Cables and connectors ............................................................................. 43
Drive handling ......................................................................................... 44
Grounding guidelines .............................................................................................. 44
Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 44
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 46
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 48
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 48
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 49
Battery ................................................................................................................... 49
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 50
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 53
WWAN module ..................................................................................................... 56
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 58
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 62
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 63
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 64
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 67
Power button board ................................................................................................. 70
Bluetooth module .................................................................................................... 71
Speakers ................................................................................................................ 72
Optical drive cable ................................................................................................. 73
USB board ............................................................................................................. 74
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 75
System board ......................................................................................................... 76
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 80
Processor ............................................................................................................... 83
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 86
5 Setup Utility .................................................................................................................... 94
Starting Setup Utility ............................................................................................................... 94
Using Setup Utility .................................................................................................................. 94
Changing the language of Setup Utility ...................................................................... 94
Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility .................................................................... 95
Display system information ....................................................................................... 95
Restoring default settings in Setup Utility ..................................................................... 96
Exiting Setup Utility ................................................................................................. 96
Setup Utility menus ................................................................................................................. 97
Main menu ............................................................................................................. 97
Security menu ......................................................................................................... 97
System Configuration menu ...................................................................................... 97
Diagnostics menu .................................................................................................... 98
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