Difficulty

Easy

Steps

6

Time Required

                          30 seconds

Sections

2

  • Back Cover
  • 4 steps
  • Solid State Drive
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover
  • Place the device on a flat surface faced down so that the fan vents are at the top of the device.

Place the device on a flat surface faced down so that the fan vents are at the top of the device.

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Step 2

  • Unscrew the eighteen 6 mm PH0 Phillips head screws from the back of the device.

Unscrew the eighteen 6 mm PH0 Phillips head screws from the back of the device.

Step 3

  • Use a plastic opening tool to pry open the back cover around the edges of the device.
  • Be careful not to crack or break the back cover of the device.
  • You will have to adjust the position of the device to pry it open along all the edges.

Use a plastic opening tool to pry open the back cover around the edges of the device.

Be careful not to crack or break the back cover of the device.

You will have to adjust the position of the device to pry it open along all the edges.

Step 4

  • Stand the device up with the hinges on top and carefully pull apart the back cover from the device.

Stand the device up with the hinges on top and carefully pull apart the back cover from the device.

Step 5

              Solid State Drive
  • The Solid State Drive is the blue chip locate right beneath the fan.
  • Unscrew the 3 mm PH00 Phillips head screw located on the left side of the SSD.

The Solid State Drive is the blue chip locate right beneath the fan.

Unscrew the 3 mm PH00 Phillips head screw located on the left side of the SSD.

Step 6

  • Grab the top and bottom edges of the SSD and carefully pull it out from the motherboard.

Grab the top and bottom edges of the SSD and carefully pull it out from the motherboard.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Helios Bajammin - Jul 20, 2021

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Mine has a positive and neutral wire moving away from the SSD, and removing the chip entirely hasn’t impeded operation whatsoever despite me doing it to force developer mode.