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
Antennas
Removing the antennas
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the left-side cover.
3. Remove the top-cover.
4. Remove the right-side cover.
5. Remove the wireless card.
6. Remove the front bezel.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the antennas and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
1. Note the antenna-cable routing and remove the antenna cables from the securing clips and routing guides inside the chassis.
2. Push down the antenna cables towards the top of the computer through the cable-routing slot on the chassis.
3. Remove the four screws (M3x4t) that secures the antennas to the chassis.
4. Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the top cover.
5. Pry the antenna off the chassis.
Installing the antennas
Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation procedure.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the antennas and provides a visual representation of the installation procedure.
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