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Alienware 18 Owner’s Manual Computer model: Alienware 18 Regulatory model: P19E Regulatory type: P19E001 Book.book Page 1 Friday , June 28, 2013 11:1 0 AM.
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTIO N: A CAUTION indicates potential damag e to hardware or loss of data if in structions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
Contents | 3 Contents Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices . . . . . . 11 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Recommended Tools . .
4 | Contents Removing the Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Replacing the Hard Drive(s) .
Contents | 5 Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Replacing the Pa lm Rest .
6 | Contents Removing the Macro Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Replacing the Macro Keyboard .
Contents | 7 Removing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Replacing the Display Panel .
8 | C o n t e n t s Removing the Sound Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Replacing the Sound Board .
Contents | 9 Removing the S ystem Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Replacing the System Board .
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Before You Begin | 11 Before You Begin Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices CAUTION: To avoid lo sing data, save and close all open files and exit all open programs before you turn off your computer. 1 Save and close all open files and exit all op en programs.
12 | Before You Begin Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to protec t your computer from potential damage and ensure your personal safety.
After Working Inside Your Computer | 13 After Working Inside Your Computer After you complete the replacement procedures, ensure the following: • Replace all screws and ensure that no st ray screws .
14 | Removing the Base Cover Removing the Base Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Base Cover | 15 Replacing the Base Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
16 | Removing the Battery Pack Removing the Battery Pack WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Battery Pack | 17 Replacing the Battery Pack WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
18 | Removing the Memory Module(s) Removing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Memory Module(s) | 19 Procedure 1 To remove memory module(s) from connectors DIMM3 and DIMM4, go to step 3. 2 To remove memory module(s) from connectors DIMM1 and DIMM2: Remove the palm rest. See "Removing the Palm Rest" on page 39.
20 | Replacing the Memory Module(s) Replacing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Memory Module(s) | 21 3 If you have replaced memory module(s) in connectors DIMM3 and DIMM4, go to Postrequisites. 4 If you have replaced memory modu le(s) in connectors DIMM1 and DIMM2: Replace the palm rest. See "Replaci ng the Palm Rest" on page 42.
22 | Removing the Optical Drive Removing the Optical Drive WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Removing the Optical Drive | 23 4 Remove the screws that secure the opti cal-drive bracket to the optical drive. 5 Lift the optical-drive brac ket off the optical drive. 6 Remove the interposer from the optical drive. 1 optical-drive bracket 2 interposer 3 screws (4) 3 2 1 Book.
24 | Replacing the Optical Drive Replacing the Optical Drive WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Hard Drive(s) | 25 Removing the Hard Drive(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
26 | Removing the Hard Drive(s) Procedure 1 Disconnect the hard-drive cable from its connector on the system board. 2 Loosen the captive screws tha t secure the hard-driv e assembly to the computer base. 3 Using the pull-tab, lift the hard-drive assembly out of the computer base.
Removing the Hard Drive(s) | 27 4 Disconnect the interposer from the hard drives. NOTE: Your computer supports up to three drives. 5 Remove the screws that secure the hard drive(s) to the hard-drive bracket and slide the hard drive(s) out of the hard-drive bracket.
28 | Replacing the Hard Drive(s) Replacing the Hard Drive(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Fans Cover | 29 Removing the Fans Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
30 | Replacing the Fans Cover Replacing the Fans Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) | 31 Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11.
32 | Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) 3 Disconnect the secondary video-card heat-si nk fan cable from its connector on the system board. 4 Loosen the captive screws that secure the secondary video-card heat-sin k fan to the computer base. 5 Lift the video-card heat-sink fan(s) along with the cable away from the computer base.
Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) | 33 Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11.
34 | Removing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan Removing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11.
Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan | 35 Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11.
36 | Removing the Coin-Cell Battery Removing the Coin-Cell Battery WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery | 37 Procedure 1 Disconnect the coin-cell battery cable fr om its connector on the system board. 2 Remove the coin-cell battery cable from t he routing guides on the computer base. 3 Pry up the coin-cell battery from the slot on the system board.
38 | Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Palm Rest | 39 Removing the Palm Rest WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
40 | Removing the Palm Rest Procedure 1 Lift the connector latches and pull the pull -tabs to disconnect the media-card reader cable and keyboard cable from the co nnectors on the palm-rest assembly.
