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compatible with the portable. Just because a card will fit in the slot does not,

in this case, mean it will work.

Just like when installing RAM in a portable, you must avoid ESD and

remove all electricity before you take out or put in an expansion card. Failure

to remove the battery and the AC adapter (or follow any extra steps and

precautions in the manufacturer’s resources if the battery is built in) can and

probably will result in a shorted-out laptop motherboard, and that just makes

for a bad day.

The only other consideration with expansion cards applies specifically to

wireless. Not only will you need to connect the card to the slot properly, but

you must reattach the antenna connection and often a separate power cable.

Pay attention when you remove the card as to the placement of these vital

connections.

You’ll find one of two types of expansion slot in a portable: Mini-PCIe

and M.2. The older ones (think 2013 and earlier) use Mini-PCIe, while newer

devices use M.2.

CPU Replacing a CPU on a modern portable takes a lot more work than

replacing RAM or a Mini-PCIe expansion card, but follows the same general

steps. Many CPUs mount facing the bottom of the portable, so that it vents

away from your hands. When sitting properly on a flat surface, the heated air

also goes to the back of the laptop and not toward the user. You access the

CPU in this sort of system from the bottom of the portable.

As you can see in Figure 23-39, the CPU has an elaborate heat-sink and

fan assembly that includes both the CPU and the chipset. Each of the pieces

screws down in multiple places, plus the fan has a power connection. Aside

from the tiny screws, there’s no difference here in process between replacing

a mobile CPU and replacing a desktop CPU that you learned way back in

Chapter 3, “CPUs.”

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