HP 14-cf0500sa SSD and RAM Upgrade Guide 

Superb Video! My wife has a very similar model and chassis design. Her's had a very noisy CPU fan for months. I could never figure out where the rest of the screws were to take the back off. Who'd've thought they would be hidden under the rubber strips? Once I got the back cover off a little compressed air is all it took to blow a wad of dust from the fan. When all was sorted and back together the fan purred. Job done. Cheers!

Fantastic stuff. You could really expand your channel with what current retail models yield best bang per buck performance with these simple upgrades! Thanks for the value-add here!

Brilliant! Straight forward and to the point. Thanks.

Thanks. Helped me with upgrade from 4GB RAM to 16 GB especially thanks for information about two different styled RAM slots for my two 8GB slots. Worked like a charm. Cheers 😊

My fiance just got a similar computer and was very disappointed with how laggy it felt. She wanted to return it, but I told her I would look at it. So I deleted some bloatware, changed some registry settings and it felt a little better. I then looked at how much RAM it had, and i couldnt believe, a laptop on 2020 having only 4 gigs! Anyway, i opened up one of my laptops and took an 8 gig stick to put in hers. I was shocked to find only one slot for RAM. Anyway, took the 4 gig stick out, put the 8 gig stick in. The extra 4 gigs made all the difference. It now is a lot snappier, a lot less laggy. This laptop is a good size for her, with the SSD, and the screen is really vibrant and battery life is decent, she should be happy for a while either this laptop.

Thanks man, now I know how to replace the battery

Excellent stuff - really well presented and easy to follow

This worked beautifully for the 14-dk0028wm, which is the Ryzen 3 3200U variant. Identical motherboard, other than the AMD vs Intel thing. All I did was add a second stick of Crucial 4gb RAM. Later on, I'll swap to a larger NVME drive, and possibly track down the components to add a 2.5" hard drive or SSD.

Great video, thanks. strangely I have the exact same model, but the battery screws were slightly different, two at the top and two at the bottom. Where your had a screw in the bottom middle, mine located under a small retainer bracket. But it did not detract from the job which is fully successfull. I have a photo but can't upload it here.

I don't like removing feet unless I must, that glue holding them can lose its stickiness if messed with too much. My 17 inch has a couple under a label and two one under two feet (each).

Fantastic! 4gb is now 12gb ram ♥️

Excellent video and very helpful for me. Thank you so much friend. You have a new subscriber 👍🏻

Fantastic! Just what I needed...

absolutely amazing and easy to follow! but can you follow up with a video showing off the difference? if that is not possible i understand.

What a fantastic tutorial! Thank you! I am about to purchse the 4GB HP 4-dk0599sa from Currys. My question is, will this be a similar process for this machine? They look similar on the outside I think.

Where did you get the pry tool and the ram for the computer??

Great video. I followed it exactly and it works perfectly!!! Thank you so much!!

I got a hp 14-cf2112wm and I don’t think I saw a removable ssd in there last time I was in there to take a peek in there I’ll look more closely when the ram I ordered for it shows up there was like a plastic thing or whatever covering most of the motherboard so it could be under it but idk for sure

13 thumbs down I see we have Julius Caesar fans in the house. Just what i needed to know. Thanks Brue.

Hay where the cmos battery at? Im trying to change mine and pulled out everything. For the life of me i cant find it...

Thanks for the help, this video was needed. :D

What about the dk0599sa How much ram, has it got 2 slot and what MHz?

Thanks man it helped alot.

Perfect thank you

Do you need to keep the rubber strips, and how do you avoid them getting dust on them if you take them off

Thank you sir, very useful video!

Thanks for the great video! Would there have been a downside to leaving the original 4GB RAM in there along with the new 8GB?

Is the OS and programs stored not on the SSD?

Sooo helpful I have the HP 14- dq0011dx can I add another stick of ram?

I have the exact same laptop and I'm going to be installing both 8gb ram sticks tmrw. Excellent vid, will update on how the installation goes for me update: laptop could only do one ram stick so I got a 1x16 and it functions 4x better

You don't really have to remove the battery and you could have left the original ram for more ram. Do you know what model has the Sata cable?

can you use it with 12GB of ram?

