Grounding guidelines ......................................................................................................... 36
Electrostatic discharge damage ........................................................................ 36
Packaging and transporting guidelines ............................................. 37
Workstation guidelines ..................................................................... 37
Equipment guidelines ....................................................................... 38
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................. 39
Service tag ......................................................................................................................... 39
Battery ............................................................................................................................... 40
SIM .................................................................................................................................... 41
Bottom door ....................................................................................................................... 42
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................... 43
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................... 45
Memory modules ............................................................................................................... 47
WWAN module .................................................................................................................. 49
WLAN/Bluetooth combo card ............................................................................................ 51
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................... 56
Top cover ........................................................................................................................... 58
Card reader board ............................................................................................................. 63
Speaker assembly ............................................................................................................. 64
Quick Launch board ........................................................................................................... 66
Power button board ........................................................................................................... 67
Modem module .................................................................................................................. 69
Lid switch ........................................................................................................................... 71
USB board ......................................................................................................................... 72
RJ-11 jack cable ................................................................................................................ 74
System board ..................................................................................................................... 75
RTC battery ....................................................................................................................... 78
Fan ..................................................................................................................................... 80
Heat sink ............................................................................................................................ 82
Processor ........................................................................................................................... 84
Power cable ....................................................................................................................... 86
Display assembly ............................................................................................................... 88
5 Computer Setup (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ..................................................................................... 97
Using Computer Setup ....................................................................................................................... 97
Starting Computer Setup ................................................................................................... 97
Navigating and selecting in Computer Setup ..................................................................... 97
Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup ................................................................... 98
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................. 99
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................... 99
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................. 99
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