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 keyboard and its cables on the palmrest.
2. Align the screw holes on the keyboard to the screw holes on the palmrest.
3. Replace the 19 screws (M1.2x1.6) that secure the keyboard to the palmrest.
4. Place the keyboard bracket on the keyboard.
5. Align the screw holes on the keyboard bracket to the screw holes on the keyboard and palmrest.
6. Replace the 12 screws (M1.2x2.1) that secure the keyboard bracket to the palmrest.
7. Fold down the touchpad cable so that it rests on the keyboard.
8. Fold down the power-button assembly cable so that it rests on the keyboard.
9. Connect the keyboard-backlight cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the latch.
10.Connect the keyboard-controller board cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the latch.
11. Connect the keyboard cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the latch.
Next steps
1. Install the
power-adapter port.
2. Follow the procedure from step 3 to step 24 in Installing the system board.
3. Install the right I/O-board.
4. Install the rear I/O-cover.
5. Install the M.2 2230 solid-state drive, if applicable.
6. Install the
M.2 2280 solid-state drive, if applicable.
7. Install the battery.
8. Install the base cover.
9. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Removing the mechanical keyboard
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.
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