Grounding guidelines ......................................................................................................... 36
Electrostatic discharge damage ........................................................................ 36
Packaging and transporting guidelines ............................................. 37
Workstation guidelines ..................................................................... 37
Equipment guidelines ....................................................................... 38
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................. 39
Service tag ......................................................................................................................... 39
Battery ............................................................................................................................... 40
Bottom door ....................................................................................................................... 41
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................... 42
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................... 44
RTC battery ....................................................................................................................... 46
Memory modules ............................................................................................................... 47
WLAN/Bluetooth combo card ............................................................................................ 49
Modem module .................................................................................................................. 54
Fan ..................................................................................................................................... 56
Heat sink ............................................................................................................................ 57
Processor ........................................................................................................................... 59
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................... 61
Top cover ........................................................................................................................... 64
Audio board ....................................................................................................................... 71
Card reader ........................................................................................................................ 73
RJ-11 jack cable ................................................................................................................ 75
Quick Launch board ........................................................................................................... 77
Speaker assembly ............................................................................................................. 78
USB board ......................................................................................................................... 81
System board ..................................................................................................................... 82
Power cable ....................................................................................................................... 85
Optical drive connector ...................................................................................................... 87
Display assembly ............................................................................................................... 89
5 Computer Setup (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ..................................................................................... 97
Using Computer Setup ....................................................................................................................... 97
Starting Computer Setup ................................................................................................... 97
Navigating and selecting in Computer Setup ..................................................................... 97
Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup ................................................................... 98
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................. 99
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................... 99
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................. 99
Using System Diagnostics ................................................................................................................ 100
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