Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................
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Workstation guidelines ..............................................................
Equipment guidelines .................................................................
33
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................
34
Service tag .............................................................................................................
Computer feet .........................................................................................................
36
Battery ...................................................................................................................
Expansion memory module .......................................................................................
37
Top cover ...............................................................................................................
39
Keyboard ...............................................................................................................
41
Speaker assemby ....................................................................................................
43
Primary memory module ..........................................................................................
44
WLAN module ........................................................................................................
46
RTC battery ............................................................................................................
48
Hard drive .............................................................................................................
49
Processor fan/heat sink assembly ..............................................................................
51
Processor ...............................................................................................................
53
Power button board and cable ..................................................................................
55
Power connector cable ............................................................................................
56
System board .........................................................................................................
58
Display assembly ....................................................................................................
61
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Computer specifications ..........................................................................................................
15.6-in display specifications ..................................................................................................
70
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................
71
Blu-ray ROM DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive specifications ...........................................
73
DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications .................................
74
System DMA specifications ......................................................................................................
75
System memory map specifications ...........................................................................................
76
System interrupt specifications .................................................................................................
77
System I/O address specifications ............................................................................................
78
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Creating recovery discs ..........................................................................................................
82
Backing up your information ....................................................................................................
83
Using Windows Backup and Restore .........................................................................
84
Using system restore points .......................................................................................
When to create restore points ....................................................................
Create a system restore point .....................................................................
Restore to a previous date and time ............................................................
85
Performing a recovery ............................................................................................................
Recovering from the recovery discs ............................................................................
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