1 Working on your computer............................................................................................................ 6
Safety instructions.................................................................................................................................................................6
Before working inside your computer........................................................................................................................... 6
Safety precautions...........................................................................................................................................................7
Electrostatic discharge—ESD protection.................................................................................................................... 7
ESD field service kit ........................................................................................................................................................8
After working inside your computer.............................................................................................................................. 8
2 Disassembly and reassembly........................................................................................................ 10
Recommended tools............................................................................................................................................................ 10
Screw List............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Side cover............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Removing the side cover...............................................................................................................................................10
Installing the side cover................................................................................................................................................. 12
Intrusion switch.................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Removing the intrusion switch..................................................................................................................................... 13
Installing the intrusion switch........................................................................................................................................13
Front bezel............................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Removing the front bezel..............................................................................................................................................14
Installing the front bezel................................................................................................................................................ 15
Hard-drive assembly............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Removing the 2.5 in. hard-disk drive assembly.......................................................................................................... 16
Removing the hard-disk drive bracket.........................................................................................................................17
Installing the hard-disk drive bracket...........................................................................................................................18
Installing the 2.5 in. hard-disk drive assembly.............................................................................................................19
Hard-drive and optical-drive module................................................................................................................................ 20
Removing the hard-disk drive and optical-disk drive module.................................................................................. 20
Installing the hard-disk drive and optical-disk drive module.....................................................................................23
Optical drive......................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Removing the slim optical-drive.................................................................................................................................. 25
Installing the slim optical-drive.....................................................................................................................................26
Solid-state drive...................................................................................................................................................................27
Removing the M.2 2230 PCIe solid-state drive.........................................................................................................27
Installing the M.2 2230 PCIe solid-state drive........................................................................................................... 27
Removing the M.2 2280 PCIe solid-state drive.........................................................................................................28
Installing the M.2 2280 PCIe solid-state drive...........................................................................................................29
WLAN card...........................................................................................................................................................................30
Removing the WLAN card............................................................................................................................................30
Installing the WLAN card...............................................................................................................................................31
SD card reader - optional................................................................................................................................................... 33
Removing the SD card reader......................................................................................................................................33
Installing the SD card reader........................................................................................................................................ 33
Expansion card.....................................................................................................................................................................34
Removing the expansion card......................................................................................................................................34
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