Upgrade HP Stream 14-CB116

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If you are here you searched the internet and found a whole lot of nothing on upgrading this laptop, and most of what you found said that it can't be done, well that is wrong, it can be done! These laptops out-of-the-box are generally not very good, the operating system takes up most of your RAM and hard drive space, and installing even a few apps will max out your hard drive and give poor performance, so we are going to bump up those numbers to give you a fairly decent laptop for about $100 (give or take current prices and tax).

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**** IF YOU HAVE A MODEL THAT IS NOT THE 14-CB116 THIS MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU, BUT, PLEASE CHECK THE PINNED COMMENT FOR A POSSIBLE WORKAROUND FOR OTHER MODELS. ****

Confirmed working models:
14-CB116
14-DS0004NF
14-AX005NA (see pinned post)
**If you tried this mod on a model not listed and it worked let me know I'll add it to the list!**

So here are the steps in a nutshell:

1. Update bios to F.16 Rev A (Super important, won't work without it, newer versions will work too the F16 was what was available at the time of making this video)
2. Remove old ram and install old ram (You can go up to 16 gb, I just went with 8 on this budget)
3. Remove WAN/WLAN Card
4. Install SSD and M.2 A+E Adapter (You can go bigger than 250gb, once again, budget, see the ** below it’s important!)
5. Install the Nano Wifi USB Adapter (This is a really cheap adapter, it works decently though)
6. Re-Install Windows*** (Your other hardware will retain your activation, neat!)
7. Partition the old eMMc hard drive (Use the extra space for other things!)

Total process should take about 45 minutes to an hour, please make sure to insulate the SSD part of the adapter as shown in the video or it just won't work right, it's very important.

Here is my parts list (outside of the adapter you can go bigger/better with any of these):

1. 8GB 2400mhz DDR4 SO-DIMM https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XPWJJPL
2a. M.2 (NGFF) nVME SSD to M2 A-Key https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KX7Z2J9
2b. Sintech version if 2a is not available
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DZF1W55
2c. eBay Sintech version if 2b is not available
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sintech-M-2-NGFF-nVME-SSD-to-M2-A-E-Key-wifi-port-with-20cm-Cable-/223030383891?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
3. ADATA Swordfish 250GB SSD NVMe https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08971ZJQQ
4. TP-Link Nano AC600 USB Wifi Adapter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PB1X4CN

**MAKE SURE that your adapter and ssd has enough room to not be pressed on by the case, pressure on the adapter/ssd will cause it to not seat correctly and give really low read/write speeds or BSODs, I used 4 washers on the rear screws (superglued to the case not the frame) and put in some plastic spacers with 3M black/red double sided tape under the battery spacers on the frame, I also removed the battery clip points on the case next to the battery spacers like that one nub we cut off. Pictures are as follows:

https://ibb.co/xLRT535
https://ibb.co/wBVDQQ8
https://ibb.co/ZXjW3kG

*** Heres the link to creating a windows installation USB, scroll down to "download tool now" and make sure you have decent size USB (16gb should be fine)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Видео Upgrade HP Stream 14-CB116 канала Ivan Popov