5 months old SSD hot at 63º average and only 78% health

[Caring1]

I did initially suggest that; Great minds think alike....

But then I edited it out of my reply; On closer inspection though, it looks like OP's laptop model has a common motherboard used for different chassis and his particular variant is too slim to include an optical bay. To make matters worse, HP have filled in the void left behind by no optical drive with a plastic grid to stop the keyboard from flexing into the void behind the motherboard.

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(couldn't find the exact teardown, but that's a screencap from an HP 15-db0039ns which is likely just a spec/colour variant of OP's HP 15-db0045ns model)

Ok, I just assumed the pic OP posted (copied below) showed an optical drive above the space where the hard drive normally sits or at least it shows the mini sata connector for one.

 

[Chrispy_]

Ok, I just assumed the pic OP posted (copied below) showed an optical drive above the space where the hard drive normally sits or at least it shows the mini sata connector for one.

Yeah, that's exactly what I thought when I first replied. Turns out that's not an optical drive, it's the bottom of the keyboard.

Honestly not 100% sure but if we optimistically assume the 2.5" bay is 9.5mm tall instead of 7mm tall, you can see it's still rammed between the plastic of the palm rest and what looks to be a very thin 1mm blue foam spacer on the plastic back shell. so, internal space under the wrist rest is maybe 11mm. I'm not sure if there's room for a 9.5mm optical bay converter and the keyboard assembly - especially since the keyboard is likely to recessed back from the wrist rest a bit too to avoid interference with the screen when the lid closes.

 

[newtekie1]

But then I edited it out of my reply on a hunch, as I was wondering whether a laptop with folding RJ45 jack would have room for a DVD drive. it looks like OP's laptop model has a common motherboard used for different chassis and his particular variant is too slim to include an optical bay. To make matters worse, HP have filled in the void left behind by no optical drive with a plastic grid to stop the keyboard from flexing into the void behind the motherboard.

Holy shit. So they removed the optical drive, but left the connector for it. But left room for a 2.5" SATA drive, but removed the connector for that. Wow, I knew HP had gotten bad, but this is just braindead bullshit.

 

[dorsetknob]

Cannot for the life of me Remember which laptop i scrapped this came out of

 

[qwak]

Ohh, the one time in a while i don't read through everything! I don't know the specs, but probably better than my own laptop! Haha.. Damn.. I should probably go look, but i'm tinkering with a kettle (yep, a kettle.. 4 months old and defective (not mine)! That's 'Blaupunkt' for you..)

Edit: Okay, he was still ripped off HP, i quite like.. But my ASUS Transformer convertible tablet thing about keeps up i think, some i7 5500U and 840M GT (eww) but at least i have a 1080p screen! Got it kinda cheap and ended up with one of those optical drive converters for it, plus the external subwoofer accessory! Bang and Olufsen (Philips..) speakers.. 250GB and 480GB SSDs, both SATA.. Does its job though! Use it for mobile music playback so it tends to get rattled by lots of bass..can't really use a mechanical in that situation just a shame its ASUS, really! Haha xD

Lol, no, I wasn't ripped at all, I love this laptop, it's super light and super fast, the CPU AMD Ryzen 2500U is faster than my previous Intel i5 and it has 12GB RAM, so, I love it, the price in Amazon new was 600€ and I got it used for 380€ and everything works and it has not even a scratch, it's only the high temperature of the SSD which seems to be in normal range, so I got a good deal I think.

Ouch, If your room is 37ºC then you have my condolences,

Lol, thank you very much. I guess our summer heat is like the rain or fog or cold or darkness in the northern countries, you never get used to it. 37º is almost average in July in Madrid but it gets up to 42º sometimes. However, the big problem has become air conditioning everywhere, they put it so cold that you get sick every summer. Here at home I have "only" 30º with all shutters closed and in the fresh part of the house.

 

[Caring1]

Obvious solution if you don't have soldering skills to fit the SSD connector is to buy a larger NVMe drive with a larger cache.
Your 256GB drive is the bare minimum I would have installed, preferably a 1TB drive.
Most will come with a heatsink strip attached as the label to aid in cooling.