Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Alienware m15 R4 Service Manual
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of Alienware m15 R4
- Base cover
- Battery
- M.2 solid-state drive
- M.2 2230 WWAN/solid-state drive
- Rear-I/O cover
- Display assembly
- Speakers
- Touchpad
- Keyboard-controller board
- Right I/O-board
- System board
- Left I/O-board
- Fan and heat-sink assembly
- Power-adapter port
- Power-button assembly
- Keyboard
- Palmrest
- Drivers and downloads
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Alienware
Steps
1. Using the alignment posts, adhere the keyboard-controller board into place on the palm-rest assembly.
2. Replace the two screws (M2x1.9) that secure the keyboard-controller board to the palm-rest assembly.
3. Connect the keyboard-controller board-cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the connector latch.
4. Connect the keyboard cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the connector latch.
5. Connect the keyboard-backlight cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the connector latch.
Next steps
1. Install the
battery.
2. Install the
base cover.
3. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Right I/O-board
Removing the right I/O-board
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Remove the M.2 2230 or 2280 solid-state drive, if one was installed in M.2 card slot 2.
About this task
The following image(s) indicate the location of the right I/O-board and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
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