HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 Disassembly (SSD, RAM Upgrade Options)

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In this guide, I will disassemble an HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2. I will remove the bottom case to access the battery, SSD, Wi-Fi card, RAM, cooling fan, heat sink, and motherboard.

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HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2

Remove all screws from the bottom cover. There are no clips securing the bottom cover so that you can take off easily.
With the bottom cover removed, you can get access to the battery, SSD, CMOS battery, Wi-Fi card, and heat sink.
removing HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 bottom case

The HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 comes with 8GB DDR4 RAM on board, and there is no spare RAM slot, so you can not upgrade the RAM.
HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 RAM memory

Intel Core i7-7600U 2.50 GHz Processor (4M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz) with Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 processor

Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK PCIe 3.0×4 NVMe M.2 SSD 512GB, according to our tested, the average read speed of 1017.7M/S.
HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

The HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 comes with 11.55V, 57Wh, 4935mAh Li-ion battery, HP part number: 863167-171, HSTNN-IB7O.
HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 battery

HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 battery

We use PC Mark 8 work mode to test the machine’s battery life, and the final time is 8 hours.
HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 battery performance

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