5  Removal and replacement procedures for Customer Self-Repair parts ............................................................. 33
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 33
Preparation for disassembly ............................................................................................................. 33
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................................... 34
6  Removal and replacement procedures for authorized service provider parts .................................................... 37
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 37
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 41
Memory module ................................................................................................................................  43
Hard drive ..........................................................................................................................................  45
Solid-state drive ................................................................................................................................ 47
Solid-state drive bracket and connector board ................................................................................  48
WLAN module ....................................................................................................................................  50
Hard drive connector board ............................................................................................................... 51
USB/card reader board ......................................................................................................................  52
TouchPad button board ..................................................................................................................... 53
TouchPad module .............................................................................................................................. 54
Fan .....................................................................................................................................................  56
Heat sink assembly ...........................................................................................................................  57
Display assembly ............................................................................................................................... 61
System board ....................................................................................................................................  71
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................  74
Power connector cable (DC-in) .......................................................................................................... 75
Top cover with keyboard ...................................................................................................................  76
7  Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 77
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................  77
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) ..............................................................................................................................  77
Determining the BIOS version ...........................................................................................................  77
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 78
8  Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ................................................................................................................  79
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows (select products only) .................................................................  79
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ....................................................................... 79
Downloading the latest HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows version ....................... 80
Downloading HP Hardware Diagnostics Windows by product name or number 
(select products only) .....................................................................................................  80
Installing HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows .............................................................................  80
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI .............................................................................................................  80
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