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Inspiron 5505 Service Manual

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Installing the solid-state drive mounting bracket on M.2 slot one

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the base cover.
  3. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or the M.2 2280 solid-state drive from M.2 slot one.

About this task

NOTE If there is only one solid-state drive in the configuration you ordered, you can install another solid-state drive in the other M.2 slot. However, you may need a solid-state drive mounting bracket (sold separately) to install the additional solid-state drive.
The figure provides a visual representation of the procedure to install the solid-state drive mounting bracket when replacing M.2 2230 solid-state drive with M.2 2280 solid-state drive in M.2 slot one.

Image: Installing the 2280 mounting bracket

The figure provides a visual representation of the procedure to install the solid-state drive mounting bracket when replacing M.2 2280 solid-state drive with M.2 2230 solid-state drive in M.2 slot one.

Image: Installing the 2230 mounting bracket

Steps

  1. Slide and remove the solid-state drive mounting bracket from the mounting bracket slot on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  2. Rotate the solid-state drive mounting bracket.
  3. Slide the solid-state mounting bracket into the mounting slot on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  4. Install the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or the M.2 2280 solid-state drive, whichever applicable.

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