Document Outline

• Product description
• External component identification
  • Top components
    • Display components
    • Buttons and speakers
    • Keys
    • Lights
    • TouchPad
  • Front components
  • Left-side components
  • Rear component
  • Right-side components
  • Bottom components
• Illustrated parts catalog
  • Serial number location
  • Computer major components
  • Display assembly components
  • Plastics Kit
  • Cable Kit
  • Mass storage devices
  • Miscellaneous parts
  • Sequential part number listing
• Removal and replacement procedures
  • Preliminary replacement requirements
    • Tools required
    • Service considerations
      • Plastic parts
      • Cables and connectors
      • Drive handling
    • Grounding guidelines
      • Electrostatic discharge damage
        • Packaging and transporting guidelines
        • Workstation guidelines
        • Equipment guidelines
    • Unknown user password
  • Component replacement procedures
    • Serial number
    • Battery
    • Hard drive
    • Computer feet
    • Memory module
    • RTC battery
    • WLAN module
    • Optical drive
    • Switch cover
    • Keyboard
    • Power button board
    • Display assembly
    • Top cover
    • Bluetooth module
    • ExpressCard assembly
    • USB/power connector board
    • System board
    • Audio board
    • Fan/heat sink assembly
    • Processor
• Setup Utility
  • Starting the Setup Utility
  • Changing the language of the Setup Utility
  • Navigating and selecting in the Setup Utility
  • Displaying system information
  • Restoring default settings in the Setup Utility
  • Using advanced Setup Utility features
  • Closing the Setup Utility
  • Setup Utility menus
• Specifications
  • Computer specifications
  • 15.4-inch, WXGA, BrightView display specifications
  • Hard drive specifications
  • DVD±RW and CD-RW Super Multi Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications
  • System DMA specifications, Intel
  • System DMA specifications, AMD
  • System interrupt specifications, Intel
  • System interrupt specifications, AMD
  • System I/O address specifications, Intel
  • System I/O address specifications, AMD
  • System memory map specifications, Intel
  • System memory map specifications, AMD
• Screw listing
  • Phillips PM2.0×5.0 captive screw
  • Phillips PM3.0×3.0 screw
  • Phillips PM2.0×3.0 screw
  • Phillips PM2.5×7.0 screw
  • Phillips PM2.5×10.0 screw
  • Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screw
  • Phillips PM2.5×3.0 screw
  • Hex HM5.0×9.0 standoff
  • Phillips PM2.0×2.0 screw
  • Phillips PM2.0×7.0 screw
  • Phillips PM2.5×5.0 captive screw
  • Phillips 2.5×4.0 captive screw
• Backup and Recovery
  • Recovering system information
    • Backing up your information
      • When to back up
      • Back up suggestions
    • Using system restore points
      • When to create restore points
      • Create a system restore point
      • Restore to a previous date and time
    • Creating recovery discs
    • Reinstalling software programs and drivers
      • Reinstalling preinstalled programs and drivers
      • Reinstalling programs from discs
    • Performing a recovery
      • Recovering from the recovery discs
      • Recovering from the partition on the hard drive
    • Deleting the recovery partition on the hard drive
    • Updating reinstalled software
• Connector pin assignments
  • Audio-out (headphone)
  • Audio-in (microphone)
  • External monitor
  • RJ-11 (modem)
  • RJ-45 (network)
  • S-Video-out
  • Universal Serial Bus
• Power cord set requirements
  • Requirements for all countries or regions
  • Requirements for specific countries or regions
• Recycling
  • Battery
  • Display
• Index