Packaging and transporting guidelines ..............................................................................................................  28
5  Removal and replacement procedures for Customer Self-Repair parts ............................................................. 29
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 29
Preparation for disassembly ............................................................................................................. 29
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Solid-state drive and Optane memory module ................................................................................  32
Memory module ................................................................................................................................  34
Hard drive assembly .......................................................................................................................... 35
6  Removal and replacement procedures for authorized service provider parts .................................................... 37
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 37
Thermal material ............................................................................................................................... 37
Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 38
WLAN module ....................................................................................................................................  39
Power connector ...............................................................................................................................  41
Speaker assembly .............................................................................................................................  42
Touchpad button board ..................................................................................................................... 43
Heat sink/fan assembly ....................................................................................................................  44
Card reader/USB board ...................................................................................................................... 47
Power button board ..........................................................................................................................  48
System board ....................................................................................................................................  49
Thermal sensor board ....................................................................................................................... 51
Display assembly ............................................................................................................................... 52
Keyboard/top cover ........................................................................................................................... 59
7  Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 60
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................  60
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) ..............................................................................................................................  60
Determining the BIOS version ...........................................................................................................  60
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 61
8  Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ................................................................................................................  62
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows (select products only) .................................................................  62
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ....................................................................... 62
Downloading the latest HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows version ....................... 63
Downloading HP Hardware Diagnostics Windows by product name or number 
(select products only) .....................................................................................................  63
Installing HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows .............................................................................  63
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI .............................................................................................................  63
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