
Contents
About this anual . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Safety infor ation . . . . . . 1
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Handling de ices that are sensiti e to electrostatic
discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2. General checkout . . . . . 19
What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CRU list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3. Identifying FRUs
(CRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Locate FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 4. Re oving a FRU or
CRU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ser ice tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remo e the lower case . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
For 14–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 28
For 15–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 29
For 17–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remo e the memory module shielding . . . . . . 31
Remo e the memory module . . . . . . . . . 32
Remo e the storage dri e . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remo e the storage dri e bracket . . . . . . . 34
Remo e the battery pack . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remo e the battery pack (with storage
dri e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remo e the battery pack (no storage dri e) . . 36
Remo e the solid-state dri e thermal pad. . . . . 37
Remo e the solid-state dri e and the solid-state
dri e bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Remo e the heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
For AMD models . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
For Intel models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remo e the system fan. . . . . . . . . . . . 41
For 14–inch and 15–inch models . . . . . . 41
For 17–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remo e the Wi-Fi card . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Remo e the USB board. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
For 14–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 46
For 15–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 47
For 17–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Remo e the USB board cable . . . . . . . . . 50
For 14–inch and 15–inch models . . . . . . 50
For 17–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remo e the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remo e the fingerprint reader (for selected
models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Remo e the fingerprint reader cable (for selected
models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Remo e the system board. . . . . . . . . . . 54
For 14–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 54
For 15–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 56
For 17–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Use a Golden Key U1 tool to flash-write key id
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Remo e the touchpad cable . . . . . . . . . . 61
Remo e the Upper case . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Remo e the LCD bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Remo e the hinge co ers . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Remo e the hinges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
For 14–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 64
For 15–inch models . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Remo e the LCD panel/LCD assembly . . . . . . 67
Remo e the LCD panel (for 14–inch and 15–
inch models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Remo e the LCD assembly (for 17–inch
models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Remo e the microphone rubber . . . . . . . . 70
Remo e the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Remo e the EDP cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appendix A. Label locations. . . . . . 73
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxx
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