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. Route the cables through the slot on the front panel and align and clip the front bezel into place.
2. Align the screw hole of the cable management cover with the screw hole on the chassis.
3. Replace the two screws (#6-32) that secure the cable management cover to the chassis.
4. Connect the USB cables, LED controller cable and audio cable to the system board and route the cables through the routing
guides on the inside of the chassis.
5. Route the power-button module cable through the routing guides on the chassis and connect the power-button module cable.
6. Place the computer in an upright position.
7. Route the tron-light cable through the routing guides on the chassis and connect the tron-light cable.
8. Rotate the power-supply unit cage towards the chassis.
9. Slide the power-supply unit cage release latches towards the locked position.
Next steps
1. Install the single-graphics card or dual-graphics card, as applicable.
2. Install the right-side cover.
3. Install the top-cover.
4. Install the left-side cover.
5. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
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