Dell M2010 (luggable) SSD upgrade and video card fan fix

Here are some disassembly photos from a Dell M2010 upgrade. Two upgrades were performed:
#1 SSD installation
#2 “Always on” fan mod (this alleviates the NVIDIA GPU death issue)

Enjoy 🙂

Removing the leftmost access panel

Removing the leftmost access panel

After SSD installation and fan power mod

After SSD installation and fan power mod

Fans hardwired ALWAYS ON via SATA power splitter

Fans hardwired ALWAYS ON via SATA power splitter

SSD installed

SSD installed

SATA + power flex cable

SATA + power flex cable

OCZ SSD and Samsung SSD

OCZ SSD and Samsung SSD

Raising the M2010's access cover

Raising the M2010’s access cover

Left & right panels removed

Left & right panels removed

Removing cover

Removing cover

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