Dell Precision 3430 Small Form Factor - Installing the M.2 Pcie Solid State Drive -SSD

c Peel the thermal pad from the system board [3].
NOTE: M.2 PCIe SSD with capacity over 512G(512G/1TB/2TB) must be installed with a thermal pad. M.2 SATA SSD
and M.2 PCIe SSD with 128G and 256G does not require a thermal pad.
Installing the M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive -SSD
1 Place the thermal pad into the slot on the system board [1].
NOTE: M.2 PCIe SSD with capacity over 512G(512G/1TB/2TB) must be installed with a thermal pad. M.2 SATA SSD and M.
2 PCIe SSD with 128G and 256G does not require a thermal pad.
2 Insert the M.2 PCIe SSD card into the card slot on the system board [2].
3 Replace the single (M2 x 3.5) screw that secures the M.2 PCIe SSD card to the system board [3].
50 Removing and Installing components