Introduction
Welcome to the hard drive replacement guide for the Lenovo Thinkpad T580.
This guide will detail the steps necessary to replace the hard drive.
The most common reasons why this component would need to be replaced is because:
- Your hard drive is full
- Your BIOS indicates your hard drive is damaged
If you are not experiencing these problems with this component consider examining the troubleshooting page for this device.
There are no specialized skills required for replacing the hard drive.
What you need
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Slide the switch on the left side of the battery to the left.
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Slide the switch on the right side of the battery to the right while applying upward pressure on the battery.
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Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, unscrew the eight 3.3 mm captive screws on the bottom of the laptop.
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Run a Jimmy along the crease of the computer all the way around, twisting it periodically to disengage the clips.
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Using a spudger, flip up the locking black tab of the hard drive ZIF connector.
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Pull the hard drive cable out from the connector on the motherboard.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Before any of this go into the bios setup and disable the internal battery.
