6. Remove the hard drive bracket.
Installing hard disk drive
Steps
1. Place the hard drive bracket.
2. Tighten the four M3x3 screws to attach the metal bracket to the hard disk drive.
3. Connect the hard drive cable.
4. Insert the hard disk drive into the slot on the computer [1].
5. Tighten the four M2x2.7 screws to secure the hard disk drive to the computer [2].
6. Connect the hard disk drive cable to the system board [3].
Next steps
1. Replace the battery.
2. Replace the base cover.
3. Replace the microSD card.
4. Follow the procedure in after working inside your computer.
Solid-state drive
Removing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the microSD card.
3. Remove the base cover.
4. Remove the battery.
Steps
1. Remove the two (M2x3) screws that secure the M.2 2230 solid-state drive support bracket to the palmrest.
2. Slightly turn and remove the solid-state drive support bracket from the M.2 2230 solid-state drive slot.
3. Remove the solid-state drive off the solid-state drive thermal plate.
Installing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive
Steps
1. Place the M.2 2230 solid-state drive into the slot on the palmrest.
2. Align and place the solid-state drive support bracket above the M.2 2230 solid-state drive.
3. Replace the two (M2x3) screws to secure the solid-state drive support bracket to the palmrest.
Next steps
1. Replace the battery.
2. Replace the base cover.
3. Replace the microSD card.
4. Follow the procedure in after working inside your computer.
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