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

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15 Lift the LCD panel assembly up and away from the notebook.
16 Position the new LCD panel assembly on the notebook, and then secure it
with the hinge screws removed in step 14.
17 If the notebook has a wireless card installed, proceed to step 18 to arrange
the antenna cables.
If there’s no wireless card installed, proceed to step 19 to reconnect the
power button board cable.
18 Refer to the antenna cable routing note made on step 9 and secure the
antenna cables to the palm rest before pulling the ends downward to the
wireless card compartment.
19 Arrange the power button cable on the palm rest and reconnect it to its
system board connector.
20 Arrange the LCD, webcam, and microphone cables on the palm rest and
reconnect them to their system board connectors.
21 Close the LCD panel and turn the notebook over so the base is facing up.
22 If the notebook has a wireless card installed, reconnect the antenna cables
and then reinstall the bay cover.
23 Return the base hinge screws removed in step 5.
24 Turn the notebook over so the palm rest is facing up.
25 Reinstall the keyboard and the keyboard cover by performing steps 5–8 of
the “Replacing the keyboard” procedure on page 62.
26 Reinstall the battery.