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Hard drives can become damaged or faulty over time, or can just have too little memory or be too slow. follow this guide to replace your hard drive.
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On the back panel of the device, remove the four (4) M2.5xL6 screws at the top of the photo using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
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Unscrew the three (3) screws at the bottom of the photo using a T5 Torx screwdriver.
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To remove the back cover, use the black spudger to lift up on the edges of the cover.
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Use a suction cup to assist in lifting the back cover
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Use the Philips #0 screwdriver to remove six (6) M2.0x3.2 screws from battery.
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Using the Philips #0 screwdriver, remove the final screw from the battery connected to the SSD storage unit.
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Lift and pull the front of the battery up and out (away from the connector) to remove.
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Use the tweezers to lift up the retaining flap on the cable connector.
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Pull out the ribbon cable from the connector.
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Use the spudger to lift the hard drive from the cutout.
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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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Followed guide to remove HDD from 15m-bq121dx model. Steps were identical. Took more force than I expected to remove bottom cover and to get the HDD out.