Drive handling ......................................................................................... 37
Grounding guidelines .............................................................................................. 37
Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 37
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 39
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 41
Battery ................................................................................................................... 41
SIM ....................................................................................................................... 42
Display assembly components (panel, bezel, webcam, microphone) .............................. 43
Hard drive cover ..................................................................................................... 47
Hard drive/SSD drive .............................................................................................. 48
mSATA drive .......................................................................................................... 50
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 52
Service cover .......................................................................................................... 53
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 54
WWAN module ..................................................................................................... 56
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 58
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 60
Base enclosure ........................................................................................................ 63
Touchpad ............................................................................................................... 65
Power connector ..................................................................................................... 66
Fan ....................................................................................................................... 68
System board ......................................................................................................... 69
Heat sink ............................................................................................................... 72
Speaker assembly ................................................................................................... 74
Smart card board .................................................................................................... 75
Fingerprint reader board .......................................................................................... 77
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 78
5 Computer Setup (BIOS) and Advanced System Diagnostics .............................................. 86
Windows 7 – Computer Setup (BIOS) and Advanced System Diagnostics ..................................... 86
Using Computer Setup ............................................................................................. 86
Starting Computer Setup ........................................................................... 86
Navigating and selecting in Computer Setup ............................................... 87
Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup ................................................ 87
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................... 89
Determining the BIOS version ..................................................... 89
Downloading a BIOS update ...................................................... 90
Using Advanced System Diagnostics ......................................................................... 91
Windows 8 – Computer Setup (BIOS) and Advanced System Diagnostics ..................................... 92
Using Computer Setup ............................................................................................. 92
Starting Computer Setup ........................................................................... 92
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