the system board.
what is the part which connects your SSD to the port on the board-the green adapter! also if you can please include the link to purchase it.
Thank you
It's in the video description
AICvideo I tried catching it but am not clear .
In the description of the video... Under the title...
Thanks for this. You said it won't take 16gb, will it take an extra 4gb ram stick?
It does take 16gb, I just felt it was overkill, so yes it will take a 2nd 4gb stick.
What is the piece connected to the SSD? The green Part?
check the 30000000 other comments, where I've answered this question multiple times.
Can I continue to boot from the mmc32gb instead of the new drive? I have not yet done the upgrade, but the laptop wants me to upgrade windows and I ran out of space. What should I do? Keep booting from the 32 or install windows 10 all over to the new SSD? I would love to make things as simple as possible. Thanks.
Personally? I would clone the emmc drive over to the SSD (then expand the storage) and format the emmc storage. The new SSD will be twice as fast as the emmc, and you won't have to deal with windows 10 not upgrading. Personally I always go for a clean install, but if you have stuff already installed and configured, a clone gets you set up quickly.
@@AICvideo Thanks for the response. Is making a bootable usb drive the same as having a copy of windows 10 on a usb drive and if so, how big of a thumb drive should I buy in order to have an external copy of window 10 on a flash drive? I guess the reason I wanted to keep the 32gb active, would be as a way to keep a copy of windows 10 in a partition directly on the pc. What do you suggest?
I mean, you do you. You asked what I would do. You can format the emmc and still use it as a 2nd drive. (that's what I did, put my music library on there). If you install the OS on both drives, then you have to select each time which drive you boot from, and that can get old after a while. you can use the 32 gig drive for just windows, but you'll always running into issues space wise for updates and such.
as far as installing windows, you just need a windows bootable USB drive, if you google "windows media creation tool" you can find windows free utility to make a windows 10 bootable USB drive. You need an 8 gig drive for it. I personally carry one of these: amzn.to/2Q3IqOm It's small, metal, and the loop is perfect to go on my house keys. I made it a windows bootable drive, but also keep other folders on there with common software I install on computers, some music, videos, etc. I use it all the time.
AICvideo Thanks again for all the info. Finally got everything I need to upgrade it. Decided to with the SP 480 gb hard drive👍🏼
@@lt5550 Nice! Good luck, hopefully you have no issues.
Hello, I have already installed a 500 GB HDD thanks to your video, buy a caddy and install it, now I have another problem, I would like to change the SDD for another HDD of 1 TB, my question is if in the space of 32 that They bring them normally I could put an HDD ?? Thank you!!!
If I understand your question, No. you cannot put a 2nd drive in to replace the 32 gig drive.
Where did you get the green connector for the hard drive to the laptop?
Links are in the video description
Hello I went to amazon for the hard drive and the dont have it on stock anymore any other place i can get it and thanks
amzn.to/2IQQTNO - caddy, amzn.to/2pC2x6o ssd
I have a question.. Can I install a regular 500gb Laptop hard drive instead of an SSD drive.. Because I did and its giving me a ACPI bios error (bluescreen most of the time) or is it possible the memory chip I upgraded which was another 4gb and the same exact one might be faulty.. Any ideas..
was the hard drive new or used? if used it might be bad. Otherwise I would reset the bios to factory settings, and then I would put everything back to factory specs, and start over, and upgrade just one thing at a time. see if that fixes it. Might need to reinstall windows.
Thanks.. Hard drive was used but was working in another pc and formatted.. But this was a brand new laptop I installed the hard drive and memory before I did the initial windows setup that comes built in with the new PC.. I had already installed everything updated drivers, updated bios every single thing when I started noticing the problem.. Im going to flash the bios again and also reset it after as per your advice and see if that helps maybe also a windows repair before I go and try a full windows install.. But my biggest question is would it matter being a regular laptop hard drive as apposed to an SSD I didnt think it would.. O I did keep the Operating system on the 32 gig drive it comes with which now after updates has only about 8 gigs left and am using the 500gb to install the programs and also made it the default save drive for data.. Also I already did a windows memory test and it came back with no issues.. Any ideas..
