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Fixed dead URL for USB/SATA adapter device acquisition in next to last bullet point under step four above.

Checking if feasible……. from the HP documentation page, which I can hardly believe an five year old link I setup under the device page on ifixit.com STILL WORKS!!!!!

product documentation

From manual above on page 1….

Memory One SODIMM memory module slot Dual-channel memory support DDR3L-1600 MHz Dual Channel support DDR3-1333 MHz support (DDR3L-1600 downgraded to DDR3-1333) Supports up to 4 GB of system RAM in the following configurations: ● 4096 MB total system memory (4096 MB × 1) ● 2048 MB total system memory (2048 MB × 1)

So the answer to your question is there is no benefit/downside unless you are trying to get your device to an inoperable state (I am assuming since I’ve not actually tried).

Thanks for the info. I have added a comment below the first bullet point in next step. Does it just fail silently or does it provide some sort of error message?

Heißluftgebläse … 404

Removed dead link on "8mb” (orange bullet point).

Marvell Avastar 88W8782U link is 404

Apparently content no longer supported by vendor

You are welcome! How about some reputation love? See the big blue button above? Also sorry about dropping the ball on the wiki markup. I have fixed my earlier omission on that front by surrounding the command to cut/paste in the step 3 bullet points by surrounding them with wiki markup tags and removing the useless quotes I had tried earlier.

I looked up the model number of that unit on google and found the dimension for thickness of that drive is 9.5mm so..... no it won't fit.

I just checked my original guide and I gave the thickness of my upgrade drive as 7mm NOT 10mm. If any drive you are considering is thicker than 7mm you can forget it because it won't fit in the chromebooks thin drive compartment.

That link is to a SSHD not an SSD. A SSHD is still a rotating magnetic media drive. As such it will drain your battery even faster than the stock drive does. It also doesn't give any dimensions for the device. I am not sure if all 2.5" drives have the same dimension in the thickness (smallest) of the three dimensions. I believe the SSD I used was 10mm thick. If you can find the dimension specs and it is similar it will work but you may find your battery life of your chromebook suffers to some extent. If you just want a little more storage the SD card slot is an much easier way to get more storage.