5 Removal and replacement procedures for authorized service provider parts .................................................... 22
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 22
Preparation for disassembly ............................................................................................................. 22
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 23
Solid-state drive ................................................................................................................................ 25
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 25
Touchpad ........................................................................................................................................... 26
Fingerprint sensor board .................................................................................................................. 28
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
Heat sink ............................................................................................................................................ 29
Lock bracket ...................................................................................................................................... 31
USB board .......................................................................................................................................... 32
USB door ............................................................................................................................................ 33
System board .................................................................................................................................... 34
Display assembly ............................................................................................................................... 36
Keyboard with top cover ................................................................................................................... 43
6 Backing up, resetting, and recovering ........................................................................................................... 44
Backing up ............................................................................................................................................................ 44
Resetting .............................................................................................................................................................. 44
Recovering ........................................................................................................................................................... 44
Installing the Chromebook Recovery Utility ..................................................................................... 45
Creating recovery media ................................................................................................................... 45
Recovering the Chrome operating system ....................................................................................... 45
Setting up your computer after a reset or recovery ........................................................................................... 46
Erasing and reformatting the recovery media .................................................................................................... 46
7 Specications .............................................................................................................................................. 47
Computer specications ...................................................................................................................................... 47
35.6 cm (14.0 in) display specications .............................................................................................................. 47
8 Statement of memory volatility .................................................................................................................... 49
Current BIOS steps ............................................................................................................................................... 49
Nonvolatile memory usage ................................................................................................................................. 51
Questions and answers ....................................................................................................................................... 53
Using HP Sure Start (select products only) ......................................................................................................... 54
9 Power cord set requirements ........................................................................................................................ 55
Requirements for all countries ............................................................................................................................ 55
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