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1 Product Description

1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

1.2 Resetting the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

1.3 Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5

1.4 External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

1.5 Design Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20

2 Troubleshooting

2.1 Computer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Accessing Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Computer Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Selecting from the File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3

Selecting from the Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

Selecting from the Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Selecting from the Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

2.2 Troubleshooting Flowcharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7

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3 Illustrated Parts Catalog

3.1 Serial Number Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

3.2 Computer Major Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

3.3 Display Assembly Subcomponents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

3.4 Plastics Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

3.5 Cable Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

3.6 Mass Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

3.7 Miscellaneous (Not Illustrated). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16

3.8 Sequential Part Number Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18

4 Removal and Replacement Preliminaries

4.1 Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

4.2 Service Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

Plastic Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

Cables and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

4.3 Preventing Damage to Removable Drives . . . . . . . . 4–3

4.4 Preventing Electrostatic Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

4.5 Packaging and Transporting Precautions . . . . . . . . . 4–5

4.6 Workstation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

4.7 Grounding Equipment and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

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5 Removal and Replacement Procedures

5.1 Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

5.2 Disassembly Sequence Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

5.3 Preparing the Computer for Disassembly . . . . . . . . . 5–4

5.4 Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

5.5 Computer Feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10

5.6 Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

5.7 Mini PCI Communications Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14

5.8 RTC Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16

5.9 Optical Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

5.10 Switch Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19

5.11 Keyboard Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21

5.12 LED Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–25

5.13 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–27

5.14 Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–29

5.15 Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–40

5.16 Bluetooth Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–48

5.17 System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–50

5.18 USB/Audio Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–58

5.19 Heat Sink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–60

5.20 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–63

5.21 Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–66

5.22 Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–69

5.23 PC Card Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–71

5.24 ExpressCard Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–74

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6 Specifications

A Connector Pin Assignments

B Power Cord Set Requirements

C Screw Listing

D Display Component Recycling

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