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
Steps
1. Place the power supply on the chassis.
2. Align the screw holes on the power-supply unit with the screw holes on the chassis.
3. Replace the four screws (#6-32) that secure the power-supply unit to the chassis.
4. Lift and rotate the power-supply unit cage away from the chassis
5. Connect the processor-power cable and system-board power cable to the system board.
6. Connect the power cables to the hard drives.
7. Connect the power cables to the graphics card.
8. Rotate the power-supply unit cage towards the chassis
9. Slide the power-supply unit cage release latches towards the locked position.
10. Align the screw holes on the power-supply unit bracket with the screw holes on the power-supply unit cage.
11. Replace the two screws (#6-32) that secure the power-supply unit bracket to the power-supply unit cage.
Next steps
1. Install the left-side cover.
2. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
850 W Power-supply unit
Removing the 850 W power-supply unit
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the left-side cover.
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