Dell Latitude E7270 Solid State Drive Replacement

Introduction

Use this guide to replace a full or broken Solid State Drive on your Dell Latitude E7270.

The Solid State Drive is where your computer stores all of its downloaded software/drivers/operating system. Solid State Drives are more robust than typical Hard Disk Drives, but are not immune to physical damage or onboard shorts. A damaged/full Solid State Drive can do anything from slow your computer down to make it inoperable.

Before using this guide, check out the troubleshooting page to see if your symptoms match any that represent a bad battery.

You can also use this guide to upgrade the drive to increase storage space.

This replacement requires a #00 Phillips head screwdriver.

NOTE: This guide requires removal of the back panel and battery. The extra prerequisite guide steps are included in this guide.

What you need

Step 1 Back Panel

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Place the device top down in front of you so that the vents are visible and are furthest from the user.
Please be sure that the device is powered off and unplugged before removing parts or deconstructing anything.

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Step 2

Remove all eight M2.5 X 8MM screws with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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Step 3

Lift and remove the panel.

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Step 4 Battery

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Remove the three M2.5 X 5MM screws, located above the battery, with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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Step 5

Disconnect the battery wire by using your fingers to pull diagonally left on the tab.

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Step 6

Remove the battery completely by grabbing an edge and pulling up on the battery.

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Step 7 Solid State Drive

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Locate the SSD stick on the bottom right of the device.
In absence of an SSD, it was substituted with a RAM stick for visual/educational purposes only. The SSD in your device will look similar to your RAM and may vary in color.

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