I have an update for you.. First of all thank you very much for your help.. Well I flashed the bios again and it seemed to still be happening so I set the bios to its defaults which I never modified I figured it adjusted memory and the hard drive by itself as all new computers do.. And that seems to have fixed the problem.. I have shutdown and restarted over 10 times and it has not given me any errors which before it would give it to me 95% of the time.. I also went ahead and did a windows repair and it did its thing.. But it seems like defaulting the bios fixed the problem like you said I have no idea why but it did.. I cant thank you enough..
Think I might have spoken to soon.. It still does it every so often but no where near what it used to.. Any ideas
I have never personally had this issue, so I cannot say for sure what the issue will be. but I googled it, and yeah, I would remove the storage drive and memory that you added. That error shows up as a driver issue, or a bad piece of hardware issue.
Quick question, with the second hard drive, can I install windows on it and have the computer boot to the second hard drive and bypass the 32gig all together? thanks
Yup, that's what I did. I just installed a fresh copy of windows from USB to the SSD, and deleted the drive on 32 gig drive, and then set the ssd as the boot device in windows
Cool thanks alot :)
Hello, could i install a single Crucial 16GB Single DDR3L 204-Pin SODIMM Memory in that laptop , would it work? thank you in advance.....
The largest I tried was an 8 gig dimm (x2), since I don't have a 16 gig dimm. so I cannot say either way. If you had a 16 gig dimm laying around you can try it, but I wouldn't spend the extra money on it. I felt no performance difference between 8 and 16 gigs.
I installed a new SSD (opened the PC and connected it) but it isn't recognized in the Disk Management or Marium Reflect. (I couldn't figure out how to check to if BIOS recognized it.) I checked and all drivers are up to date. Did you have to do anything to get the PC to recognize the new drive? If not, do you have any idea as to what I might be able to do? Thank you in advance. Your video is really helpful.
So the new SSD appeared in the Disk Management without doing anything? (I cannot initialize it because it doesn't appear in the Disk Management.)
Hey, did you ever figure this out?
I am having the same issue.
Thanks.
Yes, it was the connection between the SSD and caddy. I thought the SSD was all the way in, but it wasn't.
Hey thanks for the video, I'm having issues with this computer for lack of memory. My question to you is, adding the SSD will help solved the problem with the lack of internal memory?
Are you having a lack of memory or storage? Add ram for memory, SSD for storage
@@AICvideo , thank for replying so fast. I used the computer for college and now my kids used it for school work. I'm sorry, my son said the message that comes promts to free storage. I'll get the SSD from your link.
Sounds good 👍. Just wanted to make sure you got the right thing.
@@AICvideo , another question about the ram memory. Since you said it runs only on single mode, there's no way to increase it at all? Is the card that comes with the computer fixed or can I remove it and use another one with more capacity?
single channel mode vs dual (or quad channel) only means that if your CPU supports it, you will get slightly faster speeds in certain workloads if you have matching memory in the correct slots. and it has nothing to do with how much memory you can upgrade the system with. This system has two slots, you can load it up with 32 gigs of ram, but if you want just 8 gigs you will get the same performance if you have 2 dimms of 4gigs or 1 dimm of 8 gigs
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HI..Where did you find the hard drive caddy?
Check the video description
So, where did you get that green thing that connects the SSD with the SATA connection to the motherboard? Is that something that came with the caddy?
+g68unit I took apart the caddy and that is the controller board of the caddy. So I just used it.
Cool thanks. I just got that caddy, I could have gotten a cable that would have done the same thing, but I didn't want to risk it not working, and I know that this works, so I just went for it.
Can you upgrade hp x360 stream 11 emmc model.
You have to solder 12 pin female clip on header on motherboard to attach ssd ribbon clip.
I know, I bought some and promptly lost them.
And I have not had a stream x360 in for review.
If you found any in future do update.
