Solid-State Drive/Intel Optane; Removing The M.2 2230 Solid-State Drive - Dell Vostro 3490 Service Manual

Next steps
1. Connect the battery cable to the connector on the system board.
2. Replace the base cover
3. Replace the SD memory card
4. Follow the procedure in

Solid-state drive/Intel Optane

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. Disconnect the battery cable from the connector on the system board.
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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