7 Troubleshooting guide ............................................................................................................................... 100
Resources ........................................................................................................................................................... 101
General troubleshooting steps .......................................................................................................................... 101
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Service door ....................................................................................................................................... 41
Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 43
Hard drive (HDD) ................................................................................................................................ 44
Solid-state drive (SSD) ...................................................................................................................... 46
ODD .................................................................................................................................................... 48
Memory modules ............................................................................................................................... 51
SIM card ............................................................................................................................................. 53
WWAN module ................................................................................................................................... 54
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................................... 56
Middle cover ...................................................................................................................................... 61
Fingerprint reader assembly ............................................................................................................. 63
Smart card board ............................................................................................................................... 65
NFC module ....................................................................................................................................... 67
TouchPad click board ......................................................................................................................... 68
Fans ................................................................................................................................................... 70
System board .................................................................................................................................... 72
Heat sink ............................................................................................................................................ 74
Discrete MXM daughter card ............................................................................................................. 77
Speaker .............................................................................................................................................. 79
Power button board .......................................................................................................................... 81
RTC battery ........................................................................................................................................ 83
Solid-state drive (SSD) ...................................................................................................................... 84
Memory modules ............................................................................................................................... 86
Display assembly ............................................................................................................................... 89
Display assembly components ......................................................................................................... 91
Top cover ........................................................................................................................................... 99
Identify the issue ............................................................................................................................. 102
1. Understand the issue ................................................................................................ 102
Boot up sequence ....................................................................................... 102
Failure classification ................................................................................... 102