Table Of Contents - HP TouchSmart dx9000 Reference Manual

Table of contents

1 Spare Parts
2 Components
Front and right side .............................................................................................................................. 2
Left-side components ........................................................................................................................... 4
Rear components ................................................................................................................................. 5
Activity LED indicator lights .................................................................................................................. 6
3 Removal and Replacement Procedures
Opening the HP TouchSmart PC ......................................................................................................... 7
Adding Memory .................................................................................................................................. 11
Before you begin ................................................................................................................ 11
Removing a memory module ............................................................................................. 11
Installing a memory module ............................................................................................... 13
Stand assembly .................................................................................................................................. 16
Back cover .......................................................................................................................................... 16
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................................... 18
Manually removing an optical disc ..................................................................................... 18
Removing and installing the hard disk drive ....................................................................................... 20
Removing the hard disk drive ............................................................................................ 20
Installing a hard disk drive ................................................................................................. 25
Closing the HP TouchSmart PC ......................................................................................................... 31
Synchronizing the wireless keyboard or mouse ................................................................................. 36
4 Repairing Software Problems
Software Repair Overview .................................................................................................................. 37
Updating Drivers ................................................................................................................................. 37
Microsoft System Restore .................................................................................................................. 38
Software Program and Hardware Driver Reinstallation ...................................................................... 39
System Recovery ............................................................................................................................... 40
Creating Recovery Discs .................................................................................................................... 40
Choosing Recovery Discs .................................................................................................. 40
System Recovery Options .................................................................................................................. 41
Starting system recovery from the hard disk drive ............................................................. 41
System recovery from the Windows Vista Start menu ....................................................... 41
System recovery at system startup .................................................................................... 42
Starting system recovery from recovery discs ................................................................... 43
Performing the post-recovery procedure ........................................................................... 44
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