🛠️ How to open Lenovo Legion Pro 5 (16″, Gen 10) - disassembly and upgrade options

Hey everyone, today we're opening the Lenovo Legion Pro 516 Gen 10. You can find our full review on LaptopMedia.com. Display measurements, thermals, battery life, benchmarks and more. The link is in the description below. Let's dive in. To get inside, we remove 10 screws from the bottom plate. We're using a JIS number 1 screwdriver for the best fit. The first 4 screws we're removing are the shorter ones. The next to last 2 screws sit deeper in the cover, so a JIS number 0 driver is easier here because the shaft is thinner, even though JIS number 1 fits the screw head the best. All screws are out. Now we start releasing the plastic clips with a thin plastic pry tool. Work carefully and don't push the tool deep inside. Repair shops regularly see laptops with damaged internal parts from improper opening. We're done. Note that on the back of the cover, on copper plates, are the thermal pads for the SSD slots. Before touching anything else, we disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard. Here's the primary SSD slot, with mounting points for both the short and the longer M.2 stick lengths. And this is the second, currently empty, SSD slot. Under this cover is the RAM, protected by an EMI shield. Down here is the dedicated graphics card and its VRM area. Here's the CPU. The cooling system uses 2 fans. This is the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth M.2 card. Now we remove the battery, disconnect the cable, undo the 2 retaining screws, and lift out the 80Wh pack, which also supports Lenovo's Super Rapid Charge. You can check the result of our battery life test on LaptopMedia.com, and don't forget to visit our top 100 laptops with the Best Battery Life ranking page. Done, the 80Wh battery is out. We're removing the primary SSD. In this unit, it's a Samsung 1TB drive, PCI Express 4x4 NVMe in the short stick size, and the slot also has a mounting point for a longer drive. Next, we remove the EMI shield over the memory. There are 2 DDR5 SO-DIMM slots, and Lenovo rates the platform for up to 32GB. The module we're holding is a Kingston 16GB stick labeled DDR5-5600, which may run at the supported speed for this system. After reinstalling the memory, make sure the shield seats into all the metal clips evenly, so none of them get bent. One more look at the second SSD slot and the wireless card next to it, with its retaining screw and the two antenna leads. Last look at the underside of the touchpad. And one more look at the cooling system. That's the inside of the Lenovo Legion Pro 516 Gen10. In our full review on LaptopMedia.com, we also cover the things people ask about most. Benchmark tests, battery life, display quality details. Thanks for watching, and if you enjoyed the teardown, don't forget to like, subscribe, and check the link in the description.