Installing an SSD and Memory in a second NUC

The 240GB Intel 730 series SSD arrived, so today I installed it, and an extra 2GB of memory into another of the NUC6CAYS computers. The 2GB of ADATA memory was taken from the original NUC when I installed the matched pair of SK Hynix memory, so for this new NUC it will have a matched pair of ADATA memory for a total of 4GB.

I'm leaving the plastic on the NUC, my OCD about this sort of thing has long faded and I have no issue in treating these devices like Italian furniture.

Four screws and the hard drive tray is exposed.

Lift that tray up and pivot to the right without disconnecting the cables exposes the pre-installed 2GB of memory.

I simply place the second piece in the upper slot and click into place. On the left of the photo you can see the pre-installed Wi-Fi card and the attached antennas.

The SSD slides into place in the hard drive tray and clicks into place, the base is screwed back in.

Total time elapsed about five minutes, I expect it can all be done in a minute.

The NUC6CAYS is pre-installed with Windows 10 Home on a 32GB eMMC drive and the UEFI BIOS has a record of activation. The next steps are to wipe that eMMC drive (to free up 32GB of storage) and to re-install the operating system on the 240GB Intel SSD which will become the boot drive. I will then update the BIOS from within Windows 10 using the Intel utility. 

After all that I will leave Windows 10 alone for an hour or so to bring itself up to date.