user manual
Table Of Contents
- Product description
- External component identification
- Illustrated parts catalog
- Removal and replacement procedures
- Preliminary replacement requirements
- Component replacement procedures
- Service tag
- Computer feet
- Battery
- Webcam/microphone module
- Optical drive
- Memory module
- TV tuner module
- RTC battery
- Hard drive
- WLAN module
- Switch cover and keyboard
- Power button board
- Display assembly
- Speaker
- Bluetooth module
- Top cover
- Modem module
- Audio/infrared board
- USB board
- Power connector cable
- System board
- TV tuner module cable
- Modem module cable
- Fan/heat sink assembly
- Processor
- Setup Utility
- Specifications
- Computer specifications
- 15.6-inch, WXGA display specifications
- 16.0-inch WXGA BrightView display specifications
- 16.0-inch WXGA AntiGlare display specifications
- Hard drive specifications
- Blu-ray ROM DVD±R/RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive specifications
- DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications
- System DMA specifications
- System interrupt specifications
- System I/O address specifications
- System memory map specifications
- Screw listing
- Backup and Recovery
- Connector pin assignments
- Power cord set requirements
- Recycling
- Index

Webcam/microphone module
NOTE: This section applies only to computers equipped with BrightView display assemblies. See
Display assemblyon page 68 for webcam/microphone module removal instructions for computers
equipped with AntiGlare display assemblies.
NOTE: If it has been determined that the webcam/microphone module is the component that must be
replaced to complete the computer repair, the display assembly does not have to be removed. Follow
the procedures in this section to replace the webcam/microphone module. For information on replacing
the display assembly and other display assembly internal components, see
Display assembly
on page 68.
Description Spare part number
Webcam/microphone module for use only with computers equipped with BrightView display
assemblies (includes cable)
512827-001
Before removing the webcam/microphone module, follow these steps:
1. Shut down the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the
computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect all external devices connected to the computer.
3. Disconnect the power from the computer by first unplugging the power cord from the AC outlet and
then unplugging the AC adapter from the computer.
4. Remove the battery (see
Battery on page 48).
Remove the webcam/microphone module:
1. Turn the computer display-side up, with the front toward you.
2. Open the computer as far as possible.
3. Flex the inside edges of the top edge (1) and the left and right upper corners (2) of the display bezel
until the bezel disengages from the display enclosure.
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