6 Removal and replacement procedures for Authorized Service Provider parts ................................................... 27
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 27
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 28
Remove Display ................................................................................................................................. 30
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 31
WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 33
RTC battery ........................................................................................................................................ 35
Memory module ................................................................................................................................ 36
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 37
Heat sink assembly ........................................................................................................................... 38
Optical drive connector ..................................................................................................................... 42
System board .................................................................................................................................... 43
USB board .......................................................................................................................................... 46
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 47
Power button board .......................................................................................................................... 48
Power connector ............................................................................................................................... 49
TouchPad ........................................................................................................................................... 50
Display assembly, touch ................................................................................................................... 51
7 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 57
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 57
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) .............................................................................................................................. 57
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 57
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 58
8 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ....................................................................................................... 59
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 59
9 Specications .............................................................................................................................................. 61
Computer specications ...................................................................................................................................... 61
43.9-cm (17.3-in) display specications ............................................................................................................. 62
Hard drive specications ..................................................................................................................................... 63
DVD±RW SuperMulti DL Drive specications ....................................................................................................... 64
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ......................................................................................................... 65
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 65
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 65
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 66
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 66
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 67
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