How to open HP ZBook Studio G9 – disassembly and upgrade options

Interestingly, you need to pop the middle part of the back foot with a plastic tool to reveal one Torx-head screw. The other four are visible, and after you undo them, you need to pry the bottom panel with the same tool you used for the foot.

2. Remove the battery

Once you’re inside, you’ll need to unplug the battery connector from the motherboard and remove the SSD from the single M.2 PCIe x4 slot, which fits Gen 4 drives. This device comes with an 86Wh battery pack. It lasts for 15 hours of Web browsing, or 13 hours and 30 minutes of video playback. To take out the battery, you need to undo a total of 7 Phillips-head screws.

3. Upgrade memory and storage

Thanks to the two SODIMM slots, the device supports up to 64GB of DDR5 memory, working at 4800MHz.

4. Cooling system

As you can see, the cooling comprises a vapor chamber, which is connected to two heat spreaders. Two fans are then blowing the heat away from the chassis.

Check out all HP ZBook Studio G9 prices and configurations in our Specs System, or read more in our In-Depth review.

HP ZBook Studio G9 in-depth review

The ZBook Studio G9 is something very different from what HP usually does. Some may say that it looks like a MacBook Pro, others that it bares a resemblance to the Dell XPS 15. The facts, however, are that HP has gone out of its shell, and produced a laptop that may become the best of its niche.In our opinion, the reason for that is the hardware. It can be paired with such a wide variety of options, that there might not be two of the same, considering the rather narrow target group of people. It is good to say what this hardware is going to be - the processors come from Intel's 12th Gen H[...]

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Pros

Fantastic build quality
Great input devices
2x SODIMM + 1x M.2 PCIe x4
No PWM (AUOAB9B)
99% sRGB coverage and accurate color representation with our Gaming and Web design profile (AUOAB9B))
Choice of regular, Mac-inspired, and per-key RGB backlit keyboard
2x Thunderbolt 4 + MicroSD card slot
IR face recognition + fingerprint reader
Loud and dynamic speakers
Very effective vapor chamber