Perfect, thanks

gonna try it out dude

This is a great tutorial. Thank you.. Question: I have a HP 14-dk0028wm laptop. is there a way to add a Video Card (GPU) - External is OK, but I understand that a Thunderbolt 3 connection is required and I don't know if this laptop is compatible with that. Also is ip possible to upgrade the CPU to a faster, more powerful CPU perhaps a quad core? Id like to do some occasional video editing, and don't want to invest big $$ into a dedicated laptop for that, just yet.

Excellent video, the one I am using is hp laptop model 14-cf1000ne and it has only Hard Drive of 1TB and need to be replaced with SDD of same capacity. would you advise me what type ( model no.) of SSD appropriate for my laptop.

Thank you

Very useful.... thanks 👌🏾

hello, i was trying to get my ssd out of the computer but when i opened it, it was not there? and i am sure i do not have a hard drive, i saw the ssd slot, it clearly said on it SSD and i was wondering what might of happend to it or where it is in the pc then? Cheers!

GREAT tutorial, thank you!

Hi, nice vid. I ordered the parts from this and compatible RAM for my own laptop recently. (14-ck0520sa). I'd like to ask, do you recall which size/type of screwdriver you used for the bottom screws on the back? I'd rather prevent screw stripping so it would be a huge help. It looks like the construction is basically identical.

Hey man! Thanks for the detailed video of the laptop, i have the same laptop board as you "HP 14-cf0012dx". Im planning to add an extra ram in the empty slot. But just have one question. The extra ram module I have is DDR3, would i be still able to add it despite the original slot is DDR4?

can you upgrade the cpu on this laptop?

I know that you probably won't reply, but will it wipe all my data? What about the windows installation? I'm pretty sure the SSD has everything.

Mine is hp 14-df0023cl, i3-8130u can i upgrade ram and can i add hardisk or ssd sata 2,5 inch?

What do you think: HP 14s-cf2050tu has the same structure of the motherboard? Is it possible to upgrade its memory and storage?

Great video! Quick question, does anyone knows if Amazon sells any bracket to place an HDD in this laptop and the specific SATA cable needed?

Thank you so much

What is the name (or type) of the cable needed to connect to the SSD drive?

I just got a brand new Stream 14 with the AMD A4-9120C processor and 4GB memory and a measly 64gig eMMC drive. What's the max memory upgrade I can do and also what size drive can I swap in? It's a work laptop, so I don't mind spending a little to upgrade it.

Will an M key M.2 SSD work in the slot or does it have to be a B+M key? It looks like an M key slot to me but I've only seen B+M drives installed in it. (14-cf0008ca for reference) Thanks, great video!

Hello, I have HP laptop 14-cf0018ca, laptop with i5-8250U cpu, currently it has 8 gb RAM, how much more (max) ram I should add on second slot? (I mean 16 gb or 8 gb)?

please make video hp 14-ck0155tu laptop ssd port PCIe or sata

Thanks for this video. But where can we get the battery?

Please please please I bought the hdd upgrade kit can you please make a video of how to put in the damn ribbon

is this also applicable to this model HP Laptop 14s-cf1xxx? 1. Can i upgrade this to 16 or 32gb RAM? 2. Can i upgrade this to 1tb M.2 SSD? Thanks

I use a HP Laptop 14-cf2187nia...can upgrade from a 4gb ram to 8gb?

Nice job - thnx 4 sharing

Hello, i need to replace a hp 14-ck0007la keyboard, do you have any video about that? thank you

you should show what to do to your computer aftusjble to ter u are done ...do u have to run a full install or are u are able to just turn it on and start working

Hi I've tried googling the maximum RAM i can upgrade into my HP 14-cm0506sa some results have said 8gb and some said 16gb, so i am wondering which one is actually correct And also what the maximum SSD upgrade is

Can you take out the ssd in a HP 14-com0605sa model without breaking the laptop?

I opened my lap top and I found out that only one stick of ram can go in

I know nothing about upgrades or laptops but this guide makes it look really easy. I'm wondering how I could find out if I could do this with a 14-DF0018WM it's storage is 64GB eMMC and 4GB Memory² and also is there any way I can flash a different BIOS menu because the one on it doesn't have options for overclocking but my CPU it's a Celeron N4000 which should be overclockable any help would be much appreciated thank you.

Tried this now my laptop fan not working. How to fix?

I have the same model but 8gb ram and 512 ssd will any problem occur if I change my ram to 16 gb?

Can i use SATA 3 2.5" SSD for this latop??

