HP OMEN 16 Series Hard Drive Replacement

Written By: James Heo

Comments: 4

HP OMEN 16 Series Hard Drive Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

5 - 10 minutes

Introduction

What is this guide for?

This guide is for replacing and/or upgrading the M.2 NVMe SSD Hard Drive on the HP Omen 16 Series Laptops.

Do I need this repair?

If you have malfunctions and issues with your hard drive or if you are looking to upgrade storage on your laptop, this is the perfect guide for you!

What tools do I need?

The tools that are required to perform this repair are:

Philips Head Screwdriver
A Plastic Card (Can be any plastic card).
One spare M.2 NVMe SSD Hard Drive

*A tool that I may recommend is a compressed gas canister to dust off any particles or dust on your laptop. However, this is not required.

How difficult is this repair?

Replacing and/or upgrading the hard drive on the HP Omen 16 Series Laptops is not very difficult. The estimated completion time of this repair should be around 5 minutes and should take no longer than 10 minutes.

Tools

Step 1

Remove the four 8 mm screws from the back panel of the laptop using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
Remove the four 5 mm screws from the back panel of the laptop using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
Slide a small plastic card between the crevice of the back panel of the laptop and the laptop itself.
Turn the card clockwise until you have a wide gap between the back panel and the laptop. Repeat this step all around the laptop to remove the back panel.
DO NOT insert the card too deep into the laptop, or you may damage or break the components inside the computer. Like the picture, you only need to insert a small corner of the card into the laptop.

Step 2

Locate the hard drive on the right.
Remove the screw fastening the hard drive in place with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Step 3

The SSD will pop up at a 25 or 35-degree angle.
Take the SSD out slowly at an angle. You may need to slightly wiggle the SSD out.

Step 4

Insert the new SSD into the slot at an angle without applying much pressure.
Re-screw the new SSD in with the Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Step 5

Locate the spare hard drive slot on the left side of the laptop.
Remove the screw from the spare hard drive slot, and set it carefully aside for later.
Obtain your new hard drive and insert the hard drive at around a 25 to 35-degree angle, as shown in the image.
Again, insert the hard drive carefully, and do not apply much pressure.

There's a spare hard drive slot?! So I can just add a second drive with a different OS?

Is there a maximum supported amount of SSD storage, (in the same way as you can add RAM sticks but only up to total ram of 32GB max)?

Temp Account -

Yes. There is a spare hard drive slot on this model. I have added a second drive with a different OS before, so you should have no problem doing so.

To answer your second question, I am not sure if there is a maximum supported amount of SSD storage; however, on the manufacturer's website, they have provided SSD storage up to 2 TB(something to keep in mind).

James Heo -

Thank you so much, both for your super quick reply and for writing this guide!

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Step 6

Screw the hard drive securely to the hard drive slot using the screw that was set aside in step 5.

Step 7

Obtain the back panel and push the panel back onto the laptop.
Make sure that the panel is on the laptop completely; this means that you should push down firmly on multiple places so that the cover is securely on the laptop.
Re-screw in the four 8 mm screws with the Phillips #1 screwdriver.
Re-screw in the four 5 mm screws with the Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Author

James Heo

Member since: 25/10/23

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One comment

Take note that different modelnumbers in the 16 series might not have a secondary M.2 slot.
The pictures in the guide seem to be from the 16-k series (2022) while the 16-wd (2023) only has 1 slot according to other sources.

M-Hobbyist - 06/09/24