Optical drive ....................................................................................................................................... 33
6 Removal and replacement procedures for Authorized Service Provider parts ................................................... 36
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 36
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 37
Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 40
Memory .............................................................................................................................................. 42
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 44
Solid-state drive ................................................................................................................................ 46
Solid-state drive bracket and connector board ................................................................................ 47
Optane memory module ................................................................................................................... 49
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 .................................................................................................................................... 70
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 73
Power connector cable (DC-in) .......................................................................................................... 74
Top cover with keyboard ................................................................................................................... 75
7 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 76
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 76
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) .............................................................................................................................. 76
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 76
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 77
8 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ................................................................................................................ 78
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ..................................................................................................... 78
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ....................................................................... 78
Downloading the latest HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows version ....................... 79
Downloading HP Hardware Diagnostics Windows by product name or number
(select products only) ..................................................................................................... 79
Installing HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ............................................................................. 79
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI ............................................................................................................. 79
Starting HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI ....................................................................................... 80
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI to a USB ash drive .............................................. 80
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