In this guide, I will remove the HP ZBook 17 G5 service cover to access the battery, M.2 SSD, RAM, hard drive, Wi-Fi card, and optical drive.
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1. Remove the service cover
The HP ZBook 17 G5 has a service cover. We need to slide the latch to the right with our fingers to remove the service cover. No tools are required. It is very convenient to access the internal upgradable hardware.
Its service cover design is very simple, with only one latch mechanism on the back.
2. M.2 SSD, RAM, and HDD upgrade options
After removing the service cover, you can access two free RAM slots, two free M.2 2280 slots, a hard drive, and a battery. If you need to access the heatsink, fan, and motherboard, you need to remove the entire bottom cover.
This is a 2.5-inch hard drive module with a quick-swap design. This laptop comes with a 7mm ST2000LX001 SSHD hard drive. I confirm that it also supports 9mm hard drives.
There is a slide lock switch on each side of the battery. Slide it downward to unlock before removing the battery. This design makes it easy to install and remove without tools, and it is much more convenient than screw-based fastening methods.
It has two free memory slots. Two 16GB memory modules have already been installed in the memory slots on the other side of the motherboard.
3. WWAN slot and battery
This is the M.2 2280 SSD slot on the right of the body. Above it, there is an M.2 3042 slot reserved for the WWAN module, and a WWAN antenna is also reserved.
The laptop has an 11.55V, 95.9Wh, 8310mAh Li-ion battery with an HP part number L07350-1C1.
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