HP Pavilion 15-ck000 Disassembly and RAM, SSD, and HDD upgrade options

Although the Pavilion 15 features a single fan design, it is fortunately large enough to ensure adequate airflow. With HP CoolSense, you can automatically adjust your PC’s performance and fan speed to ensure a comfortable experience.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 cooling fan

After removing the fan, you can see that the palm rest is also designed with the air inlet to ensure adequate intake air volume.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 fan

Although the cooling module has only one copper tube covering the CPU and GPU at the same time, the copper tube has a larger cross-section area and shorter length, which can ensure excellent thermal efficiency.HP Pavilion 15-ck000 heat sink

After removing the cooling module, you can see Intel’s eighth-generation i5-8250U processor.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 i5-8250U processor

Here is the NVIDIA GeForce MX150 TDP25W graphics card. The two black cubes above are two 1GB memory chips. The performance of this MX150 discrete graphics has significantly surpassed the GeForce 940MX.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 GeForce MX150 TDP25W graphics cards

The two memory slots on the motherboard are limited by the space inside the Ultrabook body, resulting in the memory having to be integrated into the motherboard, but the large 15-inch body does not have this problem.

HP Pavilion 15-ck000 ram slots

In front of the motherboard, you can see two memory slots occupying a lot of board space.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 motherboard

HP Pavilion 15-ck000 motherboard

After removing the motherboard, you can clearly see the distribution of the two speakers. The connection between the two speakers is neatly fastened by a snap.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 speaker

The speakers are relatively bulky and provide good hardware support for B&O sound.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 speaker

There is a large piece of insulating paper on the back of the keyboard to protect the motherboard from contacting metal and affecting stability.
HP Pavilion 15-ck000 palm rest

HP Pavilion 15-ck000 internal picture
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8 comments

  1. 1. Hi, but can I know if the Killer Wi-Fi 1550 will work properly on this laptop?

    2. Does the laptop really support PCIE NVME M.2 SSD? A seller told me it doesn’t support PCIE.

    1. Also, what Wi-Fi card does the HP Pavilion 15-ck063tx use?

  2. Also, can I know if the Wi-Fi card can be upgraded to an Intel 9260NGW?

    1. Does it support M.2 PCIe SSD Gen3 x4?

  3. How to open the above laptop? Which screwdriver is required?

  4. Is there a CMOS battery on this motherboard?

  5. I will replace the screen because it is broken. Can I switch it to a touchscreen? What type is used?

    1. David Tian

      Yes, but you need to buy a display cable that supports a touchscreen.

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