5 Removal and replacement procedures for Customer Self-Repair parts ............................................................. 33
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 33
Preparation for disassembly ............................................................................................................. 33
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................................... 34
6 Removal and replacement procedures for authorized service provider parts .................................................... 37
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 37
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 41
Memory module ................................................................................................................................ 43
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 45
Solid-state drive ................................................................................................................................ 47
Solid-state drive bracket and connector board ................................................................................ 48
WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 50
Hard drive connector board ............................................................................................................... 51
USB/card reader board ...................................................................................................................... 52
TouchPad button board ..................................................................................................................... 53
TouchPad module .............................................................................................................................. 54
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 56
Heat sink assembly ........................................................................................................................... 57
Display assembly ............................................................................................................................... 61
System board .................................................................................................................................... 71
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 74
Power connector cable (DC-in) .......................................................................................................... 75
Top cover with keyboard ................................................................................................................... 76
7 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 77
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 77
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) .............................................................................................................................. 77
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 77
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 78
8 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ................................................................................................................ 79
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows (select products only) ................................................................. 79
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ....................................................................... 79
Downloading the latest HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows version ....................... 80
Downloading HP Hardware Diagnostics Windows by product name or number
(select products only) ..................................................................................................... 80
Installing HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ............................................................................. 80
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI ............................................................................................................. 80
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