Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
4
Time Required
1 hour
Sections
1
- Disassembling Thinkpad Yoga 460 Back Cover, (old name: s3)
- 4 steps
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What you need
Step 1
Preparation
- Make sure you have disabled the battery in BIOS/UEFI
Make sure you have disabled the battery in BIOS/UEFI
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Step 2
ESD
- Make sure your workplace is ESD secured
- An ESD workmat and a ESD wristlet will get you far
- Don’t continue if your knowledge on ESD is lacking !
- TEXAS instruments ESD guide
Make sure your workplace is ESD secured
An ESD workmat and a ESD wristlet will get you far
Don’t continue if your knowledge on ESD is lacking !
TEXAS instruments ESD guide
Step 3
Remove Cover
- Purple screws dedicated to the keyboard, none of them should need removal
- The bottom three screws has a rubber head upon them. Make sure you remove them carefully(some kind of adhesive on them).
- Note that the screws will not jump out easily even though they are loose,
- Spry very carefully when all screws are removed. Be extra carfeul close to the headphone jack. HAVE PATIENCIE
Purple screws dedicated to the keyboard, none of them should need removal
The bottom three screws has a rubber head upon them. Make sure you remove them carefully(some kind of adhesive on them).
Note that the screws will not jump out easily even though they are loose,
Spry very carefully when all screws are removed. Be extra carfeul close to the headphone jack. HAVE PATIENCIE
Step 4
The Inside
- Remove the purple cable(battery). Might not be nessesary if you followed step 1 correctly
- ESD protect yourself and your tools
- The blue indicates the M.2. SSD 42mm (2242). 256GB worked perfectly for me. Only exists if you have a version with separate cache.
- Green box indicates the HDD
- Red: RAM slot SO-DIMM DDR3 (only one) 8GB
Remove the purple cable(battery). Might not be nessesary if you followed step 1 correctly
ESD protect yourself and your tools
The blue indicates the M.2. SSD 42mm (2242). 256GB worked perfectly for me. Only exists if you have a version with separate cache.
Green box indicates the HDD
Red: RAM slot SO-DIMM DDR3 (only one) 8GB
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Peter Sidler - Jun 17, 2017
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Since older Lenovo are identical to open just look for an older model in case you have a brand new Lenovo and the hardware manual is not free availabe for download (very unusual).
