HP Elite x360 1040 G10 review – Transformer with Quiet Fan and Color-Accurate Display

Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

To open this laptop, you have to undo just five captive Phillips-head screws. After that, pop the bottom plate with a thin plastic tool starting from one of the top two corners. Then, fully pry the rear and work your way around the sides and the front.

Our machine has the optional 51Wh battery. The default version is a 38Wh model. To take it out, unplug the connector from the motherboard and undo the four Philips head screws that fix the battery to the base. The capacity is enough for around 14 hours of Web browsing, or 12 hours and 30 minutes of video playback.

Sadly, the memory is soldered. The maximum possible amount of RAM for the series is 32 GB LPDDR5-4800 MHz which sounds future-proof. In terms of storage, there is only one M.2 slot for 2280 Gen 4 SSDs. The WWAN slot for optional LTE or 5G connectivity can be seen on the left of the fan. In our case, the PCB of the card is covered by a metal shroud that has a thermal pad on top and it makes contact with the bottom panel.

The NVMe is protected by a metal plate and we can spot a small thermal pad for additional cooling. Another pad is placed below the SSD.

The cooling has one large fan, a decently sized heat pipe, one 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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