Cable management .............................................................................................................................................. 16
4 Removal and replacement procedures ........................................................................................................... 17
Preparation for disassembly ............................................................................................................................... 17
Access panel ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Hard drive ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
Memory ................................................................................................................................................................ 21
SODIMMs ............................................................................................................................................ 21
DDR3L-SDRAM SODIMMs .................................................................................................................. 21
Populating SODIMM sockets ............................................................................................................. 22
Replacing SODIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 23
Replacing the battery .......................................................................................................................................... 26
Speaker ................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Fan ....................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Heat sink .............................................................................................................................................................. 31
Drive cage and drive cable ................................................................................................................................... 32
WLAN module ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
M.2 solid-state drive ............................................................................................................................................ 37
System board ....................................................................................................................................................... 39
System board callouts ...................................................................................................................... 42
WLAN antennas .................................................................................................................................................... 43
Changing from desktop to tower configuration ................................................................................................. 46
5 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ........................................................................................................................ 47
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................................ 47
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................... 48
Computer Setup—File ...................................................................................................................... 49
Computer Setup—Storage ............................................................................................................... 50
Computer Setup—Security ............................................................................................................... 51
Computer Setup—Power .................................................................................................................. 53
Computer Setup—Advanced ............................................................................................................ 53
Recovering the Configuration Settings ............................................................................................................... 54
6 Troubleshooting without diagnostics ............................................................................................................ 55
Safety and comfort .............................................................................................................................................. 55
Before you call for technical support .................................................................................................................. 55
Helpful hints ........................................................................................................................................................ 56
Solving general problems ................................................................................................................................... 57
Solving hard drive problems ............................................................................................................................... 60
Solving display problems .................................................................................................................................... 62
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