Dell Precision 3430 Small Form Factor Service Manual

Installing the M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive -SSD

1. Place the thermal pad into the slot on the system board [1].
   NOTE:M.2 PCIe SSD with capacity over 512G(512G/1TB/2TB) must be installed with a thermal pad. M.2 SATA SSD and M.2 PCIe SSD with 128G and 256G does not require a thermal pad.
2. Insert the M.2 PCIe SSD card into the card slot on the system board [2].
3. Replace the single (M2 x 3.5) screw that secures the M.2 PCIe SSD card to the system board [3].
   
4. Install the:
   1. Hard drive and optical drive module
   2. Front bezel
   3. Side cover
5. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.