Inside Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga - disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

From: LaptopMedia Team 25 April 2016 / 08:27 | 13

Just like its sibling, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga offers fairly easy access to the most commonly upgraded hardware as well as easy maintenance. You just need to have the appropriate screw and be a little careful when detaching the bottom plate.

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1. Removing the bottom

As we already stated, you will need just a screw to remove all the bolts but before you do anything, make sure you’ve popped out the stylus pen as well.

As you can see on the photos, you will gain access to most of the hardware without any hassle.

2. Storage options

Just like other high-end slim convertibles, the X1 Yoga offers only an M.2 SSD standard. This device supports 2280 stick with NVMe controller and the slot uses an M-edge key connector meaning you can either use an M-edge drive or one with a B&M key. The slot is located right next to the cooling fan.

3. Other hardware

The Wi-Fi module is also located right next to the fan, near the upper left corner, next to the screen hinge. The device uses an Intel 8269NGW WLAN by Intel supporting 2×2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1

The convertible also offers a fairly big battery rated at 52Wh.

4. Cooling system

Well, the cooling system features a simple design with good enough cooling fan to keep the notebook running under heavy load without any signs of thermal throttling.

To find more about the notebook, go read our full extensive review.

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Namita Bansal

8 years ago

Hello – thank you for some very useful information. Just a quick question please: does that mean that this particular model (ThinkPad X1 Yoga) could be upgraded from an m.2 SSD to a PCIe SSD?

David Liao

8 years ago

Is the battery glued into the computer, or is it easy to unscrew/remove/replace?

Rossen Pandev

8 years ago

Reply to David Liao

No, you can easily remove it. Just unscrew.

David Liao

8 years ago

Reply to Rossen Pandev

Thank you.

Aram

8 years ago

do you know where is the Bios battery? and is it removable?

Peter Nguyen

7 years ago

Is the trackpad easily accessible and replaceable after removal of battery?

Stema

7 years ago

Useful information! By the way, do you have any idea about how the body chassis (some called it a, b, c, d body shell?) can be replaced? Grateful if you could consider making a tutorial on this / sharing some more information with us. Thank you 🙂