Service door ....................................................................................................................................... 26
Memory module ................................................................................................................................ 28
WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 30
Optical drive ...................................................................................................................................... 32
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................................... 34
6 Removal and replacement procedures for Authorized Service Provider parts ................................................... 37
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................................. 37
Display panel ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Top cover ........................................................................................................................................... 41
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 44
Power button board .......................................................................................................................... 47
TouchPad button board .................................................................................................................... 49
Optical drive connector cable ........................................................................................................... 50
System board .................................................................................................................................... 52
RTC battery ........................................................................................................................................ 56
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 58
Heat sink assembly ........................................................................................................................... 60
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................................... 62
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 63
Display assembly subcomponents ................................................................................................... 66
7 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 72
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 72
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................................................ 72
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 72
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 73
8 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................................... 74
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 74
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................................................... 75
Creating recovery media and backups (select models only) .............................................................................. 75
Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) ........................................................................... 75
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................... 76
Restore and recover (select models only) .......................................................................................................... 76
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) ........................................................ 77
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 77
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................................. 77
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................. 78
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