I'm upgrading a HP Stream 14 cb012dx with F.61 Bios. I already up graded the RAM but there's only 64GB storage. Will a PCIe SSD work with the bios on this platform? Thanks

i bought the HP 15s-fq1505na 15.6" Laptop from currys last week and decided to upgrade from 4 gig of ram to 8gig. when i took the back off i had 2 ram modules one with the 4 gig but when i tried to install another 4 gig in the empty slot the module pins were soldered down so i couldn't install it. why would hp do this? i'm really dissapointed, i cant run ram in duel channel mode, maybe it's a faulty board. should i complain to hp and tell them i have a faulty ram slot? is this a common practice with some makes of laptop?

I have a laptop like this and want to add an ssd where the older 2.5 hdd was but i do not have the sata 3? Ribbon wire? I need to do it. Can you tell me exactly what its called or link it please?

Hi, you know a lot about laptops but I recently got this for my sister and it seems to be when she grabs the laptop by the bottom right corner it seems to freeze and lock up the laptop and then it forces a reboot is there a bad underlying issue with it??

for HP 14s fq1032au is it the same sir?

If you upgrade the Ram and Ssd will you also have to reformat windows 10?

Is there any video on backing up the new SSD with OS before switching to the newPCIe NVME SSD. I have the 2019 HP 14-dq1033cl

hi thank you so much for the video! BUT will upgrading RAM helps increase FPS in GAMES?

Should have left the 4Gb RAM module in the 2nd slot. Would have given the system a total of 12Gb which is better than 8Gb.

Can I do this for the HP 14-cf2504sa version laptop?

great job! thanks!

I have a question did u have to buy windows 10 or does it install windows back on there when u did the hard drive swap

Why should we disconnect the battery 1st?

So mines is miss a ram slot like it’s not sorded in please help

my hp laptop has cd player do i have to remove t first ?

Nice video, I have a HP 14 cm1025la, it has a m2 slot but I dont know what tipe or max store it can handle. Please help...!

What's the difference between this one and the model cb0xx? I swear, it's been a challenge chasing my model down so I can be sure what ram I can upgrade to or if it's even possible. Probably gonna have to dive in and have a look myself but thought I'd ask to save some time. Any tips are appreciated 😊

Why you remove the battery?

would this video help with me with a HP 14-cm0065st? (new computer geek)

Then what? I've installed upto this point and don't know what to do next

hola! buen dia, yo tengo una laptop hp 14-ck0009la y tiene puerto igual M2, lo que quiero saber que tipo de SDD le puso a su laptop si es: NVME O M2 ??

So is there a place for an extra ssd

Hello the hp laptop 14-bp0xx doesn’t have a hdd or ssd. I have I think optane memory. Can I change it to a new one.

I bought a HP Stream 14" Laptop (AMD A4-9125 Dual-Core, 4GB RAM, Windows 10, Snowflake, 2019 model) 14-dk0030ca, I would like to do max update for ram, is it 16gig DDR4 RAM or 32gig DDR4 RAM or 64gig DDR4 RAM? How far can the system go for a maximum update? Thanks Robert

is that really need to remove battery?

I have pretty much the same laptop the hp14cf2503sa. Changed my ram to the 8gb but I dont understand why you removed the battery if it wasnt turned on anyway???

I have a HP 14-df0053od will this work for me ? I was going to order the exact parts you ordered

Why is it that in the description your talking about a completely different model?

I replaced my ram very easy. I am looking for sdd for HP Laptop 14 bk000 series. Can you please recommend any shop for sdd?

is it possible to install chrome os on this model ??

Hi Brue and thank you for the video it helped me upgrade my new 14-DK0002DX from 4 gb to 12gb out of the box with ease. I was wondering if you could help point me in the right direction. I'd like to upgrade the hd which is a m.2 as in the video from 128gb to a 500gb drive, but im getting conflicting information online was looking at the wd blue 3D nand 500gb or the cruicial mx500 3d nand as their site says it will work in my pc. But i see so many claim that i have to use nvme or pcie or sata and the terms are confusing me, and so are others opinions. Having the laptop model number can you give me any idea if these drives would work in my pc, or tell me what i should be looking for. Thank you!

Does this work on a HP STREAM 14? Because I want to upgrade the processor, the memory, and the SSD.

Hi! Can you put a Nvme ssd?