Contents

1 Product Description

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

1.2 Resetting the Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

1.3 Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5

1.4 External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

1.5 Design Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–24

2 Troubleshooting

2.1 Computer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1 2.2 Troubleshooting Flowcharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7

3 Illustrated Parts Catalog

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

3.2 Notebook Major Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

3.3 Mass Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

3.4 Miscellaneous Plastics Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16

3.5 Miscellaneous (Not Illustrated). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17

3.6 Sequential Part Number Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19

4 Removal and Replacement Preliminaries

4.1 Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1 4.2 Service Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 4.3 Preventing Damage to Removable Drives . . . . . . . . 4–3 4.4 Preventing Electrostatic Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 4.5 Packaging and Transporting Precautions . . . . . . . . . 4–5 4.6 Workstation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6 4.7 Grounding Equipment and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

Maintenance and Service Guide

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