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

27

 

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

28

 

Serial number .........................................................................................................

28

 

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

29

 

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

30

 

Service door ...........................................................................................................

31

 

Hard drive .............................................................................................................

32

 

Optical drive ..........................................................................................................

34

 

WLAN module ........................................................................................................

36

 

Memory module ......................................................................................................

37

 

RTC battery ............................................................................................................

38

 

Keyboard ...............................................................................................................

39

 

Top cover ...............................................................................................................

41

 

Power button board .................................................................................................

44

 

Speaker assembly ...................................................................................................

45

 

TouchPad button board ............................................................................................

46

 

USB board .............................................................................................................

47

 

Security cable lock ..................................................................................................

48

 

Power connector .....................................................................................................

49

 

Display assembly ....................................................................................................

50

 

System board .........................................................................................................

57

 

Fan/heat sink assembly ...........................................................................................

60

 

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63

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

64

 

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

64

 

39.6-cm(15.6-in) display specifications ....................................................................................

65

 

Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................

66

 

DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications .................................

67

 

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68

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Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ...........................................................

69

 

Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) .....................................................................................................

69

 

Updating the BIOS .................................................................................................................

69

 

Determining the BIOS version ...................................................................................

69

 

Downloading a BIOS update ....................................................................................

70

 

Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................

70

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Backing up, restoring, and recovering ............................................................................

72

 

Creating recovery media and backups .....................................................................................

72

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