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Here is the guide to help you locate the Hard Drive to begin the replacement. Tools you will need to remove the screws is a PH0 sized Phillips screwdriver, anti-static wrist strap, and a metal spudger.
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Flip the laptop over on its front, so that the back is facing up.
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Unscrew the twelve 19.05 mm PH#0 screws.
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At the left front corner of the laptop, under the intel sticker, press the sharp end of a metal spudger between the keyboard and the back cover to pry it apart.
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Put on an anti-static wrist strap and connect the metal clip at the other end to any piece of metal you can identify on the laptop.
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Locate the big silver aluminum square on the left side of the back of the laptop. This is the hard drive to the computer.
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Remove the two 12.7 mm PH#0 screws.
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Lift and disconnect right flap of the white ribbon that runs across the hard Drive.
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Detach the cable that is located right where you disconnected the ribbon.
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Remove the Hard Drive
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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What do I do if there isn’t a hard drive in there? It says it has a 36GB SSD eMMC Form Factor internal storage, but the HDD rack/mount is empty.
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Okay………………after I perform the above steps, what happens? Power up and all is well? How much “HDD” space do I then have? There is no parts list. Will I need some sort of external drive? When I finish this, I would like to have at least 80G of storage space. More if possible. Please reply to <<n4ctf@hotmail.com>> Thanks to all
Opened the computer and found all of the above. I have a 500Gb SSD purchased from Crucial Memory. There is no way to connect this SSD as it stands now. Do I need to purchase some kind of adapter? Is there a connector to be soldered to the mother board? I upgraded the RAM to 8Gb. TREMENDOUS improvement. Even tried installing apps/programs to an external drive. It all worked OK but not that much of an increase in internal storage. I don’t need a bunch of statements. I need a solution or direct me to where I can obtain a fix. Thanks
For the unlucky users (like me) with the eMMC version, you can install a SATA drive only if you solder the missing components on the motherboard and buy the missing SATA cable. I found this article where they successfully added a HD, with the parts list. Only 4 capacitors and a connector is missing, but they are SMD ones, good soldering skills needed.