Removing the Palm Rest | 41 4 Turn the computer over. 5 Carefully pry out the palm-rest assembl y from the two tabs along the rear edge of the computer, and then ease the palm-res t assembly from the computer base. CAUTION: Carefully separat e the palmrest from th e computer base to avoid damage to the palmrest.
42 | Replacing the Palm Rest Replacing the Palm Re st WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the mSATA Card | 43 Removing the mSATA Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
44 | Replacing the mSATA Card Replacing the mSATA Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Power-Button Board | 45 Removing the Power-Button Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
46 | Replacing the Power-Button Board Replacing the Power-Button Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Status-Light Board | 47 Removing the Status-Light Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
48 | Removing the Status-Light Board Procedure 1 Lift the connector latches and pull the pull-tabs to disconnect the power-button board cable and media-card reader cable from the connectors on the status-light board. 2 Remove the screws that secure the sta tus -light board to the palm-rest assembly.
Replacing the Status-Light Board | 49 Replacing the Status-Light Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
50 | Removing the Keyboard Removing the Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Keyboard | 51 Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the keyboard-bracket to the keyboard. CAUTION: The keycaps on the keyboard ar e fragil e, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when rem oving and handling the keyboard.
52 | Removing the Keyboard 3 Lift the connector latch and pu ll the pull -tab to disconne ct the keyboard cable from the respective connector. 4 Remove the screws that secure the keyb oard to the palm-rest assembly. 5 Lift the keyboard off the palm-rest assembly.
Replacing the Keyboard | 53 Replacing the Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
54 | Removing the Macro Keyboard Removing the Macro Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Macro Keyboard | 55 Replacing the Macro Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practice s informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
56 | Removing the Display Assembly Removing the Display Assembly WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Removing the Display Assembly | 57 3 Turn the computer over and open the display. 4 Disconnect the video-card co nnector cable from its connector on the system board. 5 Pull the pull-tab to disconnect the display cable from its connector on the system board.
58 | Removing the Display Assembly 7 Disconnect the antenna cables from the co nnectors on the Mini-Card. See "Removing the Wireless Mini-Card" on page 105. 8 Note the routing of the antenna cables, and then remove the cables from the routing guides on the computer base.
Removing the Display Assembly | 59 11 Remove the screws, on the display hinges, that secure the display assembly to the computer base. 12 Move the display to a perpendicular position to the computer base, and then lift the display assembly off the computer.
60 | Replacing the Display Assembly Replacing the Display Assembly WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Camera Module | 61 Removing the Camera Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
62 | Removing the Camera Module Procedure 1 Remove the screw that secures the came ra module to the display back-cover. 2 Disconnect the camera cable fr om the camera-module connector. 3 Pry and lift the camera module off the display back-cover. 1 screw (1) 2 camera module 3 camera-cable connector 1 2 3 Book.
Replacing the Camera Module | 63 Replacing the Camera Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
64 | Removing the Display Bezel Removing the Display Bezel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Display Bezel | 65 Replacing the Display Bezel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
66 | Removing the Display Hinges Removing the Display Hinges WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Display Hinges | 67 Replacing the Display Hinges WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
68 | Removing the Display Panel Removing the Display Panel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Display Panel | 69 Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the di splay panel to the disp lay back-cover. 2 Lift the display panel off the display back-cover.
70 | Removing the Display Panel 3 Turn the display panel over an d place it on a clean surface. 4 Peel the tape that secures the displa y cable to the display-panel connector. 5 Lift the connector latch and disconnect the display cable from the display-panel connector.
Removing the Display Panel | 71 7 Remove the screws that secure the di splay-panel brackets to the di splay panel. 8 Slide the display-panel brac kets off the display panel.
72 | Replacing the Display Panel Replacing the Display Panel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Logo Board | 73 Removing the Logo Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
74 | Removing the Logo Board Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the logo board to the display back-cover. 2 Carefully rotate the logo board over and di sconnect the display-light board cables from the connectors on the logo board. 3 Lift the logo board off the display back-cover.
Replacing the Logo Board | 75 Replacing the Logo Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
76 | Removing the Display-Light Boards Removing the Display-Light Boards WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Display-Light Boards | 77 Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the di spla y-light boards to the display back-cover. 2 Lift the display-light boards off the display back-cover.
