Opening case to replace SSD m2 40mm

Hi, did you change the SSD, does it work now ?

Andrew

Posted by: @andrewc

Hi, did you change the SSD, does it work now ?

 

Andrew

Hi,

Yes

I had it replaced by a professional (to get a bill) with an SSD that I provided, even though I could have done it myself very easily.
But you have to take a M.2 SATA (6Gb/s) and not a M.2 NVMe (25Gb/s). An M.2 NVMe would be too hot for the box.

After, the 2242 format do not have much choice of manufacturers, for my part I fell back on a: "Kingchuxing - internal hard drive SSD, M.2 2242 NGFF M2, 256 GB" on Aliexpress.

Since then, everything works with Windows 11 installed on the Pico Pantera Pc without any problem (neither of installation, nor functioning since 1 week).

To open the PicoPC Pantera case do the following

Tools: Small philips screwdriver + small flat screwdriver

There are 4 small screws 2 on each site underneath the black rubber anti slip

The 4 screws are aligned as follows

Left side:

@xaz Thanks, certainly worth trying otherwise it is junk.  /Andrew

@andrewc 

I replaced the SSD with an specimen from another PC I did not use. Reinstalled Windows 11 and now it works.... 

It was very easy to do it by myself. Still a bit disappointed about the quality from XDO.

Thank you guys for the tips, found myself in the same position as all of youse. Going to try my hand at it. Appreciate it!

it looks like SSD is of very poor quality. My ssd failed with very little usage.