Chapter 10: Understanding Laptops

 

1. D. Laptop service manuals can be obtained from the manufacturer’s website. It’s very rare that paper service manuals are shipped with the laptop. Pressing F1 while in Windows will open Windows Help, and pressing F2 on many laptops during the system boot will take you into the BIOS.
2. B. The inverter, which transforms AC power into DC power for an LCD backlight, is found in the display. It’s not underneath the keyboard, next to the heat sink and fan, or near the processor, which are all located in the bottom half of the laptop.
3. A, B. The components of an LCD screen are the inverter, screen, and backlight. LCD display units will also have a Wi-Fi antenna (not the card), webcam, and microphone. There is no backdrop component.
4. A. The touchpad sits below the keyboard, where a user’s palms may rest when he is typing. That contact may cause the mouse cursor to appear to jump on the screen. Disabling the touchpad should prevent...