78 | Replacing the Display-Light Boards Replacing the Display-Light Boards WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Speak ers | 79 Removing the Speakers WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
80 | Removing the Speakers Procedure 1 Disconnect the speakers cable from its connector on the system board. 2 Note the speakers cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides on the computer base. 3 Remove the screws that secure the speakers to the computer base.
Replacing the Speakers | 81 Replacing the Speakers WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
82 | Removing the Subwoofer Removing the Subwoofer WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Subwoofer | 83 Procedure 1 Disconnect the subwoofer cable from its connector on the system board. 2 Note the subwoofer-cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides on the computer base. 3 Loosen the captive screws that secure the subwoofer to the computer base.
84 | Replacing the Subwoofer Replacing the Subwoofer WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Sound Board | 85 Removing the Sound Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informat ion, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.
86 | Removing the Sound Board Procedure 1 Lift the connector latch and disconnect t he hall-effect sensor board cable from its connector on the sound board. 2 Remove the screws that secure the sound board to the computer base. 3 Gently lift the sound board out of the slots on the computer base.
Replacing the Sound Board | 87 Replacing the Sound Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
88 | Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begi n" on page 11.
Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) | 89 Primary video-c ard heat-sink Secondary video- card heat-sink 1 primary video-card heat-sink 2 captive screws (4) 1 captive screws (4) 2 secondary video-card heat-sink 1 2 1 2 Book.
90 | Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink (s) Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11.
Removing the Video Card(s) | 91 Removing the Video Card(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
92 | Removing the Video Card(s) 3 Remove the screws that secure the video-card(s) to the system board. 4 Lift and slide the video-card(s) along with heat sink(s) out to disconnect it from the connectors on the system board. Primary Video Card Secondary Video Card 1 primary video card 2 screws (2) 1 secondary video card 2 screws (2) 2 1 1 2 Book.
Replacing the Video Card(s) | 93 Replacing the Video Card(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
94 | Removing the Processor Heat-Sink Removing the Processor Heat-Sink WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink | 95 Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
96 | Removing the Processor Module Removing the Processor Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the Processor Module | 97 Procedure 1 To loosen the ZIF socket, use a small, flat-blade screwdriver to rotate the ZIF-socket cam screw counterclockwise until it comes to the cam stop. CAUTION: To ensure maxi mum cooling fo r the processor module, do not touch th e heat-trans fer areas on t he processor t hermal cooling assembly.
98 | Replacing the Processor Module Replacing the Processor Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.
Replacing the Processor Module | 99 Postrequisites 1 Replace the processor heat-sink. See "Rep lacing the Processor Heat-Sink" on page 95. 2 Replace the display assembly. See "Replaci ng the Display Assembly" on pag e 60. 3 Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 6 in Repla cing the Palm Rest.
100 | Removing the System Board Removing the System Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
Removing the System Board | 101 Procedure 1 Disconnect the speaker cable and the subw oofer cable from the connectors on the system board. 2 Lift the connector latch and di sconnect the tron-light cables from the connectors on the system board.
102 | Removing the System Board 3 Remove the screws that secure the system board to the computer base. 4 Carefully ease the connectors on the system board out of the sl ots in the computer base and lift the system board off the computer base. 1 screws (8) 2 system board 1 2 Book.
Replacing the System Board | 103 Replacing the System Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
104 | Replacing the System Board 17 Replace the base cover. See "Replaci ng the Base Cover" on page 15. 18 Replace any card or blank that you removed from the Media-Card Reader. 19 Follow the instructions in "After Work ing Inside Your Computer" on page 13 Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS 1 Turn on the computer.
Removing the Wireless Mini-Card | 105 Removing the Wireless Mini-Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
106 | Removing the Wireless Mini-Card Procedure 1 Disconnect the antenna cables from t he connectors on the wireless Mini-Card. 2 Remove the screw that secures the wi reless Mini-Card to the system board. 3 Lift the wireless Mini-Card away from the system-board connector.
Replacing the Wireless Mini-Ca rd | 107 Replacing the Wireless Mini-Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.
108 | Replacing the Wireless Mini-Card Postrequisites 1 Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 6 in Repla cing the Palm Rest. 2 Replace the optical drive. See "Replacing the Optical Drive" on page 24. 3 Replace the hard drive(s). See “Replacing the Hard Driv e(s)” on page 28.
System Setup | 109 System Setup Overview Use the system setup to: • Get information about the hardware instal led in your computer, such as the amount of RAM, the size of the hard drive, and so on .
