Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 40
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 41
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 44
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 44
Battery ................................................................................................................... 45
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 46
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 50
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 51
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 53
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 55
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 57
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 61
Front speakers ........................................................................................................ 64
Power button board ................................................................................................. 65
Fingerprint reader board .......................................................................................... 66
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 67
Solid-state drive ...................................................................................................... 69
USB board ............................................................................................................. 70
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 71
System board ......................................................................................................... 73
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 76
Processor ............................................................................................................... 81
Card Reader board ................................................................................................. 83
Subwoofer ............................................................................................................. 84
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 86
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 88
5 Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics .................................................................... 96
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................... 96
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................. 96
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................... 97
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 97
Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 98
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 99
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 99
17.3-inch display specifications ............................................................................................. 101
Hard drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 102
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