I’m only bringing this up because I’d assumed, based on everything I’d read and videos I’s skimmed, that it would be the same process to swap SSDs on the new OLED Deck.
Boy was I mistaken. There’s a ribbon cable all the way across the system taped onto the shield which I had to carefully peel away mm by mm so that I could slip the shield off.
There’s also a thin wire taped to the side of the shield under that long taped on ribbon cable that needs to be separated as well.
I don’t remember anything as precarious feeling as that ribbon cable (I couldn’t tell what it was for but I didn’t want to mess anything up.
It was also 10x harder to wedge the shell open, maybe the tolerances are a bit better, but I was starting to freak out. I used the same blue wedges from the iFixit kit that worked easily on the LCD.
Anyways, a cautionary tale, expect differences inside.
From the vids I have seen, you can just lift the shield with the ribbon still attached to get at the SSD. ie. no need to remove it completely.
Yep, i did my swap without removing anything, just lifting it up enough so i can get the old one out and the new one in.
Was fine for me at least. But yes it is a bit finnicky.