Service and Maintain

Installing additional drives ........................................................................................ 41
System board drive connections ................................................................. 42
Removing an optical drive ......................................................................... 43
Removing a hard drive ............................................................................. 44
Front I/O and USB panel housing assembly .............................................................................. 45
Power switch/LED assembly .................................................................................................... 47
Speaker ................................................................................................................................ 49
Fan sink assembly .................................................................................................................. 52
Processor .............................................................................................................................. 54
Power supply ......................................................................................................................... 55
System board ........................................................................................................................ 57
Battery .................................................................................................................................. 58
Appendix A Power cord set requirements .......................................................................... 60
General requirements ............................................................................................................. 60
Japanese power cord requirements .......................................................................................... 60
Country-specific requirements .................................................................................................. 61
Appendix B POST Error Messages ...................................................................................... 62
POST Numeric Codes and Text Messages ................................................................................. 63
Interpreting POST Diagnostic Front Panel LEDs and Audible Codes ............................................... 71
Appendix C Password Security and Resetting CMOS .......................................................... 72
Resetting the Password Jumper ................................................................................................. 73
Clearing and Resetting the CMOS ........................................................................................... 73
Appendix D Troubleshooting without diagnostics ............................................................... 75
Safety and comfort ................................................................................................................. 75
Before you call for technical support ......................................................................................... 75
Helpful hints .......................................................................................................................... 76
Solving general problems ........................................................................................................ 78
Solving power problems ......................................................................................................... 82
Solving hard drive problems .................................................................................................... 83
Solving media card reader problems ........................................................................................ 86
Solving display problems ........................................................................................................ 87
Solving audio problems .......................................................................................................... 93
Solving printer problems ......................................................................................................... 95
Solving keyboard and mouse problems .................................................................................... 96
Solving Hardware Installation Problems .................................................................................... 98
Solving Network Problems .................................................................................................... 101
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