HP 698680-B31 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Product description

  9
• External component identification

  14
  • Display

    14
  • Button, speakers, and subwoofer

    16
  • Keys

    17
  • Lights

    18
  • TouchPad

    19
  • Left side

    20
  • Right side

    22
  • Bottom

    23
• Illustrated parts catalog

  24
  • Service tag

    24
  • Computer major components

    25
  • Mass storage devices

    33
  • Miscellaneous parts

    34
  • Sequential part number listing

    35
• Removal and replacement procedures

  45
  • Preliminary replacement requirements

    45
    • Tools required

      45
    • Service considerations

      45
      • Plastic parts

        45
      • Cables and connectors

        45
      • Drive handling

        46
    • Grounding guidelines

      46
      • Electrostatic discharge damage

        46
        • Packaging and transporting guidelines

          48
          • Workstation guidelines

            48
            • Equipment guidelines

              49
  • Component replacement procedures

    50
    • Service label

      50
    • Base enclosure

      51
    • Battery

      52
    • Hard drive

      54
    • RTC battery

      57
    • TouchPad module

      59
    • WLAN module

      61
    • Memory module

      62
    • Fan

      64
    • System board

      65
    • Fan-Heat sink

      70
    • Media card reader assembly (smart card reader)

      72
    • Subwoofer

      73
    • USB/Audio board

      74
    • Power connector cable

      75
    • Speakers

      77
    • Power button board

      78
    • Keyboard

      80
    • Top cover

      84
• Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics

  85
  • Windows 8

    85
    • Starting Setup Utility (BIOS)

      85
    • Updating the BIOS

      85
      • Determining the BIOS version

        86
      • Downloading a BIOS update

        86
    • Using System Diagnostics

      87
  • Ubuntu

    88
    • Starting Setup Utility

      88
    • Using Setup Utility

      88
      • Changing the language of Setup Utility

        88
      • Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility

        88
      • Displaying system information

        89
      • Restoring factory default settings in Setup Utility

        89
      • Exiting Setup Utility

        89
    • Updating the BIOS

      89
      • Determining the BIOS version

        90
      • Downloading a BIOS update

        90
    • Using System Diagnostics

      91
• Specifications

  92
  • Computer specifications

    92
  • 15.6-inch display specifications

    93
• Backing up, restoring, and recovering

  94
  • Windows 8

    94
    • Creating recovery media and backups

      94
      • Creating HP Recovery media

        95
    • Restore and recovery

      96
      • Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery

        97
      • Remove everything and reinstall Windows

        98
      • Recovering using HP Recovery Manager

        98
        • What you need to know

          99
        • Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select models only)

          99
        • Using HP Recovery media to recover

          100
        • Changing the computer boot order

          100
      • Removing the HP Recovery partition

        100
  • Ubuntu

    101
    • Performing a system recovery

      101
      • Creating the restore DVDs

        101
      • Creating a restore image on a USB device

        101
      • Performing recovery using the restore DVD

        102
    • Backing up your information

      102
• Power cord set requirements

  104
  • Requirements for all countries

    104
  • Requirements for specific countries and regions

    105
• Recycling

  107
• Index

  108