WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 28
Optical drive ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Keyboard ........................................................................................................................................... 32
6 Removal and replacement procedures for Authorized Service Provider parts ................................................... 35
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................................. 35
Display panel ..................................................................................................................................... 35
Top cover ........................................................................................................................................... 39
Power button board .......................................................................................................................... 42
TouchPad button board .................................................................................................................... 44
Audio/USB board ............................................................................................................................... 45
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 47
System board .................................................................................................................................... 50
Hard drive connector cable ............................................................................................................... 52
RTC battery ........................................................................................................................................ 54
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 56
Heat sink ............................................................................................................................................ 58
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................................... 60
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 61
Display assembly .............................................................................................................................. 63
7 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 69
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 69
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................................................ 69
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 69
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 70
8 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................................... 71
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 71
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................................................... 72
Creating recovery media and backups (select models only) .............................................................................. 72
Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) ........................................................................... 72
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................... 73
Restore and recover (select models only) .......................................................................................................... 73
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) ........................................................ 74
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 74
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................................. 75
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................. 75
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 75
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