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Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 46
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 48
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 50
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 50
Battery ................................................................................................................... 51
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 52
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 55
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 56
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 57
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 59
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 61
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 66
Top speakers .......................................................................................................... 69
Power button board ................................................................................................. 70
Fingerprint reader board .......................................................................................... 71
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 73
Solid-state drive ...................................................................................................... 75
System board ......................................................................................................... 77
Fan/heat sink assembly ........................................................................................... 82
Processor ............................................................................................................... 88
USB board ............................................................................................................. 90
Subwoofer ............................................................................................................. 91
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 93
Optical drive connector cable ................................................................................... 94
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 95
5 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ......................................................... 103
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................... 103
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................... 103
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................. 103
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................. 104
Using System Diagnostics ...................................................................................................... 105
6 Specifications ............................................................................................................... 106
Computer specifications ........................................................................................................ 106
15.6-inch display specifications ............................................................................................. 107
Hard drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 108
7 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................... 109
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................... 109
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