Thanks
Hello, and Thanks for the informative video! I'm clicking on your links for the Kingston SSD & High Rock hard drive caddy. Can you select any of the sizes? 120G /240G/ 480G/ 960G for the SSD? are they all the same with the connectors I wanted to get the 240 for my notebook. I feel It's very reasonable price. I've already Installed a stick of ram.I already have windows 10.. just can't update now. I feel If I can do this with your parts that hopefully fit and work with my HP Notebook 14-an012nr ,I'll be good. hopefully I hear from yah when you have a chance... Thank you.
yeah, you can use any SSD, same connector, and windows can recognize any size.
@@AICvideo Thank you again AIC ! I'll get back to you after I turn It into a real Laptop!
Now It's a Real Laptop /PC!!!!!!!! AIC !!!! 240G! not no little 32g. how ridiculous, HP. thanks HP for All the connectors so I can at least upgrade to Almost Limitless storage! 1 & YES I WON !!!!!!! TKO !!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
AS THE GREEN PART IS CALLED, WHAT TYPE OF ENTRY DOES IT HAVE?
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Yes
AICvideo, you mentioned this is part of a SERIES of videos on this laptop - to make this simpler for some of us, can you add links to additional videos in the description next time, to make it easier for us to track back to those other videos and watch them as well?
For anyone still watching in Phoenix AZ who wants one of those 8gb ram modules for free HMU. Thought I could pull 16 gb on this and bought one 8gb too many.
Thanks for the video. I have two sticks of 4gb ram in mine running in single channel mode. What benefits would I see using a single 8gb stick instead?
None
@@AICvideo Thanks!
What is the green adapter from the hard drive to the computer called?
I’ve answered this at least a dozen times, and it’s linked in the description of the video.
What do u call that thing green like sata connecting the ssd and the mobo
One of these: amzn.to/2rYJAf8
Thanks for The video! It helped!
Would you be able to help me to find it in UK Market? This item exactly is unavailable in amazon.co.uk
I have to spare NVMe Evo 960. Can't figure out, how to connect it.
It's not even about the speed. I understund, i won't be able to get it to full potential.
Just to get it in there....
hi where i can buy the ssd adapter i can find it... please send me the link
Enter this line in your browser or in the Amazon search bar (that's where I bought it) and you should find the exact caddy: "HIGHROCK Hard Drive Caddy Tray 9.5mm Universal SATA 2nd HDD HD SSD Enclosure Hard Drive Caddy Case Tray, for 9.5mm Laptop CD / DVD-ROM Optical Bay Drive Slot (for SSD and HDD)"
How did you get the board off -- the one i bought was riveted to the case and just snapped when i tried to remove it
I meant the board on the highrock HD caddy
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Where did you get the hard drive in it I dont have one in mine ;-; please link
Check the video description for links
@@AICvideo do I need that because mine says no hard drive found do I need to buy the hard drive?
What size screw driver?
Can you provide a link for the adadpter from the ssd hard to the motherboard? I didn't see it anywhere on your great video.
Check the video description.
@@AICvideo Ok, so the green "thingee is in that package included. Thanks!
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but as a noob. Here it goes. If I was able to clone my 32gb hard drive which was built in to the syatem, wouldnt windows 10 be already installed on the clone or do I have to reinstall it again? I watched your bios video on this laptop and matched everything, but for some reason when I boot from the ssd It keeps taking me to computer repair screen and simply will not boot up to windows. The worst part is that already formatted the 32gb internal emmc memory😞 All I keep getting is automatic repair screen on start up. Other than the SSD all I installed was an extra 4gb ram card in the upper slot which bumped me up to 8gb ram. Any help would be appreciated🙏
Without looking at it, not sure how much help I can be. What did you use to clone the drive over? It might be a bad clone? I always either use macrium reflect to clone, or just do a fresh install from a boot USB.
@@AICvideo I used AOMEI to Clone...I'm thinking of removing the drive and connecting to my main pc and running CCleaner or some other Hard Drive cleaning tool. I did make a bootable drive woth AOMEI, but will have to figure out how to do a fresh i stall from the boot disk if worst comes to worst. Thanks again for helping. I would hate to wipe and start from a new install, but if that is what it takes....Oh well🙏
google "windows media creation tool" on another computer, download and create a windows bootable USB drive. boot on that and run the repair utility. I would try that first.
@@AICvideo will do.