Dell Alienware Aurora R4 Owners Manual
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data, and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any...
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Contents3 Contents 1 Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices . . . . 13 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 After Working Inside Your Computer. . . . 15 3 Technical Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Front View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Back View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Inside View of...
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4Contents 5 Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Removing the Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Replacing the Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6 Hard-Drive Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Removing the Hard-Drive Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . 33...
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Contents5 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 9 PCI Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Opening the PCI Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Closing the PCI Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 10 Drive-Bay Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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6Contents Removing the PCI-Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Replacing the PCI-Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 13 Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Removing the Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Replacing the Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Contents7 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 16 Processor Liquid-Cooling Assembly. . . . 71 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Removing the Processor Liquid-Cooling Assembly . . . 71 Replacing the Processor Liquid-Cooling Assembly . . 72 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 17 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Removing the...
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8Contents Removing the Coin-Cell Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 20 Theater-Lighting Batteries (ALX Chassis Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Removing the Theater-Lighting Batteries . . . . . . . . 93 Replacing the Theater-Lighting Batteries . . . . . . . . 94 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . ....
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Contents9 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 23 Top Lighting-Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Removing the Top Lighting-Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Replacing the Top Lighting-Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 24 Right-Side Top Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107...
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10Contents Removing the Right Lighting-Board. . . . . . . . . . 117 Replacing the Right Lighting-Board . . . . . . . . . . 118 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 27 Right-Side Bottom Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Removing the Right-Side Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . 121 Replacing the Right-Side Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . 123 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 28 Top Vent....