Service Manual

Technology and components

Audio

Alienware Alpha R2 is shipped with Realtek ALC3234 for optical S/PDIF output.

NOTE: The audio drivers are already installed when you receive your computer.

Downloading the audio driver

1 Turn on your computer.

2 Go to www.dell.com/support.

3 Click Product support, enter the Service Tag of your computer and then click

Submit.

NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect feature or

manually browse for your computer model.

4 Click Drivers & downloads → Find it myself.

5 Scroll down the page and expand Audio.

6 Click Download to download the audio driver for your computer.

7 After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved the audio

driver file.

8 Double-click the audio driver file icon and follow the instructions on the screen to

install the driver.

Identifying the audio controller

1 On the taskbar, click the search box, and then type Device Manager.

2 Click Device Manager.

The Device Manager window is displayed.

3 Expand Sound, video and game controllers to view the audio controller.

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