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 card into the X16 slot and press down firmly until the graphics card snaps into place.
2. Connect the power cables to the graphics card.
3. Slide the tab on the graphics-card bracket into the slot on the chassis and rotate it into place.
4. Rotate the power-supply unit cage towards the chassis.
5. Slide the power-supply unit cage release latches towards the locked position.
Next steps
1. Install the left-side cover.
2. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Dual-graphics card
Removing the dual-graphics card
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the left-side cover.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the graphics card and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
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