Lenovo Thinkpad X250 Upgrade HDD, SSD, RAM Guide
In this guide, I’ll disassemble Lenovo Thinkpad X250, refer to this guide, you can upgrade the hard drive, SSD and RAM for your Thinkpad X250.
First of all, remove all screws securing the bottom case.
The you can access the internal components of Thinkpad X250, including the hard drive, RAM memory, wireless card, battery, cooling fan, spare SSD slot and motherboard.
You can see from the picture. Thinkpad X250 has a spare mSATA slot for user add SSD.
Lenovo Thinkpad X250 has one RAM slot. If you want to upgrade RAM, just add a big RAM to replace the old RAM memory.
Lenovo Thinkpad X250 come with a 2.5″ hard drive, you can upgrade to a big capacity hard drive or replace it by a 2.5″ SSD.
5 Comments
Hi,
I accidentally removed some of the screws from the bottom case and did not realize they are sized differently. Could you please tell me, which screw goes where? I guessed, and now one of the screws won’t get tightened – it just doesn’t “grab” the whole.
Thanks a lot!
Is it easier to replace factory 2.5″ 500GB SSD with my own 500GB SSD on the X250 vs. the T450s? Or are both Thinkpads equal effort to change SSD? Thank you.
The spare slot is m.2 sata, NOT msata. There is a difference and msata will not work.
@Will:
No, its called mSata.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/14-06-11-ssd-RalfR-N3S_7886-03.jpg/1920px-14-06-11-ssd-RalfR-N3S_7886-03.jpg
Picture of an mSata SSD with enclosure
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/SSD_Samsung_960_PRO_512GB_-_front_and_back_-_2018-05-27.jpg/800px-SSD_Samsung_960_PRO_512GB_-_front_and_back_-_2018-05-27.jpg
Picture of an M.2 SSD
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There is a difference to SATA and mSATA.
As much as there is a difference to m.2 as well. An M.2 will NOT work in the ThinkPad X250.
The spare slot is NOT M.2. The spare slot is a mSATA interface. You cannot fit a M.2 SSD harddrive into that slot, you need a specific type with the mSATA interface.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/M.2_and_mSATA_SSDs_comparison.jpg
This picture compares an mSATA (left) to an M.2 (right).