Safety instructions.............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Before you begin ...........................................................................................................................................................5
ESD field service kit ...........................................................................................................................................................6
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................... 9
Screw list............................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Disassembly and reassembly .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Base cover..................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Battery............................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Memory modules......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Wireless card................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Power-adapter port.................................................................................................................................................... 29
I/O board....................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Fan.................................................................................................................................................................................. 38
Solid-state drive........................................................................................................................................................... 41
Coin-cell battery.......................................................................................................................................................... 47
Hard drive...................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Touchpad.......................................................................................................................................................................55
Speakers........................................................................................................................................................................ 60
Heat sink........................................................................................................................................................................63
Display assembly.......................................................................................................................................................... 67
System board................................................................................................................................................................73
Keyboard........................................................................................................................................................................83
Palm-rest and antenna assembly.............................................................................................................................94
Chapter 3: Device drivers............................................................................................................ 99
Video drivers.......................................................................................................................................................................99
Intel Serial IO driver.......................................................................................................................................................... 99
Intel Virtual Button driver................................................................................................................................................99
Wireless and Bluetooth drivers...................................................................................................................................... 99
Chapter 4: System setup........................................................................................................... 100
System setup....................................................................................................................................................................100
Entering BIOS setup program.......................................................................................................................................100
Navigation keys................................................................................................................................................................100
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