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Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

To access the internals, first, you have to undo four Phillips-head screws. Unfortunately, you also have to peel the two rubber feet to undo the other six hidden screws. After that, flip the laptop and start prying the front, and then work your way around the sides with a thin plastic tool. Turn over the machine once again to pry the backside. With that out of the way, you can lift the panel away from the chassis.

Here’s how the bottom plate looks on the inside.

The battery is a 41Wh variant. Its connector is built-in and you need to undo the four Phillips-head screws that are keeping the unit in place. When that is done, you can remove the battery. It lasts for 7 hours and 9 minutes of Web browsing or 6 hours and 40 minutes of video playback.

Memory-wise, you get two SODIMMs that fit up to 32GB of DDR4-3200 MHz RAM in dual-channel mode.

For storage, there is a single M.2 slot compatible with 2280 Gen 3 SSDs as well as a 2.5-inch drive bay for HDDs or regular SATA SSDs.

The cooling has a single fan, a long heat pipe, one large top-mounted heat sink, and a heat spreader.

Author: Nikolay Palaozov

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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