HP EliteBook 8540P Maintenance And Service Guide

Table of contents
1 Product description ........................................................................................................................................ 1
2 External component identification ................................................................................................................ 9
Display .................................................................................................................................................. 9
Top components ................................................................................................................................. 10
Pointing devices ................................................................................................................. 10
Lights ................................................................................................................................. 11
Buttons, switches, and fingerprint reader .......................................................................... 13
Keys ................................................................................................................................... 15
Front components .............................................................................................................................. 16
Left-side components ......................................................................................................................... 17
Rear components ............................................................................................................................... 18
Right-side components ....................................................................................................................... 18
Bottom components ........................................................................................................................... 19
Wireless antennas (select models only) ............................................................................................. 20
3 Illustrated parts catalog ............................................................................................................................... 21
Service tag ......................................................................................................................................... 21
Computer major components ............................................................................................................. 22
Display components ........................................................................................................................... 28
Plastics Kit .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Cable Kit ............................................................................................................................................. 30
Mass storage devices ......................................................................................................................... 31
Miscellaneous parts ............................................................................................................................ 32
Sequential part number listing ............................................................................................................ 33
4 Removal and replacement procedures ....................................................................................................... 40
Preliminary replacement requirements ............................................................................................... 40
Tools required .................................................................................................................... 40
Service considerations ....................................................................................................... 40
Plastic parts ....................................................................................................... 40
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HP EliteBook 8540P Specifications

General

Bus type	DMI
Stepping	K0
Tjunction	105 °C
Processor cache	4 MB
Processor cores	2
Processor model	i7-640M
System bus rate	2.5 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-600 Mobile Series
Processor socket	BGA 1288
Processor threads	4
Processor codename	Arrandale
Processing Die size	81 mm²
Processor frequency	2.8 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	32 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Processor boost frequency	3.46 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 W
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	21
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Number of Processing Die Transistors	382 M
Motherboard chipset	Intel® QM57 Express
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD interface	SATA
Optical drive type	-
Card reader integrated	Yes
Total storage capacity	320 GB
Number of HDDs installed	1
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Display resolution	1600 x 900 pixels
Native aspect ratio	16:9
Modem speed	56 Kbit/s
Power supply type	AC/DC
Intel segment tagging	Enterprise
Compliance industry standards	IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab
Internal memory	4 GB
Memory clock speed	1333 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics
On-board graphics card base frequency	500 MHz
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	766 MHz
Pointing device	Touchpad
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
Bluetooth version	2.1+EDR
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Charging port type	DC-in jack
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
CardBus PCMCIA slots quantity	0
AC adapter power	90 W
Battery capacity	73 Wh
Number of battery cells	8
Product color	Black, Silver
Country of origin	China
Processor code	SLBTN
Processor ARK ID	49666
Processor package size	rPGA 37.5x 37.5, BGA 34x28 mm
Graphics & IMC lithography	45 nm
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.1/4.2
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology	1.0
Physical Address Extension (PAE)	36 bit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	252 mm
Width	374 mm
Height	32 mm
Weight	2950 g