Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 41
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 43
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 45
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 45
Battery ................................................................................................................... 46
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 47
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 50
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 51
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 52
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 54
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 57
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 61
Top speakers .......................................................................................................... 64
Power button board ................................................................................................. 65
Fingerprint reader board .......................................................................................... 66
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 67
Solid-state drive ...................................................................................................... 70
System board ......................................................................................................... 72
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 77
Processor ............................................................................................................... 82
USB board ............................................................................................................. 83
Subwoofer ............................................................................................................. 84
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 86
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 87
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 88
5 Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics .................................................................... 96
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................... 96
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................. 96
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................... 97
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 97
Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 98
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 99
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 99
15.6-inch display specifications ............................................................................................. 100
Hard drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 101
7 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................... 102
Creating backups ................................................................................................................. 102
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