Drive Positions ................................................................................................................. 179
Fan duct ........................................................................................................................................... 189
Front Fan Assembly ......................................................................................................................... 190
Hood Sensor .................................................................................................................................... 192
Speaker ............................................................................................................................................ 195
Heat sink .......................................................................................................................................... 196
Processor ......................................................................................................................................... 198
Power Supply ................................................................................................................................... 201
System Board ................................................................................................................................... 203
Preparation for Disassembly ............................................................................................................ 206
Access Panel .................................................................................................................................... 207
Front Bezel ....................................................................................................................................... 208
Bezel Blank ...................................................................................................................................... 209
System Board Connections .............................................................................................................. 210
Memory ............................................................................................................................................ 211
SODIMMs ........................................................................................................................ 211
DDR3-SDRAM SODIMMs ............................................................................................... 211
Installing SODIMMs ......................................................................................................... 213
Front Fan .......................................................................................................................................... 215
Optical Drive ..................................................................................................................................... 216
Hard Drive ........................................................................................................................................ 219
Optical Drive Rail .............................................................................................................................. 223
Card Reader ..................................................................................................................................... 224
Speaker ............................................................................................................................................ 226
Heat sink .......................................................................................................................................... 227
Processor ......................................................................................................................................... 229
TV Tuner or WLAN Module .............................................................................................................. 232
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