Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 31
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 33
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 33
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 34
Battery ................................................................................................................... 35
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 36
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 37
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 39
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 43
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 45
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 48
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 49
Power button board ................................................................................................. 52
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 53
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 56
Speakers ................................................................................................................ 58
USB board ............................................................................................................. 60
System board ......................................................................................................... 62
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 65
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 67
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 76
5 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ........................................................... 78
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................... 78
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................. 78
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................... 78
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 79
Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 80
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 81
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 81
15.6-in, SVA, display panel display specifications ..................................................................... 82
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 83
7 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ............................................................................ 84
Creating recovery media and backups ..................................................................................... 84
Creating HP Recovery media .................................................................................... 85
Restore and recovery .............................................................................................................. 86
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ................................................... 87
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ................................................................. 88
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