Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Product description
- External component identification
- Illustrated parts catalog
- Removal and replacement procedures
- Preliminary replacement requirements
- Component replacement procedures
- Service tag
- Computer feet
- Battery
- Switch cover and keyboard
- Memory module
- Optical drive
- Speakers
- WWAN module
- Palm rest
- Hard drive
- WLAN module
- Display assembly on computers with 15-in displays
- Top cover
- Power button board
- RTC battery
- Display assembly on computers with 14-in displays
- Bluetooth module
- Modem module
- USB connector assembly
- Heat sink and fan
- Processor
- System board
- SIM
- Computer Setup
- Specifications
- Computer specifications
- 14.1-in WXGA display specifications
- 15.6-in WXGA display specifications
- Hard drive specifications
- DVD-ROM Drive specifications
- DVD±RW Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications
- Blu-ray Disc ROM Drive with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double-Layer specifications
- System DMA specifications, Windows Vista and XP
- System interrupt specifications, Windows Vista
- System interrupt specifications, Windows XP
- System I/O address specifications, Windows Vista
- System I/O address specifications, Windows XP
- System memory map specifications, Windows Vista
- System memory map specifications, Windows XP
- Screw listing
- Torx T8M2.5×6.0 screw
- Torx T8M2.5×4.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.0×2.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.0×3.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.0×3.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.5×6.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.5×11.0 captive screw
- Phillips PM3.0×4.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.5×3.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.5×4.5 screw
- Phillips PM2.5×3.0 broadhead screw
- Phillips PM2.5×7.0 screw
- Phillips PM2.5×9.0 captive screw
- Phillips PM3.0×8.0 screw
- Backup and recovery
- Connector pin assignments
- Power cord set requirements
- Recycling
- Index

Right-side components
Component Description
(1) USB ports (2) Connect optional USB devices.
(2) RJ-11 (modem) jack (select models only) Connects a modem cable.
(3) Optical drive (select models only) Reads optical discs and, on select models, also writes to optical
discs.
(4) Optical drive light (select models only) Blinking: The optical drive is being accessed.
(5) Battery light
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Amber: A battery is charging.
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Turquoise: A battery is close to full charge capacity.
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Blinking amber: A battery that is the only available power
source has reached a low battery level. When the battery
reaches a critical battery level, the battery light begins blinking
rapidly.
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Off: If the computer is plugged into an external power source,
the light turns off when all batteries in the computer are fully
charged. If the computer is not plugged into an external power
source, the light stays off until the battery reaches a low
battery level.
(6) Power connector Connects an AC adapter.
18 Chapter 2 External component identification