Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 31
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 33
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 35
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 35
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 36
Battery ................................................................................................................... 37
Primary hard drive .................................................................................................. 38
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 41
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 42
Secondary hard drive .............................................................................................. 44
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 48
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 50
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 52
Power button board ................................................................................................. 55
USB/Card Reader board ......................................................................................... 56
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 57
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 59
System board ......................................................................................................... 60
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 64
Processor ............................................................................................................... 66
Speakers ................................................................................................................ 68
Subwoofer ............................................................................................................. 69
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 70
5 Setup Utility (BIOS) ......................................................................................................... 78
Starting Setup Utility ............................................................................................................... 78
Using Setup Utility .................................................................................................................. 78
Changing the language of Setup Utility ...................................................................... 78
Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility .................................................................... 79
Display system information ....................................................................................... 79
Restoring factory default settings in Setup Utility .......................................................... 79
Exiting Setup Utility ................................................................................................. 79
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................. 80
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................... 80
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 81
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 83
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 83
17.3-inch, WVA, FHD, LED AntiGlare display specifications ....................................................... 84
17.3-inch, SVA, HD+, LED AntiGlare display specifications ......................................................... 85
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 86
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