Does the Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ60 Take an NVMe SSD?
Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ60
Every one of 163 field reports observed SATA storage rather than NVMe.
That is useful evidence about the reported machines, but it does not prove that every configuration lacks an NVMe slot or that the installed SATA drive is 2.5-inch rather than SATA M.2. Check the service manual, connector, dimensions, and current drive before ordering.
Field reports can’t tell us whether the SATA drive is a 2.5-inch bay or a SATA M.2 slot, nor which M.2 length fits — check the service manual before you buy.
Reported by field data
- Storage controller:
- NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE
- Platform:
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
- Drives seen:
- WDC WD1600BEVT-6, HGST HTS545050A7, ST9160310AS
Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.
Capacities seen
- 250 GB (39%)
- 160 GB (31%)
- 320 GB (25%)
- 500 GB (6%)
Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.
How we know
This answer is derived from 163 independent hardware reports for the Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ60, of which 0% observed an NVMe drive. We read the PCI device list in each report to tell NVMe apart from SATA.
Check it yourself
On Windows, open Task Manager → Performance and click your disk to see its model and type. On Linux, run lsblk -d -o NAME,TRAN,MODEL and read the TRAN column.
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Storage interfaces derived from linuxhw/LsPCI, licensed CC-BY-4.0.