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Moderate

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4

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes

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Introduction

(Note: Surface Studio with Intel Core i5 comes with SATA III SSD while Surface Studio with Intel Core i7 comes with PCIe NVMe SSD.)

What you need

Step 1

              M.2 SSD
  • Lay the Surface face down on a padded surface
  • Be careful not to scratch the screen when laying it face down
  • Remove the four rubber feet at each corner concealing the Torx screws
  • Remove the four Torx screws under the rubber feet.
  • Two screws on the upper corners are longer than two screws on the lower corners.
  • Attach suction cups to the bottom cover and then pull on the suction cups to free the bottom cover.

Lay the Surface face down on a padded surface

Be careful not to scratch the screen when laying it face down

Remove the four rubber feet at each corner concealing the Torx screws

Remove the four Torx screws under the rubber feet.

Two screws on the upper corners are longer than two screws on the lower corners.

Attach suction cups to the bottom cover and then pull on the suction cups to free the bottom cover.

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Step 2

  • Remove five torx screws holding the two fans to the midframe
  • Remove the two fans
  • The fan connectors are behind the midframe and not yet accessible. Let the fans hang loosely until you can access the connectors.
  • Four large torx screws and four small torx screws hold the midframe to the upper frame.
  • Remove four large torx screws holding the midframe
  • Remove four small torx screws holding the midframe

Remove five torx screws holding the two fans to the midframe

Remove the two fans

The fan connectors are behind the midframe and not yet accessible. Let the fans hang loosely until you can access the connectors.

Four large torx screws and four small torx screws hold the midframe to the upper frame.

Remove four large torx screws holding the midframe

Remove four small torx screws holding the midframe

Step 3

  • Slowly remove the midframe
  • Be careful, the speaker on the midframe is still attached to the motherboard
  • Detach the connectors for the two fans and the speaker

Slowly remove the midframe

Be careful, the speaker on the midframe is still attached to the motherboard

Detach the connectors for the two fans and the speaker

Step 4

  • With the midframe removed, the M.2 SSD is now accessible
  • Remove a torx screw holding the M.2 holding the SSD to the motherboard
  • Pull the SSD straight back
  • Do not pull the SSD upward or risk damaging the M.2 socket
  • The M.2 socket is compatible with most SATA III, PCIe ACHI, and PCIe NVMe in the M.2 2280 form factor

With the midframe removed, the M.2 SSD is now accessible

Remove a torx screw holding the M.2 holding the SSD to the motherboard

Pull the SSD straight back

Do not pull the SSD upward or risk damaging the M.2 socket

The M.2 socket is compatible with most SATA III, PCIe ACHI, and PCIe NVMe in the M.2 2280 form factor

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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The Raptor - Dec 21, 2016

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I know that one of the very first questions would be: Does the M.2 slot supports PCIe NVMe ?

The answer is: Yes it does.

John - Jan 8, 2017

But it does not mean that you can get the drive to run in NVMe model.

There does not appear to be a setting to enable NVMe model for the drive.

Mark Smith - Jan 3, 2017

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Does it support bootable NVMe?

The Raptor - Jan 3, 2017

@msmith4099 @theofficemaven

Sure. When installing Windows, choose to install Windows to “Drive 1” instead of “Drive 0”

Mark Smith - Jan 4, 2017

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Is there any raid options that need to be configured?