Battery ............................................................................................................................... 34
Service door ....................................................................................................................... 36
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................... 37
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................... 40
Memory module ................................................................................................................. 42
Solid-state drive ................................................................................................................. 44
RTC battery ....................................................................................................................... 46
WLAN module .................................................................................................................... 47
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................... 50
Top cover ........................................................................................................................... 53
Power button board ........................................................................................................... 56
TouchPad button board ..................................................................................................... 58
Optical drive connector cable ............................................................................................ 59
System board ..................................................................................................................... 61
Fan/heat sink assembly ..................................................................................................... 64
Processor ........................................................................................................................... 68
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................... 69
Speakers ............................................................................................................................ 71
Display assembly ............................................................................................................... 72
5 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ................................................................................. 79
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 79
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 79
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 80
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 80
Using System Diagnostics .................................................................................................................. 81
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................................................ 82
Computer specifications ..................................................................................................................... 82
35.6 cm (14.0 in) display specifications .............................................................................................. 82
Hard drive specifications .................................................................................................................... 83
7 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ....................................................................................................... 84
Creating backups ............................................................................................................................... 84
Creating recovery media to recover the original system .................................................... 84
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 84
Creating the recovery media ............................................................ 85
Creating system restore points .......................................................................................... 85
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 85
Creating a system restore point ........................................................................ 85
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