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Razer Blade Pro 17 additional SSD?

  • 15 October 2020
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Hello,
Recently purchased my first Razer Blade Pro 17 Laptop. It came with a 512 SSD. I am new to gaming laptops in general. Deciding to upgrade the memory by adding a additional 1TB SSD to to the secondary slot. It seemed like a easy process at first. However when opening the laptop the secondary SSD slot has a large rubber pad covering the slot. It does not seem easily removable without forcing it and I am concerned on causing damage to the system. Also when trying to remove the holding screw it does not seem to move despite having the correct size screwdriver. It may have been factory installed to be extra tight. I was concerned about stripping the screw as it already seemed to have some damage on it from trying to screw it even slightly. Is this normal for it to be so tight? Even if I wanted to switch the original SSD there is no clear screw to remove the pre installed 512 SSD. If anyone has any advice on how to properly install a additional SSD without causing damage I would appreciate any advice. Thank you.
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the rubber pad can be removed without putting any pressure on e.g. the components around it on the board - try to "curl" it up from one of it's sides (you can brace with your fingers on the side of the laptop itself, not on the board/components), and it'll come off. The idea is to "focus" the pressure on lifting just a small part of the edge and not try to lift the entire pad off at one go.

I did not have any trouble with the screws on mine - if you're feeling it's extra tight then my thinking is you're actually not using the correct size and you should double check. The screw for removing the original SSD would be at the same relative position as the screw for the other M.2 slot - it has to be there because that's how SSDs in M.2 slots are designed to be secured with screws (there are tool-less retention mechanisms but I've only seen those on desktop PCs and not laptops).
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