The reason for this is Lenovo's particular storage solution that is used in some of the current ThinkPads such as the T480, T580, and A485, where either a classical 2.5-inch hard drive or a 2280-M.2-SSD serves as the storage. In a model without an HDD such as our current test unit, the SSD sits in an adapter inside the 2.5-inch slot that is. There is no mention in it regarding an M.2 slot or that an M.2 board is even used in any of the model's variants. If you have no need of the ODD you could replace it with a caddy to hold your 1TB HDD for use as the storage drive and insert a SSD as the main drive. On p.72-73 there is a list of SSDs that are used in the various models.
In this guide, I will disassemble a Lenovo ThinkPad T480s laptop. I will remove the bottom case to upgrade the RAM and SSD for my T480s.
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The ThinkPad T480s has the same integrated back cover as ThinkPad T470s. To access memory and SSDs, we need to remove the back cover first.
Goodwill casino rd everett wa. First of all, loosen all the screws fixing the back cover. It is worth mentioning that its screws are fixed on the back cover and cannot be removed. This has the advantage of preventing the loss of screws.
Because there is no snap on the back cover so that the back cover can be easily removed.
There are many vent holes on the back cover, and the air outlet cover is covered with a dustproof net, which can prevent dust into the inside of the laptop.
- Laptop M.2 Compatibility List. Lenovo ThinkPad T480 - Specs. Intel Core i7-8550U 82. Security Lock slot.
- Lenovo ThinkPad T40US Lenovo ThinkPad T480s-20L7002AUS. While there is no NVMe/M.2 slot on the T480's board, the WWAN slot can be tapped to accommodate a second M.2 SSD, though the.
With the back cover removed, we can get access the most of the internal components, including the battery, SSD, RAM, Wi-Fi card, speaker, heat sink, cooling fan, and motherboard.
Its internal battery almost occupies half of the internal area, which is the common characteristic of most ultrabooks.
Its heatsink has two copper tubes and covers both the CPU and GPU chips. This notebook comes with an NVIDIA GeForce MX150 discrete graphics card.
The laptop comes with a Lenovo M.2 SSD (PCIe 3.0×4) and supports the NVMe protocol. If you need to upgrade a larger capacity SSD, you only need to remove one screw to remove the SSD.
Lenovo P/N: SSS0L25089, FRU: 00UP470. This seems to be Lenovo's customized SSD. On the internal picture of another T480s on the Internet, I saw an M.2 2280 PCIe SSD from Toshiba.
Lenovo T480 M.2 Slot Machine
The unit we've tested comes with one 8GB DDR4-2400 RAM onboard, and it also has a spare RAM slot that supporting up to 16GB of DDR4-2400 memory, that mean you can upgrade the RAM to 24GB.
Lenovo T480 M.2 Slot System
Here's spare M.2 2242 slot which you can install a WWAN module, the more intimate is that it has reserved for the 4G antennas.
Michael – nice article & photos:)
The laptop comes with a Lenovo M.2 SSD (PCIe 3.0×4) and supports the NVMe protocol. If you need to upgrade a larger capacity SSD, you only need to remove one screw to remove the SSD.
Lenovo P/N: SSS0L25089, FRU: 00UP470. This seems to be Lenovo's customized SSD. On the internal picture of another T480s on the Internet, I saw an M.2 2280 PCIe SSD from Toshiba.
Lenovo T480 M.2 Slot Machine
The unit we've tested comes with one 8GB DDR4-2400 RAM onboard, and it also has a spare RAM slot that supporting up to 16GB of DDR4-2400 memory, that mean you can upgrade the RAM to 24GB.
Lenovo T480 M.2 Slot System
Here's spare M.2 2242 slot which you can install a WWAN module, the more intimate is that it has reserved for the 4G antennas.
Michael – nice article & photos:)
Will any M.2 2242 PCIe NVMe work on WWAN slot for T480s as a non-bootable HD?
If not any particular parts that will work?
Any limit on Capacity … 512GB?
