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There is a weird issue with the second M.2 SSD coming out of an Omen laptop.

There is a weird issue with the second M.2 SSD coming out of an Omen laptop.

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Pafikos
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08-21-2026, 12:30 PM
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I have been having a weird problem with my 2023 Omen 16 gaming laptop. It had a lot of space in the second drive slot when I opened it up to put in a new hard disk. That worked fine for about five or six months. Then, after that, I took out the battery just because I needed to fix something with my touchpad (which is another story). But then what happened was, even though I wanted to get the drive working, I also couldn't use it in the second slot. The problem isn't showing up in the BIOS at all, and neither does it show up in Windows Disk Management. I tried a few things: formatting, repartitioning the drive using another PC, still doesn't show up. I used a different hard disk, reseated the contacts, swapped the drives back and forth between slots, and cleaned them out. Even if you just put a single drive into the second slot without anything else connected, the laptop won't even start or post anything at all. I didn't touch any other parts inside the laptop, so I don't think I broke it myself. My best guess is that something in the BIOS settings got reset when I turned off and on again, which changed things negatively for me. Since HP's built-in BIOS tools are limited to normal users, checking this option might be impossible right now. Do advanced modes exist for my model? I don't think so. I am not ready to return the product yet because I need it every single day anyway. Plus, I will probably just buy a bigger SSD soon and put it in the first slot instead of the second one. But I still want to know what happened or try to find a fix!
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Pafikos
08-21-2026, 12:30 PM #1

I have been having a weird problem with my 2023 Omen 16 gaming laptop. It had a lot of space in the second drive slot when I opened it up to put in a new hard disk. That worked fine for about five or six months. Then, after that, I took out the battery just because I needed to fix something with my touchpad (which is another story). But then what happened was, even though I wanted to get the drive working, I also couldn't use it in the second slot. The problem isn't showing up in the BIOS at all, and neither does it show up in Windows Disk Management. I tried a few things: formatting, repartitioning the drive using another PC, still doesn't show up. I used a different hard disk, reseated the contacts, swapped the drives back and forth between slots, and cleaned them out. Even if you just put a single drive into the second slot without anything else connected, the laptop won't even start or post anything at all. I didn't touch any other parts inside the laptop, so I don't think I broke it myself. My best guess is that something in the BIOS settings got reset when I turned off and on again, which changed things negatively for me. Since HP's built-in BIOS tools are limited to normal users, checking this option might be impossible right now. Do advanced modes exist for my model? I don't think so. I am not ready to return the product yet because I need it every single day anyway. Plus, I will probably just buy a bigger SSD soon and put it in the first slot instead of the second one. But I still want to know what happened or try to find a fix!

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MarissaGames
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08-21-2026, 02:00 PM
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Hey there, new person here! Did you look around to see if your computer needs a BIOS update? Also, could you tell me which brand and model you have for that fast storage disk?
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MarissaGames
08-21-2026, 02:00 PM #2

Hey there, new person here! Did you look around to see if your computer needs a BIOS update? Also, could you tell me which brand and model you have for that fast storage disk?

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ostenvelez
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08-29-2026, 03:48 AM
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Yeah it's the newest version of the BIOS update given with HP software. The NVMe drive I used last before my issue was this one: https://www.amazon.it/Sabrent-Interno-Ro...B07MTQTNVR But I also tried this other one: https://www.amazon.it/Samsung-MZ-V7S1T0B...B07MBQPQ62 And I guess we can list the included drive that I briefly moved to the second slot, which I think was about 1TB from WD. None of them were recognized by the BIOS or Windows in any way.
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ostenvelez
08-29-2026, 03:48 AM #3

Yeah it's the newest version of the BIOS update given with HP software. The NVMe drive I used last before my issue was this one: https://www.amazon.it/Sabrent-Interno-Ro...B07MTQTNVR But I also tried this other one: https://www.amazon.it/Samsung-MZ-V7S1T0B...B07MBQPQ62 And I guess we can list the included drive that I briefly moved to the second slot, which I think was about 1TB from WD. None of them were recognized by the BIOS or Windows in any way.