Does the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5 Take an NVMe SSD?
Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5
Every one of 177 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:
- Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
- Platform:
- Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub
- Drives seen:
- WDC WD3200BEVT-6, KINGSTON SA400S3, WDC WD3200BEVT-2
Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.
Capacities seen
- 320 GB (41%)
- 480 GB (24%)
- 250 GB (20%)
- 500 GB (15%)
Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.
How we know
This answer is derived from 177 independent hardware reports for the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5, 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.
More Hewlett-Packard laptops
Storage interfaces derived from linuxhw/LsPCI, licensed CC-BY-4.0.