4 Removal and replacement procedures ........................................................................................................... 20
Preparation for disassembly ............................................................................................................................... 20
Access panel ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Dust î†lter ............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Front bezel ........................................................................................................................................................... 23
Internal drive bezel .............................................................................................................................................. 24
Speaker ................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Card reader module ............................................................................................................................................. 26
Hood sensor module ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Serial port module ............................................................................................................................................... 28
Fan ........................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Hard drives ........................................................................................................................................................... 30
Optical drives ....................................................................................................................................................... 33
Drive cage ............................................................................................................................................................ 36
Memory module ................................................................................................................................................... 37
Expansion card ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
Power supply ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
Fan-sink ............................................................................................................................................................... 42
Processor ............................................................................................................................................................. 44
System board ....................................................................................................................................................... 45
5 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ........................................................................................................................ 47
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................................ 47
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ................................................................................................ 47
Computer Setup–Main ....................................................................................................................... 49
Computer Setup—Security ............................................................................................................... 51
Computer Setup—Advanced ............................................................................................................. 53
Recovering the Conî†guration Settings ............................................................................................................... 58
6 Troubleshooting without diagnostics ............................................................................................................ 59
Safety and comfort .............................................................................................................................................. 59
Before you call for technical support .................................................................................................................. 59
Helpful hints ........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Solving general problems .................................................................................................................................... 61
Solving power problems ...................................................................................................................................... 65
Solving hard drive problems ................................................................................................................................ 66
Solving media card reader problems ................................................................................................................... 68
Solving display problems .................................................................................................................................... 69
Solving audio problems ....................................................................................................................................... 73
Solving printer problems ..................................................................................................................................... 75
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