Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 27
Memory module ................................................................................................................................ 28
WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 29
Card reader board .............................................................................................................................. 31
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 33
System board .................................................................................................................................... 34
Heat sink ............................................................................................................................................ 36
TouchPad cable .................................................................................................................................. 38
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 39
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................................... 40
Display assembly ............................................................................................................................... 41
6 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 50
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 50
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) .............................................................................................................................. 50
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 50
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 51
7 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ....................................................................................................... 52
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 52
8 Specications .............................................................................................................................................. 54
Computer specications ...................................................................................................................................... 54
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................................................... 56
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 56
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 56
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 57
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 58
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 58
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 58
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 59
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 59
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 60
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ......................................... 61
10 Power cord set requirements ...................................................................................................................... 62
Requirements for all countries ............................................................................................................................ 62
Requirements for specic countries and regions ................................................................................................ 62
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