Users Guide

Storage
This section lists the storage options on your Alienware Area-51m R2.
Your Alienware Area-51m R2 supports one of the following storage configurations:
● One M.2 solid-state drive
● Two M.2 solid-state drives
● One 2.5-inch hard drive and one M.2 solid-state drive
● Three M.2 solid-state drives
● One 2.5-inch hard drive and two M.2 solid-state drives
● Four M.2 solid-state drives
The M.2 drive is the primary drive of your Alienware Area-51m R2.
Table 10. Storage specifications
Storage type Interface type Capacity
2.5-inch hard drive SATA AHCI, up to 6 Gbps Up to 1 TB
M.2 2230 solid-state drive PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, up to 32 Gbps Up to 256 GB
M.2 2280 solid-state drive PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, up to 32 Gbps Up to 2 TB
Media-card reader
The following table lists the media cards supported by your Alienware Area-51m R2.
Table 11. Media-card reader specifications
Description Values
Media-card type
One SD card
Media-cards supported
● Secure Digital (SD)
● Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)
● Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC)
NOTE: The maximum capacity supported by the media-card reader varies depending on the standard of the media card
installed in your computer.
Keyboard
The following table lists the keyboard specifications of your Alienware Area-51m R2.
Table 12. Keyboard specifications
Description Values
Keyboard type
● RGB per key backlit keyboard (Rubber dome)
● RGB per key backlit keyboard (Cherry Mechanical Switch)
Keyboard layout
QWERTY
Number of keys
● United States and Canada: 103 keys
● United Kingdom: 104 keys
● Japan: 107 keys
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