Solid-State Drive/Intel Optane Memory Module; Removing The M.2 2230 Solid-State Drive - Dell Vostro 3480 Service Manual

Next steps
1 Replace the battery
2 Replace the base cover
3 Replace the SD memory card
4 Follow the procedure in

Solid-state drive/Intel Optane memory module

Removing the M.2 2230 Solid-state drive

Prerequisites
1 Follow the procedure in
2 Remove the SD memory card
3 Remove the base cover
4 Remove the battery
Steps
1 Loosen the captive screw that secures the thermal plate to the palmrest and keyboard assembly [1].
2 Remove the single (M2x3) screw that secures the thermal plate to the palmrest and keyboard assembly [2].
3 Slide and remove the thermal plate from the solid-state drive slot [3, 4].
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