[SOLVED] M2 NVMe SSD in this laptop's SSD slot

[captaincuda]

I have an HP ProBook 440 G4, and I have bought a Samsung 970 Evo Plus SSD.

All the pins correctly align but there a notch on my laptop's SSD port thats restricting the insertion.

Is my machine not supportive of this hardware?
(Attaching an Image)

P.s- My friends with same laptop have successfully installed an M2 SATA 2280 SSD in their laptops.


Here's how the Samsung SSD looks-

Help me out please.

 

[rgd1101]

https://support.hp.com/my-en/document/c05273730
from the spec, look like it only support sata type m.2 not the pcie like the 970 evo.

 

[captaincuda]

https://support.hp.com/my-en/document/c05273730
from the spec, look like it only support sata type m.2 not the pcie like the 970 evo.

Hi.

Thanks but,

I checked out the HP page before ordering , accd to which ->

Mini card solid state drives¹​

M.2 (NGFF) 2280 solid state drive 128 GB SATA-3 Value solid state drive 256 GB SATA-3 Value solid state drive​

And samsung's is also M.2 2280, given on their website
here


:/

 

[rgd1101]

Hi.

Thanks but,

I checked out the HP page before ordering , accd to which ->

Mini card solid state drives¹​

M.2 (NGFF) 2280 solid state drive 128 GB SATA-3 Value solid state drive 256 GB SATA-3 Value solid state drive​

And samsung's is also M.2 2280, given on their website
here


:/

and what about NGFF?

 

[captaincuda]

and what about NGFF?

That i'm uninformed about.

 

[rgd1101]

That i'm uninformed about.

Like I said before 970 evo(Pcie/Nvme) is not compatible with SATA type m.2