User's Manual

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Chapter10.Replacingdevices
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacehardwareforyourcomputer.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage123
“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage123
“InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard”onpage124
“InstallingorremovingthemicroSDcard”onpage126
“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage128
“ReplacingtheM.2solid-statedrive”onpage129
“Replacingamemorymodule”onpage131
“ReplacingthewirelessWANcard”onpage133
“Replacingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage135
Staticelectricityprevention
Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor
aCustomerReplaceableUnit(CRU),donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthepart
untiltheinstructionsdirectyoutoinstallthepart.
WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions
toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:
Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.
Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe
edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.
Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.
Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthe
parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo
seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.
Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackageandinstallthepart
withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackageonasmooth,
levelsurfaceandplacethepartonthepackage.
Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.
Disablingthebuilt-inbattery
Beforereplacinganyhardwarecomponent,ensurethatyouhavedisabledthebuilt-inbattery.
ForWindows10,disableFastStartupbeforedisablingthebuilt-inbattery.
TodisableFastStartupforWindows10,dothefollowing:
1.Fromthedesktop,typePowerinthesearchboxonthetaskbar,andselectPowerOptions.
2.ClickChangewhatthepowerbuttonsdoontheleftpane.
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