Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 34
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 36
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 36
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 37
Battery ................................................................................................................... 38
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 39
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 40
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 43
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 47
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 49
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 52
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 53
Power button board ................................................................................................. 57
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 58
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 61
Speakers ................................................................................................................ 63
USB board ............................................................................................................. 65
System board ......................................................................................................... 67
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 69
Processor ............................................................................................................... 71
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 73
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 82
5 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ........................................................... 84
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................... 84
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................. 84
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................... 85
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 85
Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 86
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 87
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 87
15.6-in, SVA, display panel display specifications ..................................................................... 88
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 89
7 Backup and recovery ...................................................................................................... 90
Restore ................................................................................................................................. 90
Creating recovering media ...................................................................................................... 91
Performing a system restore ..................................................................................................... 92
Restoring using the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ............................. 92
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