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    Removing P870KM1 bottom cover for SSD addition

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by veyronworld, Dec 23, 2017.

  1. veyronworld

    veyronworld Notebook Guru

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    Hey there!

    I'm a pretty new member of the DTR community, and also a newbie when it comes to owning a Clevo. So I appreciate any help that a fellow owner could provide.

    I already removed the screws and am now left with removing the bottom cover. As I understand, it can be a bit tough to remove the bottom cover of Clevo laptops as I've seen from HTWingNut's videos. I was wondering if that's also the case with the P870KM1, if so, any advice on how to remove the bottom cover (as in, what point to start pulling from, etc. I don't want to break the damn thing! :p)?
     
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    1st you have to make sure you already removed all screws.
    Start from the front side, pulling with some force, don't worry it's not easy to break it.
    Good luck
     
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    Alright, thanks @Dr. AMK . I pulled from the back-side as it gave less resistance than the front end and it's off. Do you have an idea of where the SATA slot is?
     
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    Watch this video, you can start at 12:00
     
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    Hot damn! I wondered why I couldn't find the 2 bays! They were right there!

    And thank you, I was searching on Youtube for a P870 video and it only showed me ones for an old Toshiba P870. Turns out I wasn't looking hard enough.

    Thank you so much!

    It's now installed and I'm ready to go. ;)
     
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    For future reference your M.2 slots are under the keyboard along with your wireless card and CMOS battery ;)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 23, 2017
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    Saw that in HTWingNut's P870DM3 video. Thanks for reminding me! ;)
     
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    You are welcome, enjoy.
     
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    Should have given you a proper tour around the machine! :D
     
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    Also the tip I gave him so long ago still applies ;)
     
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    Oh don't worry!
    You've given me the machine AND both a tour & advice worth a lot more than that, man.
    You have nothing to apologise for. ;)
     
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    And now my interest is piqued. May I ask what that was? :D

    And I only JUST noticed the Sager tag! Merry Christmas over there!
     
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    If you watch his video you will see he mentions I told him how to open it ;)
     
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    You're right! Thank you by proxy then!
     
    veyronworld, Dec 25, 2017
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