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Alienware Aurora-R4
Owner’s Manual
Regulatory model: D01M
Regulatory type: D01M004
www.dell.com | support.dell.com/manuals
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book.book Page 2 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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
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book.book Page 3 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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 . . . .
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book.book Page 4 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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-Driv
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book.book Page 5 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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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book.book Page 6 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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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book.book Page 7 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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. . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 8 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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. . . . . .
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book.book Page 9 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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. . . . . .
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book.book Page 10 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 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 . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 11 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 30 Back Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Removing the Back Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Replacing the Back Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 31 WiFi/Bluetooth Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Removing the WiFi/Blu
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book.book Page 12 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Password:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Clearing CMOS Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 CMOS:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 34 Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 35 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 13 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 3 Before You Begin Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices CAUTION: To avoid losing 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 open programs. 2 Click Start and click Shut Down. Microsoft Windows shuts down and then the computer turns off. NOTE: If you are using a different operating system, see the documentation of your operating syste
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book.book Page 14 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM CAUTION: Only a certified service technician is authorized to remove the computer cover and access any of the components inside the computer. See the safety instructions for complete information about safety precautions, working inside your computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge. CAUTION: Before touching anything inside your computer, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at the back of
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book.book Page 15 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 4 After Working Inside Your Computer After you complete replacement procedures, ensure the following: • Replace all screws and ensure no stray screws remain inside your computer • Connect any external devices, cables, cards, and any other part you removed before working on your computer • Connect your computer and all attached devices to their electrical outlets CAUTION: Before turning on your computer, replace all screws and ensure that no
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book.book Page 16 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 16 Before you Begin
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book.book Page 17 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 1 Technical Overview WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 13. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Front View of Your Computer 11 10 9 8 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 Technical Overview 17
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book.book Page 18 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 1 AlienHead/drive-panel open button 2 optical drive 3 optical-drive eject button 4 optical-drive bay 5 media-card reader/optical-drive bay 6 drive panel (open) 7 headphone connector 8 microphone connector 9 USB 3.0 connector 10 power button 11 USB 2.0 connectors (2) Back View of Your Computer 12 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 8 9 18 Technical Overview
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book.book Page 19 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM 1 coaxial S/PDIF connector 2 optical S/PDIF connector 3 USB 2.0 connectors (4) 4 network connector and network lights 5 USB 3.0 connector 6 audio connectors 7 expansion-card slots 8 power connector 9 power-supply diagnostics button 10 power-supply diagnostics light 11 security-cable slot latch 12 security-cable slot Inside View of Your Computer 3 2 1 4 1 memory module(s) 2 PCI-Express card(s) 3 optical drive(s) 4 hard-drive(s) Technical Overv
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book.book Page 20 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:37 PM System-Board Components 1 5 6 7 8 23 4 9 10 11 27 12 26 13 14 25 15 24 16 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 20 Technical Overview
