Lenovo X250 M.2 Slot
Lenovo ThinkSystem servers support M.2 drives in one of three ways, depending on the server selected: One or two drives, mounted in an M.2 adapter, vertically in a dedicated slot Two or four drives, mounted horizontally in an M.2 adapter Installed directly on the system board. Description THINKPAD X250 ULTRABOOK; Processor: 5th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-5010U Processor (3M Cache, 2.10 GHz) 5 5th Gen Intel Core i5-5200U Processor (3M Cache, 2.2GHz), Turbo Boost 2.0 (2.7GHz) 5. Regarding the X250 and M.2 2242 SSD Hi, noob here. I've scoured the net but have failed to find a real answer: If I want to order an X250 with the 500 GB 2.5' HDD and run my OS via an M.2 2242 SSD that I'd install myself, is there anything I need to consider when configuring my laptop order on the Lenovo website?
In this guide, I’ll be taking apart a Lenovo ThinkPad X250 in order to access and upgrade the hard drive, SSD and RAM.
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1. Removing the bottom cover
First of all, unlock and remove the battery.
Remove eight screws securing the bottom cover to the laptop.
Remove the SD card tray from the laptop.
Here’s the SD card tray.
Lenovo X250 M.2 Slot 2280
There are seven clips securing the bottom cover to the body.
You can release the clips with a guitar pick.
Once all clips were released, you can remove the bottom cover.
2. Upgrade the M.2 SSD
Under the bottom cover you can get access to the following internal components:
– Hard drive
– RAM module
– M.2 SSD
– Internal battery
– Heat sink and Cooling Fan
– Wireless card
– Speaker
The laptop comes with a 16GB 2242 M.2 SSD. My new M.2 2242 is Transcend MTS400 SATA3 M.2 SSD. By the way, Plextor M6G is also compatible the Lenovo ThinkPad X250.
Lenovo X250 M.2 Slot Drivers
Remove the screw and take the SSD out of its slot.
Lenovo X250 M.2 Slot 1tb
Install the Transcend MTS400 SATA3 M.2 SSD into the slot
3. Upgrade the hard drive and 2.5″ SSD
The laptop comes with a Seagate 500GB 7200RPM, and you can upgrade to a larger capacity hard drive, or replace it with a 2.5″ SSD.
In my case, I replace it with a 2.5″ Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD.
4. Upgrade the RAM
The Lenovo ThinkPad X250 comes with an 8GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM. It has to meet my daily needs, so I did not upgrade the memory, but a user has been upgraded to 16GB, and can be used normally, please see this thread from Lenovo forum.