Lenovo Ideapad U430 Touch Hard Drive Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

Steps

5

Time Required

                          5 minutes            

Sections

2

• Bottom Cover
• 3 steps
• Hard Drive
• 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Bottom Cover               

• Power off your computer before you begin.
• Find and remove the 10 Phillips style body screws on the bottom of the laptop case.

Power off your computer before you begin.

Find and remove the 10 Phillips style body screws on the bottom of the laptop case.

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Step 2

• Remove 2 screws, 1 located on the left hinge cover and one located on the right hinge cover.

Remove 2 screws, 1 located on the left hinge cover and one located on the right hinge cover.

Step 3

• Starting from the front, use a plastic opening tool to separate the bottom of the case from the body of the laptop.

Starting from the front, use a plastic opening tool to separate the bottom of the case from the body of the laptop.

Step 4

              Hard Drive               

• Unplug the hard drive from the 22-pin cable (LZ9 HDD cable).
• At the time of guide creation, the device did not come equipped with the hard drive.

Unplug the hard drive from the 22-pin cable (LZ9 HDD cable).

At the time of guide creation, the device did not come equipped with the hard drive.

Step 5

• Using the plastic opening tool, lift the hard drive from its compartment.

Using the plastic opening tool, lift the hard drive from its compartment.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Todd McQueen - May 23, 2022

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1. Of the first 10 screws, you did not mention that 2 of them are longer.

2. You can’t lift the hard drive out without removing 4 screws (one at each corner of the drive). The plastic tool is not needed for this.