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
Installing the right tron-light board........................................................................................................................35
Processor liquid-cooling assembly............................................................................................................................36
Removing the processor liquid-cooling assembly................................................................................................36
Installing the processor liquid-cooling assembly..................................................................................................38
Coin-cell battery........................................................................................................................................................ 40
Removing the coin-cell battery.............................................................................................................................40
Installing the coin-cell battery...............................................................................................................................41
Memory modules.......................................................................................................................................................43
Removing the memory modules.......................................................................................................................... 43
Installing the memory modules............................................................................................................................ 44
Solid-state drive........................................................................................................................................................ 46
Removing the solid-state drive.............................................................................................................................46
Installing the solid-state drive...............................................................................................................................47
Single-graphics card................................................................................................................................................. 48
Removing the single-graphics card......................................................................................................................48
Installing the single-graphics card........................................................................................................................50
Dual-graphics card....................................................................................................................................................52
Removing the dual-graphics card........................................................................................................................ 52
Installing the dual-graphics card.......................................................................................................................... 55
Front bezel ............................................................................................................................................................... 57
Removing the front bezel..................................................................................................................................... 57
Installing the front bezel....................................................................................................................................... 60
Top bezel.................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Removing the top bezel....................................................................................................................................... 65
Installing the top bezel......................................................................................................................................... 66
Bottom cover.............................................................................................................................................................67
Removing the bottom cover................................................................................................................................. 67
Installing the bottom cover................................................................................................................................... 68
Processor fan and heat-sink assembly..................................................................................................................... 69
Removing the processor fan and heat-sink assembly......................................................................................... 69
Installing the processor fan and heat-sink assembly........................................................................................... 70
Processor..................................................................................................................................................................72
Removing the processor...................................................................................................................................... 72
Installing the processor........................................................................................................................................ 72
Wireless card............................................................................................................................................................ 73
Removing the wireless card.................................................................................................................................73
Installing the wireless card...................................................................................................................................74
Antennas...................................................................................................................................................................76
Removing the antennas....................................................................................................................................... 76
Installing the antennas......................................................................................................................................... 76
Front I/O-panel..........................................................................................................................................................77
Removing the front I/O panel............................................................................................................................... 77
Installing the front I/O-panel.................................................................................................................................78
Front-chassis fan.......................................................................................................................................................79
Removing the front-chassis fan............................................................................................................................79
Installing the front-chassis fan..............................................................................................................................80
Top-chassis fan.........................................................................................................................................................81
Removing the top-chassis fan..............................................................................................................................81
Installing the top-chassis fan................................................................................................................................83
Power-button board...................................................................................................................................................85
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