HP EXPANSION BASE 344524-001 manual Contents

Contents

1 Product Description

1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

1.2 External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3

1.3 Wireless Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

1.4 Design Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

2 Troubleshooting

Before Replacing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1 Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

3 Illustrated Parts Catalog

3.1 Serial Number Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

3.2 HP Notebook Expansion Base

Major Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

4 Removal and Replacement Preliminaries

4.1 Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

4.2 Service Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Plastic Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

Cables and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

4.3 Preventing Electrostatic Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

4.4 Packaging and Transporting Precautions . . . . . . . . . 4–3

4.5 Workstation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

4.6 Grounding Equipment and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5

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