Disassemble an M.2 drive assembly

Follow the instructions in this section to disassemble an M.2 drive assembly.

Procedure

1. Remove the hot-swap M.2 drive assembly from the chassis. See Remove a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly.
2. Remove the M.2 drive with heat sink from the interposer.
   Figure 1. Remove the M.2 drive with heat sink
   

   

   
   
   1. Loosen one screw that secures the M.2 drive.
   2. Lift one side of the drive as illustrated above.
   3. Remove the M.2 drive from the interposer slot.
3. Remove the M.2 interposer.
   Figure 2. Removing M.2 interposer
   

   

   
   
   1. Loosen four screws that secure the M.2 interposer.
   2. Lift the interposer off the tray.
4. If necessary, separate the M.2 drive and the heat sink.
   Note

   Once the heat sink and bottom plate are separated from the M.2 drive, the used thermal pads are not reusable. If the heat sink and bottom plate are to be reused, clean up the thermal pad residue and apply new thermal pads.

   Figure 3. Removing M.2 drive
   

   

   
   
   1. Loosen four screws that secure the heat sink.
   2. Lift the heat sink off the bottom plate.
   3. Lift the drive off the bottom plate.
5. If the bottom plate and heat sink are to be reused, clean up the residue of the thermal pads.
   Figure 4. Cleaning heat sink and bottom plate
   

   

   
   
   1. Clean up the thermal pad residue on the back of the heat sink with an alcohol cleaning pad.
   2. Peel off the thermal pad on the bottom plate.
   3. Clean up the residue by swiping with an alcohol cleaning towel in one direction.