Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1 SSD and RAM Upgrade Guide
Here is a photo guide to upgrading the RAM and installing an SSD on the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1. This is a very nice laptop for the price and you can read a brief review here.
For the upgrade steps, start and the bottom of the page and work your way up… 🙂
Cloning HDD to SSD
8GB RAM and 1TB SSD, much better!
(4) screws keep the drive in the caddy
HDD and SSD
Another screw
Removing one of the HDD caddy screws
Easy access to memory, 8GB works splendidly
Time to remove HDD
8GB DDR3L upgrade and 1TB SSD upgrade
Inspiron 11 2-in-1 (left) vs Inspiron 15 2-in-1 (right)
4GB DDR3L chip that came with the laptop
Battery is removable, easy access to most components
Small 43wh battery, but battery life is still fair
HDD, battery, empty space
Single DDR3L RAM slot (8GB verified, 16GB should work too)
Bottom cover fully removed
Cover fully loosened
Removing the cover
Work around to the sides
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Begin prying bottom cover slowly from the rear
Screws removed
Preparing to remove the screws from bottom panel
Nice keyboard but no numpad & slightly wide spacing
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1 Touch Laptop
These simple upgrades take a nice basic machine and make it much more capable! 🙂
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How much faster was it after putting the ssd
Hi Bob,
I found the speed difference to be quite drastic. Especially boot up and suspend, as well as launching Google Chrome, Photoshop and other similar apps.
Best regards,
-J.D.