Lenovo ThinkPad E570 Disassembly and SSD, HDD, RAM upgrade options

The Lenovo ThinkPad E570 measures 379 mm x 261 mm x 24 mm. It’s slightly slimmer than the previous Thinkpad E series. Weighing in at around 2.5kg, it has a USB 3.0 and an HDMI port while not ditching the traditional VGA port, which is especially sweet for users like me who often use VGA projection. These days, most thin and light laptops have ditched the VGA port. You’ll need to buy a VGA conversion adapter.

The ThinkPad E570 not only comes with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M graphics card and GDDR5 2GB of video memory, but also uses the latest 7th generation Core processors and a 128GB SSD + 1TB combo drive for storage.

It also worth mentioning is that this machine’s screen, with a high-definition anti-glare screen, the color can be considered pure. People who work long hours do not get tired and do not deviate from the requirements of a business office.

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Let us first look at its bottom, ThinkPad E570 uses an external battery, the battery slightly protruding, which is no doubt that the increase in the thickness of the notebook.

Unlock and remove the battery.
The advantage of using an external battery is that it is very easy to remove and replace the battery.

Lenovo ThinkPad E570 comes with a 14.4V, 2640mAh Li-ion battery.

Remove two screws securing the service cover.
Pry up and remove the cover.

Under the service cover, you can get access to the hard drive, RAM, SSD, wireless card, and CMOS battery.

Lenovo ThinkPad E570 features a Western Digital 1TB 5400RPM hard drive, Lenovo P/N: 00FC429.

The laptop has two RAM slots and only comes with one 8GB RAM, so you can add another 8GB RAM.

Remove one screw and unplug two antenna cables. You can remove the wireless card.

The M.2 SSD is covering a protective plate. To remove the SSD, you need to remove the protective plate first.
Remove one screw and take the SSD out of its slot.

Remove one screw and pull out the optical drive from the laptop.
Remove three screws from the optical drive slot.

Remove all screws from the bottom case. And then flip over the laptop.
Lift up and remove the keyboard from the palm rest.
Remove all screws under the keyboard. Pry up the palm rest with a card or guitar pick.

Here’s the Lenovo ThinkPad E570 keyboard.

Here’s the Lenovo ThinkPad E570 palm rest.

With the palm rest removed, you can get access to the motherboard, USB board, and cooling fan.

Remove all screws securing the motherboard.
Disconnect all cables from the motherboard.
Lift up and pull out the motherboard.

Loosen seven screws securing the heat sink to the motherboard.
Disconnect the cooling fan cable from the motherboard.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M graphics card and four Elpida video memory chips

The copper tubes are not very long, which is more conducive to heat conduction, and the GPU heatsink is large enough to cover the graphics card and memory chips.

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