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HP ZBook 15 SSD Cache Replacement

What you need

  1. HP ZBook 15 SSD Cache Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 2 HP ZBook 15 SSD Cache Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 2 of 2
    • Flip the laptop over.

    • Slide the lever with the battery symbol beside it firmly until the battery pops out.

    • Remove the battery from the laptop.

  2. HP ZBook 15 SSD Cache Replacement, Back Cover: step 2, image 1 of 1
    • Slide the right lever firmly to the right.

    • Slide the cover towards yourself to remove it.

  3. HP ZBook 15 SSD Cache Replacement, SSD Cache: step 3, image 1 of 2 HP ZBook 15 SSD Cache Replacement, SSD Cache: step 3, image 2 of 2
    • Remove the two 3 mm screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

    • Remove the Solid State Cache by pulling the module up and out.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Does it create a seprate volume drive by inserting the mSata SSD to install Operating System on it?

Reza Sajedi - Reply

Remember, this machine is from 2013, a time when SSDs were still hella expensive! That’s why the mSATA drive is refered to as a “cache” drive: they were so small they were only good for that. A stock, untouched Zbook g1/g2 might still come with a small (32GB) mSATA SSD configured as cache in the OS.

That doesn’t mean you can’t use the mSATA drive as your main OS drive, and that’s what I’ve been doing for years without a hint of trouble. You can easily find a high capacity mSATA SSD and put your OS and I/O-intensive programs on it. The Zbook will purr along nicely.

Luis Alejandro Araúz - Reply

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