Difficulty

Easy

Steps

8

Time Required

                          5 - 10 minutes

Sections

1

  • Hard Drive/SSD
  • 8 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Unlock Battery
  • On the underside of the device, slide the battery lock on the right-hand side towards the right.
  • Slide the lock on the left-hand side to the left and hold it there.

On the underside of the device, slide the battery lock on the right-hand side towards the right.

Slide the lock on the left-hand side to the left and hold it there.

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Step 2

              Remove battery.
  • Keeping the left and right locks disengaged, pull the battery outwards in the direction of the screen hinge.

Keeping the left and right locks disengaged, pull the battery outwards in the direction of the screen hinge.

Step 3

              Remove cover
  • Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver (or comparatively small screwdriver), remove both screws from the drive/ram bay cover.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver (or comparatively small screwdriver), remove both screws from the drive/ram bay cover.

Step 4

              Remove cover (cont.)
  • Pull downwards on the cover- this may require a fair amount of force.

Pull downwards on the cover- this may require a fair amount of force.

Step 5

              Unscrew drive cage
  • Using the same screwdriver from before, unscrew each of the 4 screws holding the drive cage in place.
  • Take care not to drop the screws inside the machine, as this could damage components.

Using the same screwdriver from before, unscrew each of the 4 screws holding the drive cage in place.

Take care not to drop the screws inside the machine, as this could damage components.

Step 6

              Remove drive cage
  • Slide the drive cage to the left to disconnect the drive from the device.

Slide the drive cage to the left to disconnect the drive from the device.

Step 7

              Remove drive cage (cont.)
  • Using the black pull tab, pull the drive cage up and out of the device.

Using the black pull tab, pull the drive cage up and out of the device.

Step 8

              Remove drive from cage
  • Using the same screwdriver from earlier, unscrew the 4 screws holding the drive in the cage
  • Slide the drive out of the cage

Using the same screwdriver from earlier, unscrew the 4 screws holding the drive in the cage

Slide the drive out of the cage

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. Take care to insert the drive into the drive cage in the correct orientation, so the pins on the drive line up with the connector on the device.

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