System information
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
- Webcam/microphone module
- Optical drive
- Memory module
- TV tuner module
- RTC battery
- Hard drive
- WLAN module
- Switch cover and keyboard
- Power button board
- Display assembly
- Speaker
- Bluetooth module
- Top cover
- Modem module
- Audio/infrared board
- USB board
- Power connector cable
- System board
- TV tuner module cable
- Modem module cable
- Fan/heat sink assembly
- Processor
- Setup Utility
- Specifications
- Computer specifications
- 15.6-inch, WXGA display specifications
- 16.0-inch WXGA BrightView display specifications
- 16.0-inch WXGA AntiGlare display specifications
- Hard drive specifications
- Blu-ray ROM DVD±R/RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive specifications
- DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications
- System DMA specifications
- System interrupt specifications
- System I/O address specifications
- System memory map specifications
- Screw listing
- Backup and Recovery
- Connector pin assignments
- Power cord set requirements
- Recycling
- Index

d. Display assembly (see Display assembly on page 68).
e. Top cover (see
Top cover on page 80).
Remove the USB board:
1. Disconnect the USB board cable (1) from the LIF connector on the system board.
2. Remove the Phillips PM2.5×7.0 screw (2) that secures the USB board to the base enclosure.
3. Remove the USB board (3) from the base enclosure.
Reverse this procedure to install the USB board.
Power connector cable
Description Spare part number
Power connector cable 533465-001
Before removing the power connector cable, follow these steps:
1. Shut down the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the
computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect all external devices connected to the computer.
3. Disconnect the power from the computer by first unplugging the power cord from the AC outlet and
then unplugging the AC Adapter from the computer.
4. Remove the battery (see
Battery on page 48).
5. Remove the following components:
a. Hard drive (see
Hard drive on page 57).
b. Optical drive (see
Optical drive on page 51).
c. Switch cover and keyboard (see
Switch cover and keyboard on page 63).
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