Acer Aspire TimelineU M5-481TG Solid State Drive (SSD) Replacement
Before performing any repairs, make sure the laptop is fully powered off and disconnected from its charger. To replace the SSD drive you will first have to remove the keyboard and battery.
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With the laptop closed and powered off, place the laptop screen side down.
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Turn the laptop so that the hinges are closest to you.
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Remove sixteen 6 mm screws from the bottom of the laptop with the Phillips #00 screwdriver.
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Hold the keyboard open with one hand to extend the three cables (white, black and copper) still connecting the bottom of the keyboard to the back case.
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Use your fingernail to flip up the small retaining flap of each zero insertion force connector and then gently pull each ribbon cable out one at a time.
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Gently disconnect the silver cable that stretches over the battery by using your fingernail to flip up the small retaining flaps on both sides of the zero insertion force connector.
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Gently lift up the black-covered cables that remain connected to the motherboard at the bottom left of the laptop base.
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Move the cables toward the bottom edge of the laptop closest to you without disconnecting them.
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Carefully lift up the motherboard and slide the battery to the left to pull it out.
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Use the #J1 Phillips Screwdriver to unscrew two 4 mm #J1 Phillips screws from side of the SSD drive closest to you.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Have an almost-unused M5-481T-6831 to which I'm going to clone the HDD to a Samsung 860 Evo 500GB. My question is whether I should remove the 20GB MSATA SSD while I'm in there, since I doubt it will be used once the 860 Evo is installed?