Table of contents
1 Product description
2 External component identification
Top components .................................................................................................................................. 7
Display and top components ............................................................................................... 7
Buttons, fingerprint reader, and speakers ............................................................................ 9
Keys .................................................................................................................................. 11
TouchPad .......................................................................................................................... 12
Front components .............................................................................................................................. 13
Rear components ............................................................................................................................... 14
Right-side components ....................................................................................................................... 14
Left-side components ......................................................................................................................... 15
Bottom components ........................................................................................................................... 16
3 Illustrated parts catalog
Service tag ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Computer major components ............................................................................................................. 18
Display assembly components ........................................................................................................... 27
AntiGlare display assembly spare parts ............................................................................ 27
BrightView display assembly spare parts .......................................................................... 28
Plastics Kit ......................................................................................................................................... 30
Cable Kit ............................................................................................................................................ 31
Mass storage devices ......................................................................................................................... 32
Miscellaneous parts ............................................................................................................................ 34
Sequential part number listing ............................................................................................................ 35
4 Removal and replacement procedures
Preliminary replacement requirements ............................................................................................... 44
Tools required .................................................................................................................... 44
Service considerations ....................................................................................................... 44
Plastic parts ....................................................................................................... 44
Cables and connectors ..................................................................................... 45
Drive handling ................................................................................................... 45
Grounding guidelines ......................................................................................................... 46
Electrostatic discharge damage ........................................................................ 46
Packaging and transporting guidelines ............................................. 47
Workstation guidelines ..................................................................... 47
Equipment guidelines ....................................................................... 48
Unknown user password ................................................................................................... 49
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................. 50
Service tag ......................................................................................................................... 50
Computer feet .................................................................................................................... 51
Battery ............................................................................................................................... 52
Webcam/microphone module ............................................................................................ 53
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................... 55
TV tuner module ................................................................................................................ 57
RTC battery ....................................................................................................................... 59
Memory module ................................................................................................................. 60
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................... 62
WLAN module .................................................................................................................... 65
Switch cover and keyboard ................................................................................................ 69
Power button board ........................................................................................................... 73
Speaker assembly ............................................................................................................. 74
Bluetooth module ............................................................................................................... 75
Display assembly ............................................................................................................... 76
Top cover ........................................................................................................................... 84
Modem module .................................................................................................................. 87
Audio/infrared board .......................................................................................................... 89
USB board ......................................................................................................................... 90
System board ..................................................................................................................... 92
TV tuner module cable ....................................................................................................... 94
Modem module cable ........................................................................................................ 95
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................... 96
Fan/heat sink assembly ..................................................................................................... 98
Processor ......................................................................................................................... 102
5 Setup Utility
Starting the Setup Utility ................................................................................................................... 104
Using the Setup Utility ...................................................................................................................... 105
Changing the language of the Setup Utility ..................................................................... 105
Display system information .............................................................................................. 105
Restoring default settings in the Setup Utility .................................................................. 106
Exiting the Setup Utility .................................................................................................... 106
Setup Utility menus .......................................................................................................................... 107
Main menu ....................................................................................................................... 107
Security menu .................................................................................................................. 107
System Configuration menu ............................................................................................ 107
Diagnostics menu ............................................................................................................ 108
6 Specifications
Computer specifications ................................................................................................................... 109
15.4-inch, SXGA+ display specifications .......................................................................................... 110
15.4-inch WXGA display specifications ............................................................................................ 111
Hard drive specifications .................................................................................................................. 112
Blu-ray Disc ROM Drive with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double-Layer ............................................... 113
DVD±RW and CD-RW Super Multi Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications ............................... 114
System DMA specifications, AMD .................................................................................................... 115
System DMA specifications, Intel ..................................................................................................... 115
System interrupt specifications, AMD discrete graphics .................................................................. 116
System interrupt specifications, AMD UMA graphics ....................................................................... 117
System interrupt specifications, Intel ................................................................................................ 118
System I/O address specifications, AMD ......................................................................................... 119
System I/O address specifications, Intel .......................................................................................... 121
System memory map specifications, AMD discrete graphics ........................................................... 123
System memory map specifications, AMD UMA graphics ............................................................... 124
System memory map specifications, Intel ........................................................................................ 125
7 Screw listing
Phillips PM2.5×7.0 screw ................................................................................................................. 127
Phillips PM2.5×6.0 captive screw ..................................................................................................... 131
Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw ................................................................................................................. 132
Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw ................................................................................................................. 135
Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screw ................................................................................................................. 136
Phillips PM3.0×4.0 screw ................................................................................................................. 138
Phillips PM2.5×6.0 screw ................................................................................................................. 139
Phillips PM2.0×10.0 captive screw ................................................................................................... 140
8 Backup and Recovery
Recovering system information ........................................................................................................ 142
Creating recovery discs ................................................................................................... 143
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................. 144
When to back up .............................................................................................................. 144
Backup suggestions ......................................................................................................... 144
Using system restore points ............................................................................................ 144
When to create restore points ......................................................................... 145
Create a system restore point ......................................................................... 145
Restore to a previous date and time ............................................................... 145
Performing a recovery ...................................................................................................................... 146
Recovering from the recovery discs ................................................................................ 146
Recovering from the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) .......................... 146
9 Connector pin assignments
1394 ................................................................................................................................................ 147
Audio-in (microphone) ...................................................................................................................... 147
Audio-out (headphone) ..................................................................................................................... 148
External monitor ............................................................................................................................... 148
HDMI ............................................................................................................................................... 149
RJ-11 (modem) ............................................................................................................................... 150
RJ-45 (network) ............................................................................................................................... 150
Universal Serial Bus ......................................................................................................................... 151
10 Power cord set requirements
Requirements for all countries or regions ......................................................................................... 152
Requirements for specific countries or regions ................................................................................ 153
11 Recycling
Battery ............................................................................................................................................. 154
Display ............................................................................................................................................. 154
Index ................................................................................................................................................................ 160 |
