Front bezel ........................................................................................................................................................... 17
Hood sensor ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Speaker ................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive ............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Hard drive connector ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Drive cage ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
Graphics processor and heat sink assembly ....................................................................................................... 23
M.2 PCIe solid state drive (SSD) ........................................................................................................................... 24
WLAN module ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
Battery ................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Expansion connector board ................................................................................................................................. 29
Memory modules ................................................................................................................................................. 30
Memory module specications ......................................................................................................... 30
Removing memory modules ............................................................................................................. 30
Fan ........................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Heat sink .............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Processor ............................................................................................................................................................. 37
System board ....................................................................................................................................................... 38
System board components ............................................................................................................... 41
Internal WLAN antenna cables ............................................................................................................................ 42
Changing from desktop to tower conguration .................................................................................................. 44
5 Troubleshooting without diagnostics ............................................................................................................ 45
Safety and comfort .............................................................................................................................................. 45
Before you call for technical support .................................................................................................................. 45
Helpful hints ........................................................................................................................................................ 46
Solving general problems .................................................................................................................................... 47
Solving power problems ...................................................................................................................................... 50
Solving hard drive problems ................................................................................................................................ 51
Solving media card reader problems ................................................................................................................... 53
Solving display problems .................................................................................................................................... 54
Solving audio problems ....................................................................................................................................... 58
Solving printer problems ..................................................................................................................................... 59
Solving keyboard and mouse problems .............................................................................................................. 60
Solving hardware installation problems ............................................................................................................. 62
Solving network problems .................................................................................................................................. 63
Solving memory problems .................................................................................................................................. 65
Solving USB ash drive problems ........................................................................................................................ 67
Solving Internet access problems ....................................................................................................................... 67
Solving software problems .................................................................................................................................. 68
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