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. Place the power-adapter port into the slot on the palm-rest assembly.
2. Place the power-adapter port bracket on the power-adapter port.
3. Align the screw holes on the power-adapter port bracket to the screw holes on the palm-rest assembly.
4. Replace the two screws (M2x3) that secure the power-adapter port bracket to the palm-rest assembly.
Next steps
1. Follow the procedure from step 3 to step 24 in
Installing the system board.
2. Install the right I/O-board.
3. Install the
rear I/O-cover.
4. Install the M.2 2230 solid-state drive, if applicable.
5. Install the M.2 2280 solid-state drive, if applicable.
6. Install the battery.
7. Install the
base cover.
8. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Power-button assembly
Removing the power-button assembly
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 solid-state drive, if applicable.
5. Remove the M.2 2280 solid-state drive, if applicable.
6. Remove the rear I/O-cover.
7. Remove the right I/O-board.
8. Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 19 in
Removing the system board.
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