Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 32
Workstation guidelines .............................................................. 32
Equipment guidelines ................................................................. 33
Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................ 34
Service tag ............................................................................................................. 34
Computer feet ......................................................................................................... 36
Battery ................................................................................................................... 36
Expansion memory module ....................................................................................... 37
Top cover ............................................................................................................... 39
Keyboard ............................................................................................................... 41
Speaker assemby .................................................................................................... 43
Primary memory module .......................................................................................... 44
WLAN module ........................................................................................................ 46
RTC battery ............................................................................................................ 48
Hard drive ............................................................................................................. 49
Processor fan/heat sink assembly .............................................................................. 51
Processor ............................................................................................................... 53
Power button board and cable .................................................................................. 55
Power connector cable ............................................................................................ 56
System board ......................................................................................................... 58
Display assembly .................................................................................................... 61
5 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 69
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 69
15.6-in display specifications .................................................................................................. 70
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 71
Blu-ray ROM DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive specifications ........................................... 73
DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications ................................. 74
System DMA specifications ...................................................................................................... 75
System memory map specifications ........................................................................................... 76
System interrupt specifications ................................................................................................. 77
System I/O address specifications ............................................................................................ 78
6 Backup and recovery ...................................................................................................... 81
Creating recovery discs .......................................................................................................... 82
Backing up your information .................................................................................................... 83
Using Windows Backup and Restore ......................................................................... 84
Using system restore points ....................................................................................... 84
When to create restore points .................................................................... 84
Create a system restore point ..................................................................... 84
Restore to a previous date and time ............................................................ 85
Performing a recovery ............................................................................................................ 85
Recovering from the recovery discs ............................................................................ 85
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