Lenovo T450 M.2 Slot

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In this guide, I’ll be taking apart a Lenovo ThinkPad T450s in order to access and upgrade the hard drive, SSD and RAM.

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A ThinkPad T450s comes with a 2.5' internal drive bay and a M.2 slot - currently my M.2 slot isn't used. Picking an M.2 SSD M.2 SSDs come in a variety of different form factors. The ThinkPad T450s takes a 2242 form factor M.2 drive. Lenovo ThinkPad T450 - 14' - Core i7 5600U - 8 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - US overview and full product specs on CNET. Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 - M.2 Card. Security lock slot (cable lock. The ThinkPad 256GB SATA M.2 SSD is a good choice to upgrade your ThinkPad notebook. It is qualified on new X1 Extreme laptop and provides high, SATA 6.0Gbps speed. Discover the Lenovo ThinkPad T450, a 14-inch thin and light business Ultrabook with the newest Intel Core i processor, backlit keyboard and up to 17 hours battery life. Notes on T450s (might also apply to T450): The 'Single-sided M.2 SSD, via M.2 card slot' is actually the cache drive under the battery and not one on the WWAN slot. And weirdly the HMM does not mention it at all. The actual WWAN slot does support SATA drives and bootable (according to other Reddit posts).

1. Removing the bottom cover

First of all, unlock and remove the battery.
Remove all screws securing the bottom cover. Pry up and remove the cover.
You can use a guitar pick or any other piece of plastic to split the case.

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Under the bottom cover you can get access to the following internal components:
– Hard drive
– RAM slot
– M.2 slot
– Internal battery
– Heat sink and Cooling Fan
– Wireless card
– CMOS battery
– Speaker

2. Upgrade the RAM

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The ThinkPad T450s comes with 4GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM, but it’s also has a spare RAM slot.
In my case, I will add a Kingston 8GB RAM.

Slot

Here’s my new Kingston 8GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM.

3. Upgrade the SSD

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Here’s WWAN M.2 slot, I will install a Plextor 2242 M.2 SSD into the slot.

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4. Upgrade the hard drive

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The T450s comes with HGST 500GB 7200RPM hard drive. If necessary, you can upgrade to a larger capacity hard drive, or replace it with a 2.5″ SSD.