For someone with VERY little experience with electronics, but some minimal soldering/electrical experience how risky is it to try to replace the SSD myself. I have the 64gb and I desperately want to upgrade it to a 1TB. I have no one to help me and I’m terrified of breaking my SD. It looks like I can do it from videos and reading, but from life experience videos and such make things look perfect each step.
With black Friday upcoming I feel that if there’s a sale on the 1TB SSD I “NEED” to do it now or just keep on waiting.
The SD is the first of any PC I’ve used for gaming and doing any upgrades on a PC.
Soldering isn’t necessary at all with an SSD swap. That’s more if you wanna be a madlad and upgrade the RAM and/or wifi chip.
It’s really simple assuming you know how to remove screws without stripping them (ie use the right size screwbit, apply gentle constant pressure instead of tons of force right off the bat), etc.
The risk is really what you make of it. If your hand slips and punctures the battery? Suddenly you have a lithium battery fire in your workspace. If you have steady hands and you’re careful, and you follow the instructions re draining the battery and putting into battery storage mode? You’re golden. The battery is nowhere near the SSD, so most folks will be fine. The biggest risk is pinching the fan cord beneath the heat shield or tearing the SSD aluminum sleeve if you’re not gentle with your tweezers.