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Dell Precision 3430 Small Form Factor Service Manual

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Removing the M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive -SSD

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the:
    1. Side cover

    2. Front bezel

    3. Hard drive and optical drive module

  3. To remove the M.2 PCIe SSD card:
    1. Remove the single (M2 x 3.5) screw that secures the M.2 PCIe SSD card to the system board [1].
    2. Lift and pull out the SSD card from its connector on the system board [2].
    3. Peel the thermal pad from the system board [3].
      • NOTE: M.2 PCIe SSD with capacity over 512G(512G/1TB/2TB) must be installed with a thermal pad. M.2 SATA SSD and M.2 PCIe SSD with 128G and 256G does not require a thermal pad.
      Removing the SSD

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