1 PCI Express Mini Card slot for wireless WAN card or
mSATA solid-state drive
2 Battery
3 PCI Express Mini Card slot for wireless LAN card
4 Memory upgrade slot
5 Hard disk drive
1 PCI Express Mini Card slot for wireless WAN card or mSATA solid-state drive
Your computer might have a wireless wide area network (WAN) card installed in the PCI Express Mini
Card slot for wireless WAN connections.
For some models, an mSATA solid-state drive might be installed instead of the wireless WAN card for
data storage.
2 Battery
Use your computer with battery power whenever ac power is unavailable.
3 PCI Express Mini Card slot for wireless LAN card
Your computer might include a wireless local area network (LAN) card in the PCI Express Mini Card slot for
you to establish wireless LAN connections.
4 Memory-upgrade slot
You can increase the amount of memory in your computer by installing a memory module in the
memory-upgrade slot. Memory modules are available as options from Lenovo.
5 Hard disk drive
Your computer might have a large-capacity, customer-upgradable hard disk drive that can meet a variety of
storage demands.
Note: The hidden service partition is the reason why there is less free space than expected on your hard
disk drive.
Rear view
Figure 6. ThinkPad Edge E430, E430c, E435, E530, E530c, and E535 rear view
1 Fan louvers (rear)
1 Fan louvers (rear)
The internal fan and louvers enable air to circulate in the computer and cool the central processor.
Note: To avoid impeding airow, do not place any obstacle in front of the fan.
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