User guide

3 Component replacement
information and guidelines
This chapter provides warnings, cautions, information, and guidelines for removal and replacement
procedures. It does not document the step-by-step procedures.
IMPORTANT: Removal and replacement procedures are now available in videos on
the HP website.
Go to the HP Customer Self Repair Services Media Library at
http://www.hp.com/go/sml.
This chapter includes these topics:
Topics
Warnings and cautions on page 41
Service considerations on page 42
Product recycling on page 43
Component replacement guidelines on page 45
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Battery on page 45
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Cable management on page 46
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CPU (processor) and CPU heatsink on page 47
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Expansion slots on page 47
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Hard drives on page 48
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Memory on page 49
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Power supply on page 51
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Thermal sensors on page 53
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