How to open HP EliteBook 865 G9 – disassembly and upgrade options

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From: Nikolay Palaozov 12 November 2022 / 04:00 0

The disassembling process of the HP EliteBook 865 G9 is easy. We will show you how to open this laptop if you want to upgrade it or clean the internals.

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HP EliteBook 865 G9

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
VideoCard: AMD Radeon 680M
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD

$1799^.00

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1. Remove the bottom plate

You just have to undo 5 captive Phillips-head screws. After that, you can pry the bottom panel starting from the top of the plate.

Speaking of the bottom plate, it’s made of aluminum and it has two thermal pads for additional cooling for the Wi-Fi module and the WWAN card.

2. Remove the battery

Here, we have a 51.3Wh battery unit. It lasts 14 hours and 15 minutes of either Web browsing or video playback. To remove it, you have to unscrew four Phillips-head screws, and then unplug the battery connector from the motherboard.

3. Upgrade memory and storage

The memory slots are protected by a metal shroud. There are two SODIMMs and the maximum possible memory configuration is 64GB of DDR5 RAM in quad-channel mode. The NVMe is protected by a metal shroud as well. You can rely on a single M.2 PCIe x4 slot, compatible with Gen 3 and Gen 4 SSDs. The NVMe cooling looks great because there are two thermal pads placed on both sides of the SSD.