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Upgrading and Servicing Guide ...............................................................

1

Safety Information ..................................................................................................

1

Opening and Closing the Computer .........................................................................

1

Preparing the Computer .....................................................................................

2

Before Opening the Computer.............................................................................

2

After Closing the Computer.................................................................................

3

Removing the Side Panel ....................................................................................

3

Replacing the Side Panel ....................................................................................

4

Removing the Front Panel....................................................................................

4

Replacing the Front Panel ...................................................................................

5

Locating Components Inside the Computer.................................................................

6

Removing and Replacing Drives ...............................................................................

7

Removing an Optical Drive .................................................................................

7

Adding or Replacing an Optical Drive .................................................................

8

Removing the Primary Hard Disk Drive ...............................................................

10

Adding or Replacing the Primary Hard Disk Drive................................................

11

Removing the Memory Card Reader ..................................................................

13

Adding or Replacing a Memory Card Reader .....................................................

14

Adding or Replacing a Second Hard Disk Drive ..................................................

15

Removing a Second Hard Disk Drive..................................................................

16

Adding Memory...................................................................................................

18

Removing a Memory Module ............................................................................

18

Installing a Memory Module .............................................................................

19

Removing or Installing an Add-In Card ....................................................................

20

Removing an Add-in Card ................................................................................

20

Installing an Add-in Card..................................................................................

22

Replacing the Battery ............................................................................................

23

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