Front bezel ........................................................................................................................................................... 17
Hood sensor ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Speaker ................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive ............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Hard drive connector ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Drive cage ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
Graphics processor and heat sink assembly ....................................................................................................... 23
M.2 PCIe solid state drive (SSD) ........................................................................................................................... 24
WLAN module ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
Battery ................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Expansion connector board ................................................................................................................................. 29
Memory modules ................................................................................................................................................. 30
Memory module specications ......................................................................................................... 30
Removing memory modules ............................................................................................................. 30
Fan ........................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Heat sink .............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Processor ............................................................................................................................................................. 37
System board ....................................................................................................................................................... 38
System board components ............................................................................................................... 41
Internal WLAN antenna cables ............................................................................................................................ 42
Changing from desktop to tower conguration .................................................................................................. 44
5 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ........................................................................................................................ 45
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................................ 45
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ................................................................................................ 45
Computer Setup–Main ....................................................................................................................... 47
Computer Setup—Security ............................................................................................................... 49
Computer Setup—Advanced ............................................................................................................. 52
Computer Setup—UEFI Drivers ......................................................................................................... 56
Recovering the Conguration Settings ............................................................................................................... 56
6 Troubleshooting without diagnostics ............................................................................................................ 57
Safety and comfort .............................................................................................................................................. 57
Before you call for technical support .................................................................................................................. 57
Helpful hints ........................................................................................................................................................ 58
Solving general problems .................................................................................................................................... 59
Solving power problems ...................................................................................................................................... 62
Solving hard drive problems ................................................................................................................................ 63
Solving media card reader problems ................................................................................................................... 65
Solving display problems .................................................................................................................................... 66
Solving audio problems ....................................................................................................................................... 70
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