Asus Z31N manual

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMENT 1 Installa tion & R eplacement F ollow the individual pr ocedu r es to perfor m the notebook’ s installation and r eplacement of various major components. Z31N Series Notebook balances novelty and mobility in an elegant ly designed casing . The key installable and replaceable items include the CPU module, memo[...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 2 Appropriate Tools The illustrations be low show the appropriate to ols that should be used for the notebook’s service and repair. Phillips-head Screwdriver Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to fasten/remove the K- o r B-typed sc rews. Single-Slotted Screwdriver Use a single-slotted screwdriver to lock/unlock the [...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 3 Precautions Before you perform any service and/or repair on the notebook, please follow the steps below first. 1. Be sure that the notebook is powered down. 2. Disconnect the DC plug from the rear of th e notebook (no.1 on the illustration below). CAUTIONS 1[...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 4 3. Turn the notebook over. Unlock and hold the latch (no.2), and remove the battery (no.3). 4. Remove all rings, watches and any ot her metal objects from your hands. 5. Always wear a ground strap on your hand t o protect the no tebook from static discharge. 2 3[...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 5 Optical Driv e Installation & R eplacement 1. Remove 3 scre ws (M2*4L(K )) 2. Take awa y the CPU cover , than use the othe r side of tweezers to push the optical driver away a little bit, then pull the optical d rive out. 3. Replace the optica l drive and secure 3 crews to fix it. HDD Installation & R epl[...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 6 5. Pu sh the HD D modu le into the no teboo k an d secure 2 screws on the bottom to affi x the HDD module. Memor y Installation & R eplacement The Z31N Series Notebook comes standard with 256MB of RAM onboard. There is one expansion u-SODIMM socket for you to upgrade the total memory up to 768 MB with a 512MB[...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 7 3. Insert new memory at the same 45 ° angles and pre ss down un til it cli cks into the latches. 4. Install DIMM cover and secure one screw on it.[...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 8 CPU Installation & R eplacement The Z31N Series No tebook comes standard with an Intel’s µ FC-PG A Socket on the motherboard, which means it can suppo rt all µ FC-PGA CPUs up to 1.7 GHz. 1. Use the CPU vacuum to “suck up” the CPU then install CPU onto the socket, make the triangle sign on the CPU matc[...]

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    INSTALLA TION & R EPLACEMEN T 9 a warrant y label upon t he screws of the fan m odule. Note: If fan module has no thermal pad on it, plea se p lus a ther mal pad o n the CPU die befor e assemblin g.[...]