🛠️ Dell XPS 17 9710 - disassembly and upgrade options

[@SimplestUsername]

2:12 _"One of which can fit gen 4 SSD's"_ This is inaccurate. Both M.2 slots can fully utilize PCIe 4.0 M.2 drives. Although, both slots do share the same 4 PCIe lanes so I wouldn't attempt something like a Raid 0.

[@PuurplePumpkin]

RAID 0 could work though, maybe with sequential reads and writes there won't be a major improvement but random reads and writes would improve, no? But it's a laptop so raid 0 is a bit of a waste

[@BrianJ.]

Why would you even need RAID 0 when PCIe 4.0 drives can reach 7000MB/s. What is there to gain in real world utility.

[@SimplestUsername]

@@BrianJ. Good question, on a server there are some applications with ROM intense rendering that could benifit. Though on a laptop like this, the increased latency of Raid 0 will likely overshadow the increased speeds.

[@merlinuxp]

Can you replace the wifi card?

[@Jahangir_Hossain_CA]

Is the glue modular?

[@jmachats]

What tool did you use to pry the bottom panel and what screwdriver did you use for the screws?

[@adilenesbuyuk2129]

Its the torx T5

[@AllenInRealLife]

@@adilenesbuyuk2129 I can confirm this, after wasting money..

[@bryanbischoff1008]

Would be nice if you told me what size driver to remove the case screws

[@lukec2226]

Torx T5

[@vasylzhydun8879]

Great video! Just curious, are 9700 and 9710?

[@hcornel88]

Hello, can you put in an SSD gen4 with 3.5mm thickness or is this too thick? Thanks for your help :-) !

[@futo]

Having a real hard time finding out what brand of M.2 NVME was originally installed in my 9710 model. I bought my laptop as used, and I checked the model in the Disk Storage, and it's a WDC SN730 NVMe. I have a feeling, it's not the original

[@Tylos]

The 9710 comes with WD SN730 NVME SSD. Its orignal.

[@Salamon_Zsolt]

keyboard replacement?

[@rocketomega11]

what about bios battery

[@christiancolindres1339]

Where is the microphone?

[@gregd6022]

Nice details

[@amar5318]

Good work

[@Reddylion]

Nice

[@zoltanrakottyai]

is wifi/bt is soldered?

[@aelaan12]

Yes it is

[@oviandre]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@tomthecat176]

It's a fake video. It's not easy to open it. You need to start from REAR side, otherwise you will brake all plastic pins inside!

[@izrael2321]

You didn't disassemble anything the name of the video is I Lied or your a fool for watching

[@UTubeandChill]

I love it when these bullshit "how-to" videos act like all you have to do is remove the screws then slip in a plastic card around the edge to separate the back cover. Zero chance.

[@vasilestana9754]

So, to change the battery, one needs to take off the back cover? That's BS.

[@blvckbytes7329]

That's standard and not too complicated...

[@gregd6022]

do you have a time machine?? because it's not the 90s anymore...

[@SimplestUsername]

This is considered one of the easier battery replacements on the market. *No glue!* Though now I'm curious what you expected; a battery quick release or something? Such things add substantial bulk and reduce build quality.

[@vasilestana9754]

@@SimplestUsername I was expecting a battery quick release

[@SimplestUsername]

@@vasilestana9754 That definitely used to be a thing. Now I believe such features are exclusive to rugged laptop lineups and maybe some commercial models. Nothing you'd want to use as a daily driver. I just opened my XPS 17 Today to install a new M.2 SSD. It's honestly very simple so long as you have the right Security Torx bit and something like a guitar pick to pry it.

[@bryanbischoff1008]

Would be nice if you told me what size driver to remove the case screws

[@itsweekly5169]

TORX5