Contents
Chapter 1. Important safety
information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2. Important service
information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Strategy for replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . . . 27
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive or a
solid-state drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Important notice for replacing a system
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to use error codes . . . . . . . . . . 28
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, special-bid,
and standard models. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Product definition . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
FRU identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . 29
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 4. Service checkout and
symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . 33
Service checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . 33
Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . 34
Power supply problems . . . . . . . . . . 35
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Miscellaneous error conditions . . . . . . . 37
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 5. Troubleshooting,
diagnostics, and recovery . . . . . . . 41
Basic procedure for resolving computer
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Startup problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Screen problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Network problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Performance problems . . . . . . . . . . 47
Storage drive problems . . . . . . . . . . 48
CD or DVD problems . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Serial connector problems . . . . . . . . . 49
Software problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Restore system files and settings to an earlier
point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Restore your files from a backup . . . . . . 50
Reset your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Use advanced options . . . . . . . . . . 50
Windows automatic recovery. . . . . . . . 50
Create and use a recovery USB device . . . . 50
Update the device driver . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 6. Hardware removal and
installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . 53
Service tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Major FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing and installing hardware . . . . . . . 58
External options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power cord and ac power adapter. . . . . . 59
Computer stand cover . . . . . . . . . . 60
Computer stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Storage drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Computer cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Camera module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Microphone module . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Optical drive board. . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Power switch board . . . . . . . . . . . 70
System board frame . . . . . . . . . . . 71
M.2 solid-state drive . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Coin-cell battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Wi-Fi card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
CPU fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
GPU board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
System board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Middle frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 7. Notices and
trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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