How to replace or upgrade to a Solid state Drive in a HP Pavilion Model 15- n212tx most model 15's are the same. This video shows how to get to the HDD, to reassemble do the reverse.
Excellent! Thanks very much.... I can't believe what a mission it is to replace the HDD in these laptops, your video was invaluable in getting the thing apart...
Oh for the days when all laptops had back panels making for easy HDD, RAM access. Clearly these bastards do not want you to fix their laptops... grrrrrrrrr
Whoever owns those magic hands, this fantastic tutorial video did the trick for me. A couple extra screw, but exact same interior layout. This helped me remove my old Toshiba 1TB hard drive that was suffering with a ‘short DTS’ error and replaced it with a 1TB SSHD. Thank you sssssoooo much. Liked and Sub’d 😁👍🏽
If you only want to take out the keyboard there is one screw to remove under the RAM door marked with a keyboard sign. Use a thin screwdriver to push out the keyboard where the screw was and don't worry the tip of the screwdriver is pushing against the screw boss. Then grab the edge of the portion of displaced keyboard to un-clip the rest of it. No need to prise it out using a thin blade.
Thank you! I would have not found some of this groose if it work for this video. Some of this cruise I encountered felt like they were put in with power tools and needed a lot of work to unscrew them but I found them all and was able to successfully get to the hard drive of this laptop. This video was a game changer for me I was not sure how to approach this project and this just walked me right through it step-by-step. Thank you again!
Bro prying the front panel (around the keyboard) was the hardest thing ever. It was stuck on something so I couldn't take it all off, so I had to wiggle the hard drive out. Then those ribbon cables are so finicky that I had to reopen everything 3 times to get all them to get plugged in...
Just upgraded a collegue's laptop with more RAM and swapped out the HDD for a 500GB Crucial SSD - went off without a hitch and this video was invaluable (even if it was a bit disconcerting having to - in my case - use a Swiss Army Knife flat-blade to pop off the keyboard!)
Hi. I've followed your guide step by step and now the disk is working just fine. However, I got in trouble with my laptop's keyboard. It's not working :/ And that thing which holds the flat down seems pretty weak. It detached as I move it
hi bro i find your video very helpful, i have the same laptop and could you tell me how to remove the black cable underneath the motherboard (mounting side of fan) connected to the harddisk see its just the opposite side of the cable you removed from the motherboard connected to the harddisk
hey nice job. can you use keyboard and top panel on 15p series? i have only touchpad without mouse button. i want to have touchpad with mouse button. can i use that from 15 n212tx?
Get a laptop with an i7 off eBay with a higher clock speed ~2.9 or DDR4 RAM. Processors are soldered to the board and aren't really replaceable, with locked speeds.
interesting, video. Decided to try replacing the HDD with SSD on an older celeron laptop, I had. Said computer only worked, briefly, after that, and is on its way to a landfill. My first --and last-- attempt to work, on one of those beasts.
for anyone reading this these 3 screws have loctite so are very secure. make sure you use a good screw head that fits well or you will strip them while apply enough force to remove them. I bought a high quality micro screwdriver set from my local hardware store but you can get them online too.
Thanks a bunch for this video. Our standard machines are all Lenovo so I am not familiar with HP machines. Wow what a hassle just to get the harddrive out :)
JAY DESAI just bought 850 pro. Going to get it done at laptop shop.idont think so we would be requiring.will let you know once I get it done. thanks for HP for making it easy..will never buy a HP laptop..
Bullshit HP I will never buy another one but F-U i did replace it and sold the damn thing and got something way better good luck people who have to go thru this BS to replace the damn Hard drive save your money and go with a different brand
All the people talking about how difficult this is shouldn't be opening computers. This is simple laptop repair for professionals, nothing special. Take it to a shop, you'll break it.
Laptops were WAYYYYYY easier to disassemble and fix a few years back before they started making all of them unibody style like Macs. This is the reason why I got out of being a technician actually. Over engineering designs...
Your comment is irrelevant you just said its simple for professionals you shouldn't have to go pay 50-100 dollars for something you should be able to unscrew the back on