Got a used HP Probook laptop. Just needs a new drive. HP specs say it has an m.2 2280 slot. So that’s what I ordered. Guess I needed to look closer.
edit: Thanks for all the info, guys. Different types of keys are explained here. Gonna have to look for a sketchy no-name brand.
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You should definitely cut the edge and then jam it in there and see what happens.
Name checks out.
Well incompetentboob, let me tell you. You will short and blow the voltage supply on the motherboard and take that port out of service.
Trying to figure out what’s wrong with the picture, I counted the pins.
But yeah, I guess it’s too wide to fit. Cool :')
The dremel school of IT support
B key vs M key. Laptop likely needs a SATA M.2 using B or B+M keying, you have a PCIe x4 drive with M keying.
M.2 is a form factor, there are different "key"ings for NVME vs SATA M.2
Why do they hate us so?
Electric rocks were a mistake, return to goat herding.
Reading up on HP ProBooks and it seems like they primarily use M2 SATA.EDIT: Wow, trying to find in-depth tech specs on HP laptops is horrible. I know less now than when I started looking.
Story of my past couple months. There are five different products named “g4 dock”, four of which are newer than the G5 dock.
The OLD g4 dock, and then 120W/280W Thunderbolt variants that are either TAA approved or not. One of these four has a 2.5GB Intel NIC. Good luck figuring out which one because they merged the specsheet for all four of them.
The trick with HP anything is to look for the quickspec . It’s stupidly the most detailed doc they produce
This is why I avoid HP laptops (as well as Asus) like plagues.
I avoid HP laptops
… by listening to your physiotherapist and avoiding laptops altogether? Score!
laptops are not real, they can’t hurt me
I agree, but it was free.
Because they love to change the URLs of their website every year. For an old product everything a search engine gives you is an error 404.
You need the service manual, and in the service manual there’s all the detailed specs and variants and exact product numbers of supported components
Because they love to change the URLs of their website every year.
One of the universal truths is that a drunk sailor with a fistful of money could simply not buy anything on the HP site before he sobered up. That site is the hallmark of super-bad site design, and always has been.
I know the feeling. I logged into HP hoping to look up the serial number. All it would tell me is that the warranty is expired.
possily running into b vs m key situation. if you have a laptop that was made during the transition period of sata based m.2 to pci-e based ones, knowing which key you needed is important.
What’s wrong with it?
Look at the right side of the photo. The pins don’t line up and the plastic extends longer than the slot opening.
One pin too many, the slot is not wide enough.
Whoa I had no idea about this. Just put an m2 nvme in my refurbished 2017 HP elitedesk and didn’t even know to check for sata vs nvme. I thought they were all nvme.
There were only really a few years where m.2 sata was relevant.
Nowadays the only time I buy an m.2 sata drive is to put into some sort of adapter.
here.
That link gave me a migraine, I swear.
Please look at the following picture
I’m confused, that looks like an m.2 slot, and it’s not like it could really be anything else. Msata is a dead standard and looks quite different. The slot would be too wide.
The difference in keys is explained here.
Huh, never knew this, guess I lucked out that I bought a correct M2 for my PC.
That indeed looks like an M.2
What is so infuriating about that?
It doesn’t fit
Turns out there are different types of M.2 keys.
