HP 240 G3 Disassembly and RAM, HDD Upgrade Options

In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble the HP 240 G3 to remove and replace the optical drive, RAM, hard drive, RAM, keyboard, palm rest, heat sink, cooling fan, and motherboard.

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Remove all screws from the bottom case.

Pull out the optical drive.
HP 240 G3 installed a 9.5mm DVD drive.

Flip over the laptop. Pry up the keyboard.
Disconnect the keyboard cable from the motherboard.

HP 240 G3 keyboard

Remove the screws securing the palm rest. Disconnect two cables. Pry up and remove the palm rest.

Palm rest

Touchpad

Under the palm rest, you can access the motherboard, hard drive, and cooling fan.

Disconnect the white cable. Remove the screws securing the hard drive.

HP 240 G3 installed an HGST 500GB 5400RPM hard drive.

Disconnect two wireless card antenna cables and remove the screw.

T77Z371.03 wireless card. HP model: 690020-001.

HP model: 690020-005

HP 240 G3 cooling fan

HP 240 G3 motherboard

HP 240 G3 installed a Samsung 4GB PC3L-12800S RAM.

Heatsink

For more guides, check out the HP 240 G3 device page.