Chapter6.Replacingdevices
Youcanincreasethecapacityofthememoryortheharddiskdrivebyreplacingtheoriginal,built-in
devicewithanoptionalone.Or,ifyouneedto,youcanreplacethePCIExpressMiniCardbyfollowing
theproceduresinthissection.
•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage89
•“Replacingthebattery”onpage89
•“Replacingthememory”onpage91
•“Replacingtheharddiskdrive”onpage93
•“Replacingthesolidstatedrive”onpage97
•“InstallingandreplacingthemSATAsolidstatedrive”onpage101
•“Replacingtheopticaldrive”onpage103
•“ReplacingtheSIMcard”onpage104
•“Replacingthepalmrest”onpage106
•“ReplacingthePCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN/WiMAXconnection”onpage110
•“InstallingandreplacingthePCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWANconnection”onpage111
•“Replacingtheintegratedcamer a”onpage114

Staticelectricityprevention

Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoption
orCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou
toinstallit.
WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions
toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:
•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.
•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe
edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.
•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.
•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthe
parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo
seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.
•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackagingandinstallthepart
withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackagingonasmooth,
levelsurfaceandplacethepartonit.
•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.

Replacingthebattery

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
ThissystemdoesnotsupportbatteriesthatarenotgenuineLenovo-madeorauthorized.Thesystemwill
continuetoboot,butmaynotchargeunauthorizedbatteries.Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfor
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