Preventing electrostatic damage to equipment
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Personal grounding methods and equipment
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31
Grounding the work area
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32
Recommended materials and equipment
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32
Cleaning your computer
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33
Enabling HP Easy Clean (select products only)
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33
Removing dirt and debris from your computer
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33
Cleaning your computer with a disinfectant
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34
Caring for wood veneer (select products only)
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35
Packaging and transporting guidelines
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35
Accessing support information
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35
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Removal and replacement procedures for authorized service provider parts
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38
Component replacement procedures
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38
Preparation for disassembly
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38
Bottom cover
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38
Battery
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39
USB module
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41
Solid-state drive
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42
WWAN module
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43
Speakers
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45
Fingerprint reader board
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46
Touchpad
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47
NFC module
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48
System board
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49
Heat sink and fan assembly
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52
Tweeter modules
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53
Display assembly
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54
Keyboard with top cover
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55
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Troubleshooting guide
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57
Resources
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57
General troubleshooting steps
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58
Identify the issue
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1. Understand the issue
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59
Boot up sequence
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59
Failure classification
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59
2. Examine the environment
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61
3. Perform a visual inspection of hardware
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61
4. Update BIOS and drivers
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62
Manually updating BIOS and drivers
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62
Remotely deploying the BIOS and drivers
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62
Analyze the issue
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62
5. Remove or uninstall recently added hardware, software
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62
6. HP Hardware Diagnostics and Tools
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62
HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI)
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63
HP BIOS Configuration Utility (BCU)
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64
HP Image Diagnostic Tool
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65
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