Removing the heat sink............................................................................................................................................. 38
Installing the heat sink................................................................................................................................................39
Removing the display assembly............................................................................................................................... 40
Installing the display assembly..................................................................................................................................42
Removing the power-adapter port..........................................................................................................................44
Installing the power-adapter port............................................................................................................................45
Removing the speakers (3-cell battery configuration)...................................................................................... 46
Installing the speakers (3-cell battery configuration).........................................................................................47
Removing the speakers (4-cell battery configuration)...................................................................................... 48
Installing the speakers (4-cell battery configuration)........................................................................................ 49
Removing the touchpad.............................................................................................................................................52
Installing the touchpad...............................................................................................................................................53
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 56
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 58
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................60
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly...................................................................................................61
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 63
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................63
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................64
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................68
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 68
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................68
Clearing CMOS settings............................................................................................................................................ 69
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.................................................................................... 69
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................69
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows..........................................................................................70
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.....................................................................................70
Updating BIOS on systems with BitLocker enabled.............................................................................................71
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