Under the right fan. Although, it looks like there is a card there already.

Are you sure you can? Did you look up the model number and check for manuals or docs?

It looks like it might be under the black plastic cover to the left of the RAM, or under where you have it placed in your picture. Then again, it could not be accessible from this side of the main board, and you might have to look under the keyboard.

Manual would be better than guessing though.

I believe that's the Wireless card

It's an Intel whitebook, can't find much in the way of disassembly videos or docs. You definitely can though

Yeah and it wouldnt fit / work probably

What makes you so confident? Also whats the actual model name of the thing?

Have a look under these two black paperlike sheets right in the middle, where the RAM probably sits. Maybe there's room for more.

If you can post the make and model, it should be possible to bring up whatever is necessary to figure out where it is.

Anyway, there's two black patches in the middle. One I can see is the RAM, the other looks suspiciously like it might be the ssd. Have a look underneath if you can.

Googled "intel whitebook" and this is the first link https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/laptops/whitebook/Intel-Whitebook-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

It suggests there are two M.2 slots under where you are holding your drive.

You're blocking where they go with your hand. There are two slots right next to the sticker with the model number. Next to the fan on the left side.

Assuming it's this (LAPQO71A) ...

Guide: https://cdn.cs.1worldsync.com/a5/d0/a5d06ff2-92b9-4510-a5af-b71e1deb4083.pdf

Page 20

Looks to be on the left (in the image) below the fan and underneath where your hand is in the image.

According to the manual I pulled up on Google the slots are right below where he's holding the drive in the picture, but they support 80mm drives. 🤭

Aha, was able to install my drive, thank you!

Yeah that looks right assuming its the right model; compared to the diagram in the quick start guide, in the picture he's covering the area where the slots are with his hand and the drive hes holding. This quide for the same model numbers is the same: https://manualmachine.com/intel/bqc71abbu6000/8104213-user-manual/

OP needs to check his model number.

Unfortunately the guide suggests it only supports 80mm length (2280) NVME drives. There could be a screw hole for the 42mm or 60mm sizes but they're not mentioned. It may be the NVME he has is too small for the design of the laptop. OP is holding what looks like a 2242?

There are adaptors (e.g. on ebay) to add length to a shorter drive to fit into the slot, but the ideal is to buy the right size of the slot.

OP literally covering the only important part of the image with his hand.

There are adapters, but you only get 1 or 2 lanes and can only use short SSDs. If there is a BIOS whitelist, it won't work though.

As someone else has said; important to check the model number for the offical guide but if its a LAPQC71 (A, B, C or D) then this covers it:
https://manualmachine.com/intel/bqc71abbu6000/8104213-user-manual/

The slots look to be hidden behind your hand in your photo.

The guide says its made for an 80 mm NVME (i.e. 2280). You look to be holding a 42mm (2242) or 60mm (2260) which is too short. There could be screw holes there that aren't documented but if not you'd have to get an adaptor to extend the length of the NVME to fit. Far better would be to get a drive the right length.

NVME 2242, 2260 and 2280 are all the same in terms of the connection, the only difference is the board length. The longer ones can potentially fit more memory on them so are "better" (good in full desktops for example where there is plenty of space) while the 2242 are designed to fit into smaller spaces like laptops or miniPCs. This laptop seems to be supporting the longer slots which is actually good but unfortunately it may mean your card is not going to be big enough.

It's always worth reading the manual before upgrade components as it will tell you exactly what slots are available and what standards are supported. There are 2 NVME slots - 1 is NVME only, the other can support NVME and SATA.

??? The thing is on the right side of the pic. Your image is up side down.

Edit: oh.duh, the two horizontal slots. I'm a dummy. Sorry.