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    HP Elitebook Folio G1 (SSD upgrade + photos)

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by Dark_, Sep 30, 2016.

  1. Dark_

    Dark_ Notebook Consultant

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    My office recently provided me with an HP Elitebook Folio G1--

    Specs:
    • Intel M7-6Y75
    • 8GB LPDDR3
    • 12.5 inch LED FHD UWVA
    • 240GB M2 SATA-3 MLC Solid-State Drive


    First impressions:
    • Impressive build quality and materials
    • Peppy performance with standard business apps (office/web/streaming)
    • Great keyboard, lots of feedback, stable keys, never hot
    • Battery life is mediocre (~6 hours 70% brightness + wifi) but great for this form factor IMO
    • Super slim

    I wanted to increase the storage and potentially speed it up even though it never felt slow but I didn't want to drop a power hungry and high temp 950 pro in it. I decided to try the Intel 600P 512GB because it's NVME with reasonable IOPS and very affordable. Not a huge fan of TLC but only time will tell on how it holds up.

    Tools needed:
    • Torx T-5
    • Small Philips screw driver
    Steps:
    • Shutdown the system
    • Remove the bottom plate by unscrewing the 8 torx screws
    • Remove the philips screw securing the SSD
    • Remove the SSD
    • Install the new SSD
    • Replace the philips screw
    • Replace the bottom plate
    • Replace the 8 torx screws

    Nothing special, nothing difficult, and worth the upgrade.

    Folio innards.jpg Folio SSD.JPG
     
    Dark_, Sep 30, 2016
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  2. joeyl

    joeyl Notebook Geek

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    I have the same laptop, how did the upgrade go? any improvement on speed and battery life. I'm shocked this laptop is not more popular btw
     
    joeyl, Dec 2, 2016
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    bbuchtaleck Newbie

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    Hi,
    do NVME-SSD really work in this notebook? I just want to be sure before I open it up.

    Regards
     
    bbuchtaleck, Jan 21, 2017
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  4. Dark_

    Dark_ Notebook Consultant

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    No noticeable change in battery life. Installation and configuration was extremely simple. Definitely agree with you on the popularity, this model is certainly my favorite ultrabook.

    Yup, the Intel 600p that I upgraded to is NVME.
     
    Dark_, Jan 22, 2017
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  5. cognus

    cognus Notebook Deity

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    is this notebook still alive and kicking? find very few notes about it here, amazon, anywhere. have questions if anyone owns
     
    cognus, Aug 31, 2017
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