Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 36
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 38
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 40
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 40
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 41
Battery ................................................................................................................... 42
Optical drive .......................................................................................................... 43
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 45
Memory module ...................................................................................................... 47
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 48
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 50
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 53
Power button board ................................................................................................. 57
TouchPad button board ............................................................................................ 58
TouchPad LED board ............................................................................................... 59
Speakers ................................................................................................................ 61
Optical drive cable ................................................................................................. 62
USB board ............................................................................................................. 64
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 65
System board ......................................................................................................... 67
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 71
Fan and heat sink .................................................................................................... 73
Processor ............................................................................................................... 77
LED board .............................................................................................................. 80
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 81
5 Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics .................................................................... 89
Using Setup Utility .................................................................................................................. 89
Starting Setup Utility ................................................................................................ 89
Changing the language of Setup Utility ...................................................................... 89
Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility .................................................................... 90
Displaying system information ................................................................................... 90
Restoring factory settings in Setup Utility ..................................................................... 91
Exiting Setup Utility ................................................................................................. 91
Updating the BIOS .................................................................................................. 91
Determining the BIOS version .................................................................... 92
Downloading a BIOS update ..................................................................... 92
Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 93
6 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 94
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 94
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