Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Alienware Aurora R9 Service Manual
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Inside view of your computer
- System-board components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Left-side cover
- Top cover
- Right-side cover
- 2.5-inch hard drive
- 3.5-inch hard drive
- 2.5-inch hard-drive cage
- 3.5-inch hard-drive cage
- 460 W power-supply unit
- 850 W Power-supply unit
- Right tron-light board
- Processor liquid-cooling assembly
- Coin-cell battery
- Memory modules
- Solid-state drive
- Single-graphics card
- Dual-graphics card
- Front bezel
- Top bezel
- Bottom cover
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Wireless card
- Antennas
- Front I/O-panel
- Front-chassis fan
- Top-chassis fan
- Power-button board
- System board
- Device drivers
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
System-board components
1. front-chassis fan connector (FRONT_FAN) 2. power-supply connector
3. front-panel USB cable 2 (F_USB2) 4. front-panel USB cable 1 (F_USB1)
5. SATA 6 Gbps drive connector (SATA1) 6. SATA 6 Gbps drive connector (SATA2)
7. SATA 6 Gbps drive connector (SATA3) 8. SATA 6 Gbps drive connector (SATA4)
9. solid-state drive slot (M.2 SSD) 10. coin-cell battery
11. Service mode (SERVICE MODE) 12. CMOS reset jumper (CMOS_CLR)
13. Password reset jumper (PW_CLR) 14. LED controller connector (LED_CONTROLLER)
15. front audio connector (F_AUDIO) 16. PCI-Express x8 slot (SLOT4)
17. PCI-Express x4 slot (SLOT3) 18. PCI-Express x4 slot (SLOT3)
19. PCI-Express x16 mechanical/x8 electrical slot (SLOT1) 20. wireless-card slot (M.2 WIFI)
21. processor connector (AIX_CPU) 22. top-chassis fan (TOP_FAN)
23. processor-cooling assembly pump-fan connector
(PUMP_FAN)
24. processor socket (CPU1)
25. memory-module slot 3 (DDR4/XMM3) 26. memory-module slot 1 (DDR4/XMM1)
27. memory-module slot 2 (DDR4/XMM2) 28. memory-module slot 4 (DDR4/XMM4)
Recommended tools
The procedures in this document may require the following tools:
• Philips screwdriver #1
• Flat-head screwdriver
• Plastic scribe
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