Lenovo IdeaPad 330S NVMe Drive Replacement

Scritto Da: Ilia Tocheny
  • Commenti: 9
Lenovo IdeaPad 330S NVMe Drive Replacement

Difficoltà

Moderate

Passi

4

Tempo Necessario

15 - 30 minuti

Introduzione

You may find yourself in need of additional fast storage to feed hungry computer applications such as graphics and video editing tools. If you would like to replace a faulty NVMe drive or one with insufficient capacity, follow this guide.

The battery for this device is not easily accessible and will require opening the device. Before you begin your replacement, be sure to disconnect the laptop from any power source. Additionally, we recommend that you turn off the device wait 5 minutes.

If you live in area rich of Static Electricity please advise using an ESD Strap.

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    • Turn off the device before working on it.

    • Remove the 10 screws as shown in the picture

    • Gently using the tool pry off the bottom case

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    • Using a spudger gently push the plastic connector to the left in order to disconnect the battery.

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    • Remove the 4 screws according this picture

    • Gently pry out the black case.

    Before removing the case, for safety you have to disconnect the battery cable, otherwise you may damage the motherboard when you touch it with the case.

    Gastón Luna -

    This guide at step 2 reminds to disconcert the battery.

    Ilia Tocheny -

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    • Remove the Screw as shown in picture

    • The drive will lift, remove gently the drive.

    • Install the new drive and screw it to the motherboard

Conclusione

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

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7 commenti

Is this machine compatible with both NVMe SSD and SATA SSD on the M2 port? Thank you.

notyourITguy -

This machine is compatible NVMe and Sata drive.

Ilia Tocheny -

mine came with m2 2242 ssd and is reaching its lifespan, can I replace it with m2 2280?

Kaizoku 62 -

Yes you can but before you do this… make sure to backup all data before doing the upgrade. When you will install the new ssd make you sure it is Nvme gen 3 and not gen4.

Samsung 980 is recommended ssd for the upgrade…

Ilia Tocheny -

any reason why I cannot install nvme gen4? its the same price as gen3

isnt it backwards compatible?

Kaizoku 62 -

Yes and no.

It’s backward compatible when the board supports Gen4 and you install Gen3 but what you are talking is called “forward compatibility “ and it is basically don’t exist.

Ilia Tocheny -

I think you are mistaken. Backwards compatibility means the gen4 nvme will still run but limited to the board's supported hardware capability, which is gen3 only. So my gen4 nvme will run at gen3 speeds.

I have since installed a gen4 nvme onto my 330S already and it works fine.

Kaizoku 62 -