6 Removal and replacement procedures for Authorized Service Provider parts ................................................... 31
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................................. 31
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 32
Remove Display ................................................................................................................................. 35
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 36
WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 37
RTC battery ........................................................................................................................................ 40
Memory module ................................................................................................................................ 41
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 42
Heat sink assembly ........................................................................................................................... 43
Optical drive connector ..................................................................................................................... 47
System board .................................................................................................................................... 48
USB board .......................................................................................................................................... 51
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 52
Power button board .......................................................................................................................... 53
Power connector ............................................................................................................................... 54
TouchPad ........................................................................................................................................... 55
Display assembly, non-touch ........................................................................................................... 57
Display assembly, touch ................................................................................................................... 62
7 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) in Windows 8.1 ................................................................................ 69
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 69
8 Specifications ............................................................................................................................................. 71
Computer specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 71
43.9-cm (17.3-in) display specifications ............................................................................................................ 72
Hard drive specifications ..................................................................................................................................... 73
DVD±RW SuperMulti DL Drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 74
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 .................................................................................... 75
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 75
Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) ........................................................................... 75
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 76
Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 76
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................................... 77
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................ 77
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................................. 78
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................. 78
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 79
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ........................................... 79
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