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. Lay the computer on the right side.
2. Slide the power-supply unit cage release latches to the unlock position.
3. Lift the power-supply unit cage and rotate the power-supply unit cage away from the chassis.
4. Rotate and pull the front bezel away from the front of the chassis to release the tabs on the front bezel from the slots on the
front panel.
5. Remove the two screws (#6-32) that secure the front-panel slot cover to the chassis.
6. Remove the cable management cover off the chassis.
7. Disconnect the USB cables, LED controller cable and audio cable from the system board and remove the cables from the
routing guides on the inside of the chassis.
8. Place the computer in an upright position.
9. Disconnect the tron-light cable and then remove the cable from the routing guides on the chassis.
10. Grasp and release the front bezel tabs sequentially from the top, by moving them outward from the front panel.
11. Remove the power-button module cable from the routing guides on the chassis and disconnect the power-button module cable.
12. Route the cables through the slot on the front panel and lift the front bezel away from the chassis.
Installing the front bezel
Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation procedure.
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