DDR3-SDRAM DIMMs ...................................................................................................... 20
Replacing a SODIMM ........................................................................................................ 21
Expansion Cards ................................................................................................................................ 22
Installing an Optional Powered Serial Port Expansion Card .............................................. 23
Configuring Powered Serial Ports ...................................................................................... 25
Installing an Optional 12-Volt Powered USB Expansion Card ........................................... 26
Riser Card .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Hard Drive .......................................................................................................................................... 32
Battery ................................................................................................................................................ 34
WLAN Module .................................................................................................................................... 36
Front Fan/Baffle .................................................................................................................................. 38
Front USB and Power Switch Assembly ............................................................................................ 40
Speaker .............................................................................................................................................. 41
Power Supply ..................................................................................................................................... 42
System Board ..................................................................................................................................... 44
Appendix A Computer Setup (F10) Utility ..................................................................................................... 45
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ........................................................................................................... 45
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ................................................................................ 46
Computer Setup—File ....................................................................................................... 47
Computer Setup—Storage ................................................................................................ 48
Computer Setup—Security ................................................................................................ 51
Computer Setup—Power ................................................................................................... 54
Computer Setup—Advanced ............................................................................................. 55
Recovering the Configuration Settings ............................................................................................... 57
Appendix B Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ......................................................................................... 58
Why run HP PC Hardware Diagnostics - UEFI .................................................................................. 58
How to access and run HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ....................................................................... 58
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics to a USB device ............................................................ 59
Appendix C Restoring and recovering .......................................................................................................... 60
System Restore .................................................................................................................................. 60
System Recovery ............................................................................................................................... 60
System Recovery when Windows is responding ............................................................... 61
System Recovery when Windows is not responding ......................................................... 62
System recovery using recovery media ............................................................................. 62
Creating recovery media ................................................................................... 63
Using recovery media ....................................................................................... 64
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