110 | System Setup System Setup Screens The system setup screen disp lays current or changeabl e configuration information for your computer. Information on the scr een is divided into three areas: the setup item , active help screen , and key functions .
System Setup | 111 CPU Cache L1 Cache Displays the processo r’s L1 cache size. L2 Cache Displays the processor’s L2 cache size. L3 Cache Displays the processor’s L3 cache size. Integrated Graphics Displays the integrated graphics. Discrete Graphics 1 Displays the first discrete graphics installed on your computer.
112 | System Setup USB Emulation Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence of a USB-aware operating system, handles USB devices. USB emulation is always enabled during POST. NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy, hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off.
System Setup | 11 3 Touchpad Backlight Allows you to set the touchpad backlight to be on or in auto mode. Battery Health Displays the battery health. USB debug Allows you to enable or disable this port for Windows debugging. External USB Ports Allows you to disable or enable the external USB ports.
114 | System Setup Current Frequency Displays the current bus clock frequency. New Frequency in 10KHz inc rements Allows you to set the bus clock frequency in increments of 10KHz. Apply New Bus Clock Frequency Applies the new bus clock frequency immediately, temporaril y, or permanently.
System Setup | 115 Service Tag Displays the service tag of the computer when the service tag is present. Displays a field to input the service tag manually when the service tag is absent. Admin Password Allows you to set the administr ator password. The administrator password controls access to the system setup utility.
116 | System Setup Boot Menu—LE GACY BOOT Diskette Drive (or Removable Drive) The computer attempts to boot from the floppy disk drive or an external drive. If no operating system is on the drive, the computer generates an error message. Hard Drive The computer attempts to boot from the primary hard-drive.
System Setup | 117 Boot Sequence This feature allows you to change the boot sequence for devices. Boot Options • Diskette Drive (or Rem ovable Drive) — The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive or an external drive. If no operating system is on the drive, the computer generates an error message.
118 | System Setup Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot You can use this feature to change the current boot sequence, for example, to b oot from the optical drive to run Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities disc. The prev ious boot sequence is restored at the next boot.
Flashing the BIOS | 119 Flashing the BIOS The BIOS may require flashing when an update is available or when replacing the system board. To flash the BIOS: 1 Turn on the computer.
Ein wichtiger Punkt beim Kauf des Geräts Alienware 18 (oder sogar vor seinem Kauf) ist das durchlesen seiner Bedienungsanleitung. Dies sollten wir wegen ein paar einfacher Gründe machen:
Wenn Sie Alienware 18 noch nicht gekauft haben, ist jetzt ein guter Moment, um sich mit den grundliegenden Daten des Produkts bekannt zu machen. Schauen Sie zuerst die ersten Seiten der Anleitung durch, die Sie oben finden. Dort finden Sie die wichtigsten technischen Daten für Alienware 18 - auf diese Weise prüfen Sie, ob das Gerät Ihren Wünschen entspricht. Wenn Sie tiefer in die Benutzeranleitung von Alienware 18 reinschauen, lernen Sie alle zugänglichen Produktfunktionen kennen, sowie erhalten Informationen über die Nutzung. Die Informationen, die Sie über Alienware 18 erhalten, werden Ihnen bestimmt bei der Kaufentscheidung helfen.
Wenn Sie aber schon Alienware 18 besitzen, und noch keine Gelegenheit dazu hatten, die Bedienungsanleitung zu lesen, sollten Sie es aufgrund der oben beschriebenen Gründe machen. Sie erfahren dann, ob Sie die zugänglichen Funktionen richtig genutzt haben, aber auch, ob Sie keine Fehler begangen haben, die den Nutzungszeitraum von Alienware 18 verkürzen könnten.
Jedoch ist die eine der wichtigsten Rollen, die eine Bedienungsanleitung für den Nutzer spielt, die Hilfe bei der Lösung von Problemen mit Alienware 18. Sie finden dort fast immer Troubleshooting, also die am häufigsten auftauchenden Störungen und Mängel bei Alienware 18 gemeinsam mit Hinweisen bezüglich der Arten ihrer Lösung. Sogar wenn es Ihnen nicht gelingen sollte das Problem alleine zu bewältigen, die Anleitung zeigt Ihnen die weitere Vorgehensweise – den Kontakt zur Kundenberatung oder dem naheliegenden Service.
