Lucked out when a generous coworker gave me his old SSD after building a new rig, so I thought I'd make a short video swapping the SSD on the Lenovo Yoga 730 13". I can't recommend a high quality plastic pry tool enough!
Great tutorial, thanks. Two things: First: Don't go from the front, go next to one of the hinges. Just use your nail to open initial gap and then see below. Second :'I wish I had a stronger plastic pry tool' - You actually have, just use any old plastic credit/membership/etc card. They are the bomb. Use a corner for initial entry, and pivot to a side, then just flex/torque for power. Works wonders.
Hi, I just opened my Yoga 370 to replace my wifi card. The best way to remove the lower part is to use a suction cup to pull it up. As said in the video do it in the middle on the front.That should easily create a gap. Then use a prying tool to fully remove the lower part. There is no need to use force. My few cents. BTW thx for the video. It convinced me to change my SSD.
So, art, I use Clip Studio Paint and make illustrations/comics/cartoons. With the wacom pen I've found it to be solid JustU.Faith/LenovoYoga IThe pen is responsive & the parallax (distance between the glass and the screen/the pen's closeness to the cursor) to be solid.
My 2018 730 15" didn't have adhesive and I only used a thin plastic piece that comes with product packaging like ram which was what I was installing. it slipped in between the case and lip easily and then slid it towards the side while twisting and it lifted very easily. For those that don't know, you'll need specifically a T5 Torx screw.
Andy, can't thank you enough man. trying to buy a laptop and didn't know if this thing could upgrade the ram. looks like you can't. But thank god you made this video!
The video is fine except for one issue. You didn't observe any anti-static "rules" such as wearing a grounded anti-static strap (about $7). You risked wounding the m.2 drive and your motherboard. -NASA engineer.
I was talking to a geek squad employee from Best Buy, and he brought up how upon replacing the SSD, turning on the computer would result in the OS not being recognized. I'd imagine that I'd need a way to back up the OS for the Lenovo Yoga 730, but I was wondering about the validity of the system as well as how to address it properly.
Yes, putting a brand new SSD in would cause the computer to show that there's no bootable drive. You basically have two options: clone the old drive, or reinstall Windows fresh and install apps/files manually. I chose the 2nd option, as Microsoft makes reinstalling Windows very fast and easy these days with the Windows Media Creation Tool. All drivers will download automatically, but I did have a bit of a time getting the correct Dolby Atmos app reinstalled, which is needed to adjust the speaker EQ settings. Cloning the drive will preserve everything from the old SSD, but it requires extra hardware and is a much more involved process from my limited experiences. I've had success with Clonezilla, but have heard good things from others about the free EaseUS cloning software. Google will have to take it from there.
@tzaunie Yes, as long as you already have your USB installation media made. You'll still have to make the BIOS change from RST to AHCI, but you should be able to see the empty drive from the Linux installer, at least in the Ubuntu-based distros I use.
Are you going to make a video covering the part where you went to boot that up and the BIOS failed to find a drive? The Lenovo Yoga utilizes RAID drivers that need to be injected into the Windows Installation media or that new NVME drive is useless and you just showed everyone how to make a brick.
It recognized the drive right off the bat for me and several other commenters have had success. What SSD did you try in your Yoga 730 that didn't work?
On my 2018 730 15" model, yes it is, i literally just did. You can go into task manager and it'll tell you how manyr ram slots there are on the board. Go to the performance tab in task manager and look right under the graph and loot at "Slots used" directly under "speed" on the right side. If it says 1 of 2 than you have a free slot to install more ram.
Manufacturers really need to include upgradable ram options for these, I understand the Yoga 930 15" has 8gb soldered with an 8gb expandable slot but the 13" doesn't.
When you changed the SSD to the 970 EVO, do,you have to due anything to it or is it turn key ready to go? I have a Lenovo Yoga 730 just like that and I wouls like to upgrade but I am a beginner at this kind of thing. Thanks for your time.
Hey Andrew, I just purchased a Yoga 730, and I'm a little concerned with the built quality. I was wondering how yours was holding up? My screen seems to not be glued properly around the bezel area. Nothing has broken on yours a year later?
I've got one and I think it is one of the better built machines out. I initially had an HP Envy 13.3 but took it back and upgraded to the yoga after the top of the display fell out of the frame. Like you could see down the back of it. It clicked back in but never really sat tightly.
Dear What about the windows will it install windows automatically after installing the new SSD or I have to boot flash drive containing windows and install manually...
After changing the SSD, do we need to transfer of the datas from old SSD into the new SSD ? Or make any software installation ? (I just wanted to know this before making any replacement of my current SSD)
I didn't have a lot on my original SSD, so I didn't clone for this swap. I've used Clonezilla successfully before, but everything I've read suggests that the free version of the EaseUS cloning tool is the most user-friendly option. Sorry I don't have a more definitive answer, but I hope this helps.
So the 15" 730 has upgradable RAM but not the 13" 730?? Thats soooo annoying when laptops only have soldered RAM and no RAM slots at all. It should be an offence to manufacture laptops with only soldered RAM.
4:12 "It's a perfect crime. So let's take a video of it and upload it to RU-vid." 😆 However, that made me thinking. I'm pretty sure when you open up your device, don't break something, put it back together and then everything still works, then any warranty stickers* won't change anything in you rights. You just have to be able to prove it. So take a video from opening to closing the device without any cuts and make sure at all time the camera has a clear view on what your doing. Also, in the same recording without any cuts, show that the device still turns on and everything works after you put it back together. When you later actually need the warranty you can prove that even if you opened the device it is not your fault that it's broken. * I'm not sure where I heard about it, but I think they are legally irrelevant anyway. But I'm from Germany and I'm not even sure if this was about Germany or USA. But there's one problem. This only proves that you didn't break the device when you opened it THAT time. It doesn't prove that you didn't break it when you opened it a second time without filming it. But here in Germany there are two types of warranty. In one of them the manufacturer has to prove you broke the device and in the other one you have to prove the problem was already there when you bought the device. With the former one all this won't be a problem. They can't prove you broke it unless they find some scratches or cracks. Keep in mind that I'm not a laywer and this is no official legal advice.
You dont see if you damaged such fragile circuits. Normaly you need to wear a something that connects you to ground potential for dechargeingthe static load in your body, it is called ESD protection. Because of not beeing able to see if you partialy damaged some circuits the warranty will not we granted anymore, i guess.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 for some reason i came across a lot of lenovo laptops that use hitachi pieces which are not ideal. hopefully when my purchase is made its gonna be a hynix too (samsung would be even better) thx anyways
