Operation Manual
Chapter10.Replacingdevices
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacehardwareforyourcomputer.
•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage123
•“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage123
•“Replacingtheremovablebattery”onpage124
•“InstallingorreplacingthemicroSIMcard”onpage125
•“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage127
•“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage132
•“Replacingamemorymodule”onpage134
•“Replacingtheinternalstoragedrive”onpage136
•“Replacingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage140
•“Replacingthedc-incableassembly”onpage142
•“Replacingthewireless-WANcard”onpage144
Staticelectricityprevention
Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor
aCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou
toinstallthepart.
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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