Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 30
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 32
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 32
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 33
Battery ................................................................................................................... 34
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 35
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 36
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 38
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 42
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 44
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 47
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 48
Power button board ................................................................................................. 51
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 52
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 55
Speakers ................................................................................................................ 57
USB board ............................................................................................................. 59
System board ......................................................................................................... 61
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 63
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 66
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 75
5 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ........................................................... 77
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................... 77
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................. 77
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................... 78
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 78
Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 79
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 80
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 80
15.6-in, SVA, display panel display specifications ..................................................................... 81
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 82
7 Backup and recovery ...................................................................................................... 83
Restore ................................................................................................................................. 83
Creating recovering media ...................................................................................................... 84
Performing a system restore ..................................................................................................... 85
Restoring using the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ............................. 85
Restoring using the recovery media ........................................................................... 86
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