Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 43
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 44
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 46
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 46
Battery ................................................................................................................... 47
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 48
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 52
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 53
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 55
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 57
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 59
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 63
Front speakers ........................................................................................................ 67
Power button board ................................................................................................. 68
Fingerprint reader board .......................................................................................... 69
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 70
Solid-state drive ...................................................................................................... 72
USB board ............................................................................................................. 73
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 75
System board ......................................................................................................... 77
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 81
Processor ............................................................................................................... 85
Card Reader board ................................................................................................. 88
Subwoofer ............................................................................................................. 89
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 90
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 92
5 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ......................................................... 100
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................... 100
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................... 100
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................. 100
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................. 101
Using System Diagnostics ...................................................................................................... 102
6 Specifications ............................................................................................................... 103
Computer specifications ........................................................................................................ 103
17.3-inch display specifications ............................................................................................. 105
Hard drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 106
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