Front bezel ........................................................................................................................................................... 18
Hood sensor ......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Speaker ................................................................................................................................................................ 20
Hard drive ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Hard drive connector ........................................................................................................................................... 22
Drive cage ............................................................................................................................................................ 23
Graphics processor and heat sink assembly ....................................................................................................... 24
M.2 PCIe solid state drive (SSD) ........................................................................................................................... 25
WLAN module ...................................................................................................................................................... 27
Battery ................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Expansion connector board ................................................................................................................................. 31
Memory modules ................................................................................................................................................. 32
Memory module specications ......................................................................................................... 32
Removing memory modules ............................................................................................................. 32
Fan ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Heat sink .............................................................................................................................................................. 37
Processor ............................................................................................................................................................. 39
System board ....................................................................................................................................................... 40
System board components ............................................................................................................... 43
Internal WLAN antenna cables ............................................................................................................................ 44
Changing from desktop to tower conguration .................................................................................................. 46
5 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ........................................................................................................................ 47
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................................ 47
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ................................................................................................ 47
Computer Setup–Main ....................................................................................................................... 49
Computer Setup—Security ............................................................................................................... 51
Computer Setup—Advanced ............................................................................................................. 54
Computer Setup—UEFI Drivers ......................................................................................................... 58
Recovering the Conguration Settings ............................................................................................................... 58
6 Troubleshooting without diagnostics ............................................................................................................ 59
Safety and comfort .............................................................................................................................................. 59
Before you call for technical support .................................................................................................................. 59
Helpful hints ........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Solving general problems .................................................................................................................................... 61
Solving power problems ...................................................................................................................................... 64
Solving hard drive problems ................................................................................................................................ 65
Solving media card reader problems ................................................................................................................... 67
Solving display problems .................................................................................................................................... 68
Solving audio problems ....................................................................................................................................... 72
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