expired Posted by dealhunter07 • Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022 7:26 PM
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expired Posted by dealhunter07 • Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022 7:26 PM
HP Laptop (Refurb): i5-1155G7, 17.3" FHD IPS, 12GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 2-Yr Warranty
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There's an empty M.2 slot, which can accept a 2280 form factor "gumstick" NVME SSD (but not a SATA M.2). Spend $40 more to get one & make it as the system drive. It will greatly improve the performance of this laptop.
The 1TB "old" HDD could be kept and used as media storage…
<attachment>HDD in green square...M.2 in red circle
AND: This is a 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake processor, so you will probably need this also.
No drives were found during Windows Installation during Setup
[thewindowsclub.com]
Unable to Detect the Drive When Installing a New Windows* OS on 11th Gen Platforms [intel.com]
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I've tried fresh install of both windows 10 and 11 as well as the drivers without success. Finally gave up and started a return. Liked everything else except regular hdd which is an easy fix so not too happy about spending all this time troubleshooting then returning it.
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L92724-005 Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 802.11ax (2x2) and Bluetooth 5 (non-vPro) [newegg.com]
L44796–005 Realtek 802.11 b/g/n/a/ac (2x2) MU-MIMO supported and Bluetooth 5 [newegg.com]
M34029-005 Realtek Wi-Fi 6 RTL8852AE-VT + Bluetooth 5.2 [ebay.com] *
If the Good Lord wanted you to only have one antenna he wouldn't let Newegg sell you two [newegg.com], now would he?
There are conflicting reports about whether the motherboard in this system has a whitelist that only allows certain networking cards to work. For best results always use parts with an HP part number (ie "M34029-005" not just "Realtek RTL8852AE-VT" without the HP part #)
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What would be the major differences between this HP and the one at Best Buy ? (link below)
https://slickdeals.net/f/15937366-hp-laptop-intel-core-i5-1135g7-17-3-1080p-ips-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-i...
Trying to figure out which is a better laptop, don't mind spending $100 more or less. Best machine under $500
You'll probably want more ram and new network card with either choice. Some users complained about the speed of their wi-fi. My bluetooth mouse worked fine until I tried to use the laptop in my office. There were too many bluetooth devices in range so it wouldn't even attempt to connect to my mouse! Moving it to my bedroom solved the problem, but how much control do you have over the number of bluetooth devices in range once you leave your house?
First step, installing the nVME drive.
For anyone that wants to clone windows for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wml2Pf
My recommendation is to just add the NVME and clone windows to it and leave the 1tb for storage, if you are worried about the 1tb using extra power then i understand, try to open the laptop carefully with no damage for warranty purposes. From ebay there's 2yr warranty, i don't know how much of a pain Allstate is but nice to be included.
If your system is slow use task manager to check disk usage, if it shows 100% then change/add hard drive.
My wifi is fine especially for normal use but you can swap the antenna, remember these are "refurbished" if you swap the drive and it still performs poorly just return it and don't stress it.
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For anyone that wants to clone windows for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wml2Pf
My recommendation is to just add the NVME and clone windows to it and leave the 1tb for storage, if you are worried about the 1tb using extra power then i understand, try to open the laptop carefully with no damage for warranty purposes. From ebay there's 2yr warranty, i don't know how much of a pain Allstate is but nice to be included.
If your system is slow use task manager to check disk usage, if it shows 100% then change/add hard drive.
My wifi is fine especially for normal use but you can swap the antenna, remember these are "refurbished" if you swap the drive and it still performs poorly just return it and don't stress it.
I figured that I would add an NVMe and upgrade the RAM.
First thing to be aware of is that this thing is an absolute BEAR to open, There are (4) screws visible and another 6/7 hidden under the rubber strips(just pull the strips off to reveal the screws)...they stick back on properly
Then you have to remove the bottom.... BIG FUN. ...I used a couple of old credit cards and a broad butterknife and worked my way around the perimeter ....I thought that I would snap the cover into pieces given the amount of force that I had to use, but it was successful with no damage.
With the cover removed , upgrading the RAM was straight forward.
Installing the NVMe was another matter. There is a slot for the NVMe drive , but it is not clearly labelled and it is a weird location.(look for it, you will find it).
Snapped the cover back on , fired the machine up and cloned the HDD to the NVMe using Macrium Reflect. Both drives appear in the device manager....so far, so good.
Shut the machine down and re-booted into the BIOS to change the boot order and BIOS does not show the NVMe drive .
Seems that HP BIOS(which sucks) is configured in such a way that the machine will boot ONLY to the HDD.
After poking around in several forums it appears that the easiest solution is to disconnect the HDD and boot into legacy mode in the BIOS in order for the machine to 'SEE' the NVMe dive.
I am not looking forward to ripping the back cover off of this thing again.
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