Power-adapter port............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Removing the power-adapter port.............................................................................................................................. 41
Display assembly.................................................................................................................................................................. 42
Removing the display assembly................................................................................................................................... 42
Installing the display assembly......................................................................................................................................44
I/O board.............................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Removing the I/O board...............................................................................................................................................46
Installing the I/O board................................................................................................................................................. 47
Touchpad..............................................................................................................................................................................48
Removing the touchpad............................................................................................................................................... 48
Installing the touchpad..................................................................................................................................................49
Speakers................................................................................................................................................................................51
Heat sink...............................................................................................................................................................................56
Removing the heat sink................................................................................................................................................ 56
Installing the heat sink...................................................................................................................................................57
System board.......................................................................................................................................................................60
Removing the system board........................................................................................................................................ 60
Installing the system board...........................................................................................................................................62
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................................................... 65
3 Drivers and downloads................................................................................................................ 68
4 System setup.............................................................................................................................69
Entering BIOS setup program............................................................................................................................................69
Navigation keys....................................................................................................................................................................69
One time boot menu........................................................................................................................................................... 70
System setup options......................................................................................................................................................... 70
Updating the BIOS in Windows .........................................................................................................................................77
System and setup password..............................................................................................................................................82
Clearing CMOS settings............................................................................................................................................... 83
5 Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................... 85
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