Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................

32

 

Workstation guidelines ..............................................................

32

 

Equipment guidelines .................................................................

33

 

Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................

34

 

Service tag .............................................................................................................

34

 

Computer feet .........................................................................................................

36

 

Battery ...................................................................................................................

36

 

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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Specifications .................................................................................................................

69

 

Computer specifications ..........................................................................................................

69

 

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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Backup and recovery ......................................................................................................

81

 

Creating recovery discs ..........................................................................................................

82

 

Backing up your information ....................................................................................................

83

 

Using Windows Backup and Restore .........................................................................

84

 

Using system restore points .......................................................................................

84

 

When to create restore points ....................................................................

84

 

Create a system restore point .....................................................................

84

 

Restore to a previous date and time ............................................................

85

 

Performing a recovery ............................................................................................................

85

 

Recovering from the recovery discs ............................................................................

85

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