System board...................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Removing the system board......................................................................................................................................41
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 44
LED board............................................................................................................................................................................48
Removing the LED board...........................................................................................................................................48
Installing the LED board.............................................................................................................................................49
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................................................ 50
Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 54
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 54
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................54
Boot Sequence...................................................................................................................................................................54
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................55
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................64
Clearing CMOS settings............................................................................................................................................ 65
Clearing chassis intrusion alerts.................................................................................................................................... 66
Updating the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................ 67
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................ 67
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................69
System diagnostic lights.................................................................................................................................................. 70
SupportAssist diagnostics................................................................................................................................................ 71
Built-in self-test (BIST).................................................................................................................................................... 71
M-BIST............................................................................................................................................................................71
LCD Built-in Self Test (BIST)................................................................................................................................... 72
Recovering the operating system..................................................................................................................................72
Wi-Fi power cycle..............................................................................................................................................................72
Real Time Clock-RTC reset..........................................................................................................................................73
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