HP Pavilion x360 13-U000 Series SSD Replacement

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Description: In this guide we're going to open up a HP...

Steps:

  1. Begin by making sure that you've shut down the system and removed the power plug
  2. Close the screen and position the laptop with its hinge away from you
  3. We need to remove the long rubber pad nearest to the hinge (furthest from you) and the 4 small rubber grommets nearest to you
  4. These are marked with a red elipse and red circles on the photo
  5. NOTE. There is no need to remove the other rubber pad (nearest to you)
  6. Use the pointy end of a spudger to get under the end of the rubber pad and then very carefully peel it completely off the case. Store it somewhere safe. [I don't like using metal tools on rubber and plastic]
  7. Use the pointy end of a spudger to pry out the 4 rubber grommets. Store them safely.
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  8. Remove the 6 phillips screws that were under the rubber pad nearest to the hinge. I used a PH00 screwdriver
  9. Remove the 4 philips screws that were under the grommets near to the front. PH00 screwdriver again
  10. Store all the screws safely
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  11. NOTE: Here we're going to unlatch (unclip) the keyboard, being careful not to lift it far, or attempt to remove it at this stage as it is connected to the motherboard with 3 ribbon cables
  12. Open the screen and then fold it completely the other way so that the screen is visible and the keyboard is visible. The base of the laptop and screen lid will now be fully back to back
  13. Place the laptop down on its screen with keyboard up and the mousepad nearest to you. Be careful not to damage the screen in the process - make sure there is nothing prodruding under the screen
  14. Carefully work you way round the edge of the keyboard, as shown, with a thin prying tool. You can see I used several orange prying tools so that when I'd opened up a gap I could leave a tool in to stop it closing again.
  15. Note: I've read so many guides and seen videos where they make this look easy, whereas frequently they're either doing it for the second time or just glossing over the difficulty.
  16. In this case the keyboard separates relatively easily, except at the back, near the hinges, where I usually start. So this time I left the back until last.
  17. I finally worked out why I was struggling at the back. Don't try to pry the keyboard upwards with a spudger. Instead do the reverse and pull the spudger the other way (towards you) which unlatches the clips. See the second photo
  18. NOTE: They keyboard should now be completely unlatched (unclipped) from the base, but do not try to lift it away, as I mentioned at the start.
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  19. Lift the front of the keyboard up carefully while looking into the system so can make sure that you don't over stress the 3 cables that connect the keyboard to the motherboard.
  20. I propped up the front of the keyboard by putting the pointy ends of 2 spudgers into the screwholes on the left and right (marked in orange on the photo)
  21. You can remove the M.2 SSD quite easily without disconnecting the ribbon cables, or completely removing the keyboard, by first undoing the screw marked in red. Use a PH00 screwdriver
  22. Now pull the M.2 SSD towards you, almost parallel to the motherboard (as shown by the blue arrow) it should come out without much force
  23. NOTE: As you can see from the photos it would also be quite possible to swap the battery without detaching the keyboard (though you might prefer to do so), provided you have a short PH00 screwdriver
  24. For replacement purposes you can see that the SSD in this system is a SATA SanDisk Z400s 2280 - 128GB - avoid NVMe SSDs as replacements, they're not compatible
  25. Final note: If you decide to detach the keyboard fully, for example to change a broken DC IN port, don't forget to detach the ribbon cables very carefully, pulling (or pushing) them only parallel to the motherboard, never lifting them up.
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