Operation Manual

Hard drive

Removing hard drive

1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.

2 Remove the:

a base cover

b battery

3 Disconnect the battery cable and remove the battery from the system board.

4 To remove the hard drive:

a Disconnect the hard drive cable from the connector on the system board [1].

NOTE: The system default conguration is HDD. The laptop is either shipped with HDD or

SDD.

b Remove the M2x5 screws (4) that secure the hard drive to the system [2].

c Lift the hard drive away from the system [3].

Installing hard drive

1 Insert the hard drive into the slot on the system.

2 Replace the screws to secure the hard drive to the system.

3 Replace the hard drive cable.

4 Replace the screws to secure the hard drive assembly to the system.

5 Connect the hard drive cable to the connector on the system board.

6 If you have not removed the battery, you must connect the battery cable to the system board.

7 Install the :

Removing and installing components