Table of contents

1 Product Features ...........................................................................................................................................

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Overview ................................................................................................................................................................

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Front components .................................................................................................................................................

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Top components ....................................................................................................................................................

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Right components ..................................................................................................................................................

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Left components ....................................................................................................................................................

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Rear components ...................................................................................................................................................

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2 Activating and Customizing the Software ........................................................................................................

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Activating and customizing the software in Windows 8 .......................................................................................

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Activating the Windows Operating System ........................................................................................

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Downloading Windows 8 updates .......................................................................................................

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Customizing the monitor display ........................................................................................................

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3 Illustrated parts catalog ................................................................................................................................

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Boards and memory ..............................................................................................................................................

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Miscellaneous parts ...............................................................................................................................................

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Mass storage devices .............................................................................................................................................

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Cables .....................................................................................................................................................................

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Sequential part number listing ..............................................................................................................................

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4 Serial ATA (SATA) drive guidelines and routine care and disassembly preparation ............................................

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SATA hard drives ..................................................................................................................................................

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SATA hard drive cables ........................................................................................................................................

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SATA data cable .................................................................................................................................

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SMART ATA drives ................................................................................................................................................

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Electrostatic discharge information ...................................................................................................................

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Generating static ...............................................................................................................................

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Preventing electrostatic damage to equipment ..............................................................................

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Personal grounding methods and equipment ..................................................................................

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Grounding the work area ..................................................................................................................

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Recommended materials and equipment ........................................................................................

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Operating guidelines ...........................................................................................................................................

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Routine care .........................................................................................................................................................

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General cleaning safety precautions ................................................................................................

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Cleaning the computer case ..............................................................................................................

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