Lenovo ThinkPad X230s Disassembly

In this post, I will explain how to disassemble the Lenovo ThinkPad X230s to remove the battery, SSD, RAM, wireless card, cooling fan, speakers, and motherboard.

Loosen all screws from the bottom cover.

Insert a plastic pry tool between the bottom cover and palm rest. Move the pry tool to completely separate the bottom cover from the laptop. I recommend inserting the pry tool near the hinge. Please do not use a metal pry tool to avoid damaging the bottom cover or palm rest.

Under the bottom cover, you can access the battery, SSD, RAM, wireless card, heat sink, cooling fan, speakers, and motherboard.

Remove the three screws securing this battery and disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard. You can remove the battery.
This is an 11.1V 22Wh Li-polymer battery. Lenovo P/N: 45N1110, 45N1111.

Remove the two screws securing the second battery. You can remove the battery.
This is an 11.1V 24Wh Li-ion battery. Lenovo P/N: 45N1117, 45N1116.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X230s has only one memory slot. If you need to upgrade your memory, you will need to replace the existing memory module.

The X230s comes with an SK Hynix 4GB PC3L-12800S memory module.

Remove the screw securing the hard drive module and disconnect the HDD cable from the motherboard.

Lift up and remove the hard drive module.

The laptop comes with an Intel 520 series 180GB SSD.

Remove the two screws securing the speaker and remove it.

Remove the two screws securing the speaker.
Disconnect the speaker cable from the motherboard.

Remove the four screws securing the heat sink, and then unplug the fan cable from the motherboard.

Close-up of the heat sink and cooling fan assembly.

Remove the screw securing the wireless card and unplug the two antenna cables.

Wireless card

Lenovo ThinkPad X230s internal parts