Service tag ......................................................................................................................... 29
Computer feet .................................................................................................................... 30
Battery ............................................................................................................................... 30
Service door ....................................................................................................................... 32
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................... 33
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................... 36
Memory module ................................................................................................................. 37
WLAN module .................................................................................................................... 39
RTC battery ....................................................................................................................... 41
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................... 42
Top cover ........................................................................................................................... 45
Power button board ........................................................................................................... 48
TouchPad button board ..................................................................................................... 50
Optical drive connector cable ............................................................................................ 51
System board ..................................................................................................................... 52
Fan/heat sink assembly ..................................................................................................... 55
Processor ........................................................................................................................... 58
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................... 59
Speakers ............................................................................................................................ 61
Display assembly ............................................................................................................... 62
5 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ................................................................................. 69
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 69
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 69
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 69
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 70
Using System Diagnostics .................................................................................................................. 71
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................................................ 72
Computer specifications ..................................................................................................................... 72
35.6 cm (14.0 in) display specifications .............................................................................................. 72
Hard drive specifications .................................................................................................................... 73
DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combination Drive specifications .............................................. 74
7 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ....................................................................................................... 75
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 75
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 76
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 77
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ....................................................... 78
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................ 78
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