Need help Sager W370SS crashed/removal of SSD

Hey guys,

I have owned a W370SS for about 2 years. Yesterday while watching a movie it just completely shorted out. It would not boot, and no power lights show when i have it plugged into the wall. I tried removing the battery for like 12 hours and trying again to no-avail. I am considering sending it in for an post warrenty RMA . Does anyone know any tricks i should try first? Kind of feels like my MOBO just gave up. I also need help locating my SSD. I am hoping to remove it so i can back it up before i ship it out. I located my normal data drive and the spot where a third HD could go but i cant find the SSD. I read threw my Manuel and couldn't find any direction. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1188079/Clevo-W350ssq.html?page=11#manual

Thank you, thank you!

 

I would assume you have found the 2 x 2.5" bays. Your SSD is probably an mSATA located under the keyboard.

 

Repair manual here https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/2965-repair-clevo-service-manuals/
Doesn't have explicit instructions for removing a mSATA SSD but follow the procedure for removing the keyboard - once out you'll see the mSATAs on the right, the smaller of the two will be the Wifi card (easy to pick as it has the antenna wires attached to it) the bigger will be the SSD.

 

It's under the service bay, bottom side of the laptop. If I recall correctly, it's next to the WLAN (WiFi/Bluetooth combo) card.

No lights = Probably a dead board that will need swapped out, sorry to say.

 

I assume the same on just battery or just AC (with the battery out).