Battery............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Optical drive................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Front bezel....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Extra screw locations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Rotating the drive cage .........................................................................................................................................................................................................26
Memory modules (DIMMs)...................................................................................................................................................................................................27
Expansion cards.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
Expansion cards...............................................................................................................................................................................................................31
Riser assembly................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Solid-state drive..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
Front I/O assembly....................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
Speaker............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42
Optical drive cage .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
Rotating the power supply...................................................................................................................................................................................................44
WLAN module............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Hard drive ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
Fan duct .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
Fan ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Heat sink........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Processor ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
Flex card............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 51
Audio board.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Serial port........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 53
Rear expansion port ................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
WLAN antennas and external connectors .............................................................................................................................................................. 54
Power supply.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
System board................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
5 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ....................................................................................................................................................................................................59
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ...........................................................................................................................................................................59
Computer Setup Main............................................................................................................................................................................................................60
Computer Setup Security....................................................................................................................................................................................................64
Computer Setup Advanced ................................................................................................................................................................................................70
6 POST error messages..................................................................................................................................................................................................................80
POST numeric codes and text messages ...............................................................................................................................................................80
Interpreting POST diagnostic front panel lights and audible codes.....................................................................................................86
7 Password security and resetting CMOS.........................................................................................................................................................................89
Changing a setup or power-on password................................................................................................................................................................89
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