User manual
Table Of Contents
- System specifications
- System utilities
- Replacing notebook components
- Preventing static electricity discharge
- Preparing the work space
- Required tools
- Preparing the notebook
- Removing the battery
- Removing the bay cover
- Adding or replacing memory modules
- Replacing the wireless card
- Replacing the hard drive
- Replacing the optical drive
- Replacing the keyboard cover
- Replacing the multimedia board
- Replacing the keyboard
- Replacing the LCD panel assembly
- Replacing the palm rest
- Replacing the speakers
- Replacing the touchpad board
- Replacing the modem board
- Replacing the USB board
- Replacing the Bluetooth module
- Replacing the system board
- Replacing the cooling assembly
- Replacing the processor
- Replacing the LCD front panel
- Replacing the webcam
- Replacing the LCD
- Replacing the LCD panel hinge brackets
- Replacing the power button board
- Replacing the Kensington lock cap
- Replacing the microphone
- Replacing the antennas
- Replacing the LCD assembly lid
- Troubleshooting
- Connector locations
- FRU (Field-Replaceable Unit) list
- Test compatible components
- Online support information
Contents
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Navigating the BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
BIOS setup utility menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
BIOS recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Creating the Crisis Recovery disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Performing a BIOS recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Running the Flash utility: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Clearing a BIOS password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Unlocking the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 3: Replacing notebook components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Preparing the work space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Preparing the notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing the bay cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Adding or replacing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing the wireless card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Replacing the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Replacing the keyboard cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing the multimedia board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Replacing the LCD panel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing the palm rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing the touchpad board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing the modem board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing the USB board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing the Bluetooth module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Replacing the cooling assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing the processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing the LCD front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing the webcam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Replacing the LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Replacing the LCD panel hinge brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacing the power button board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Replacing the Kensington lock cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Replacing the microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Replacing the antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing the LCD assembly lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113