Introduction
Your storage system is important. Before starting this guide, remember that damaging this component will cause you to lose your data. When ready, follow this guide.
What you need
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Insert metal spudger into a gap in between the back panel and the back of the screen.
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Pry off the back panel using the metal spudger as a lever, and remove the back panel by lifting the rest off by hand.
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Remove the single 3.6 mm screw holding the left side of the M.2 SSD card with a Phillips PH0 screwdriver.
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Gently pull out the SSD card at the angle it is relaxed in to remove it. It is easiest to do this by hand.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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I tried this, but the M.2 memory is not recognizable by the computer. Fortunately the computer was less than a year old so I was able to get free Dell service help.
Unfortunately, Dell said that this laptop had no options for upgrading the M.2 computer. It wa the same model number and I tried to put in Samsung NAND 970 EVO 500 GB. It did not recognize it.
Dell suggested I buy a new computer.
Any recommendations?
Hey, I actually made this guide. I’m sorry it didn’t work for you. I don’t think it’s right for you to have to purchase a new computer unless the M.2 port is damaged, in which repair really isn’t possible. I don’t really know what could have happened. Did the computer actually boot into the OS (operating system)?
Can I upgrade the M2 card to NVME module? Technically the port are same. But have read on some forum it won’t recognized by the system.
It looks like the SSD I need to buy is a SATA drive with both the M key and B key, right? (not PCIe NVME or AHCI)
Getting the correct info from Dell is pointless. I’m looking at buying this 1TB to replace my existing 512GB drive.
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-NAN...
Thanks!
