Cleaning your computer with a disinfectant ................................................................................................. 23
Caring for wood veneer (select products only) ............................................................................................. 24
Packaging and transporting guidelines .............................................................................................................................. 24
Accessing support information ............................................................................................................................................ 24
5 Removal and replacement procedures for authorized service provider parts ............................................................................ 27
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................................................. 28
Preparation for disassembly ........................................................................................................................... 29
Top cover/keyboard ...................................................................................................................... 29
Touchpad cable ............................................................................................................................. 32
Touchpad ........................................................................................................................................ 33
Battery ............................................................................................................................................ 34
WLAN module ................................................................................................................................ 35
Speakers ......................................................................................................................................... 37
Connector board cables ............................................................................................................... 37
Connector board ........................................................................................................................... 38
System board ................................................................................................................................ 39
Heat sink ......................................................................................................................................... 41
29.6 cm (11.6 in) display assembly ........................................................................................... 43
6 Backing up, resetting, and recovering ................................................................................................................................................. 51
Backing up ............................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Resetting ................................................................................................................................................................................. 51
Recovering ............................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Installing the Chromebook Recovery Utility .................................................................................................. 52
Creating recovery media .................................................................................................................................. 52
Recovering the Chrome operating system .................................................................................................... 52
Setting up your computer after a reset or recovery ......................................................................................................... 52
Erase and reformat the recovery media ............................................................................................................................ 52
Specications .......................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Computer specications ................................................................................................................................... 54
29.5 cm (11.6 in) display specications ......................................................................................................... 54
7 Specications .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Computer specications ........................................................................................................................................................ 57
29.6 cm (11.6 in) display specications ............................................................................................................................. 58
8 Statement of memory volatility ........................................................................................................................................................... 59
Current BIOS steps ................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Nonvolatile memory usage .................................................................................................................................................. 61
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