It’s integrated into the palmest. Since ~2013-15, HP has spotwelded it onto the palmrest on these cost reduced laptops. The Stream fits there, so the answer is going to be yes and no. No you can’t swap it as a module, but you can as a part of the palmrest assembly. It isn’t just these — the entry level Pavilions are usually just as suspect.
Even some of the thin and light business notebooks do it now :-(. The only thing HP hasn’t touched with this design yet is the Zbook series.
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However, HP has a few models on the consumer side which are known to be screwed in where it can be done, but it’s a painful repair since you need to tear the laptop down to the chassis, remove a LOT of screws and then do the same in reverse to reassemble the machine.
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However, HP has a few models on the consumer side which are known to be screwed in where it can be done. That said, the repair is painful with how much work is required to do it.
HP has spotwelded it onto their cheaper consumer laptops since 2013-15, so the answer is usually no unless you buy a business laptop that is known to be safe. The Stream and entry level Pavilions are usually the suspect ones in this regard. They even do it in their thinner business line laptops on some so you need to check, but haven’t fixed it in permanently on the Z series.
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It’s integrated into the palmest. Since ~2013-15, HP has spotwelded it onto the palmrest on these cost reduced laptops. The Stream fits there, so the answer is going to be yes and no. No you can’t swap it as a module, but you can as a part of the palmrest assembly. It isn’t just these — the entry level Pavilions are usually just as suspect.
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Even some of the thin and light business notebooks do it now :-(. The only thing HP hasn’t touched with this design yet is the Zbook series.
However, HP has a few models on the consumer side which are known to be screwed in where it can be done, but it’s a painful repair since you need to tear the laptop down to the chassis, remove a LOT of screws and then do the same in reverse to reassemble the machine.
HP has spotwelded it onto their cheaper consumer laptops since 2014-15, so the answer is usually no unless you buy a business laptop that is known to be safe. The Stream and entry level Pavilions are usually the suspect ones in this regard. They even do it in their thinner business line laptops on some so you need to check, but haven’t fixed it in permanently on the Z series.
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HP has spotwelded it onto their cheaper consumer laptops since 2013-15, so the answer is usually no unless you buy a business laptop that is known to be safe. The Stream and entry level Pavilions are usually the suspect ones in this regard. They even do it in their thinner business line laptops on some so you need to check, but haven’t fixed it in permanently on the Z series.
However, HP has a few models on the consumer side which are known to be screwed in where it can be done, but it’s a painful repair since you need to tear the laptop down to the chassis, remove a LOT of screws and then do the same in reverse to reassemble the machine.
HP has spotwelded it onto their cheaper consumer laptops since 2015, so the answer is usually no unless you buy a business laptop that is known to be safe. The Stream and entry level Pavilions are usually the suspect ones in this regard. They even do it in their thinner business line laptops on some so you need to check, but haven’t fixed it in permanently on the Z series.
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HP has spotwelded it onto their cheaper consumer laptops since 2014-15, so the answer is usually no unless you buy a business laptop that is known to be safe. The Stream and entry level Pavilions are usually the suspect ones in this regard. They even do it in their thinner business line laptops on some so you need to check, but haven’t fixed it in permanently on the Z series.
However, HP has a few models on the consumer side which are known to be screwed in where it can be done, but it’s a painful repair since you need to tear the laptop down to the chassis, remove a LOT of screws and then do the same in reverse to reassemble the machine.
HP has spotwelded it onto their cheaper consumer laptops since 2015, so the answer is usually no unless you buy a business laptop that is known to be safe. The Stream and entry level Pavilions are usually the suspect ones in this regard. They even do it in their thinner business line laptops on some so you need to check, but haven’t fixed it in permanently on the Z series.
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However, HP has a few models known to be screwed in where it can be done, but it’s a painful repair since you need to tear the laptop down to the chassis, remove a LOT of screws and then do the same in reverse to reassemble the machine.
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However, HP has a few models on the consumer side which are known to be screwed in where it can be done, but it’s a painful repair since you need to tear the laptop down to the chassis, remove a LOT of screws and then do the same in reverse to reassemble the machine.
HP has spotwelded it onto their cheaper consumer laptops since 2015, so the answer is usually no unless you buy a business laptop that is known to be safe. The Stream and entry level Pavilions are usually the suspect ones in this regard. They even do it in their thinner business line laptops on some so you need to check, but haven’t fixed it in permanently on the Z series.
However, HP has a few models known to be screwed in where it can be done, but it’s a painful repair since you need to tear the laptop down to the chassis, remove a LOT of screws and then do the same in reverse to reassemble the machine.