1 Working on your computer............................................................................................................................. 7
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Turning off your computer.......................................................................................................................................... 8
Screw size list..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Removing and installing components.............................................................................................................................. 9
Base cover.................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Battery.......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Power and volume control board.............................................................................................................................. 12
Hard disk drive (HDD)................................................................................................................................................ 14
Coin cell battery.......................................................................................................................................................... 15
WLAN card.................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Memory modules........................................................................................................................................................ 17
Speaker........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
System fan..................................................................................................................................................................20
Heat sink ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21
LED board................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Input/Output(I/O) boards........................................................................................................................................ 24
Touchpad buttons board........................................................................................................................................... 27
Display assembly........................................................................................................................................................ 29
Display cover.............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Display (eDP) cable....................................................................................................................................................32
Camera........................................................................................................................................................................ 33
System board..............................................................................................................................................................34
Power connector port............................................................................................................................................... 37
Keyboard..................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Palm rest...................................................................................................................................................................... 41
3 Technology and components........................................................................................................................43
Power adapter.................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Processors........................................................................................................................................................................ 43
Skylake processor............................................................................................................................................................ 43
Processor performance features............................................................................................................................. 43
Downloading the chipset driver............................................................................................................................... 46
Chipsets............................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Graphic options................................................................................................................................................................ 47
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