Alienware 17 R4 User Manual

Replacing the keyboard..............................................89
Procedure......................................................................................89
Post-requisites................................................................................89
Removing the palm rest.............................................. 90
Prerequisites.................................................................................. 90
Procedure.......................................................................................91
Replacing the palm rest...............................................92
Procedure......................................................................................92
Post-requisites............................................................................... 92
Removing the display bezel........................................ 93
Prerequisites.................................................................................. 93
Procedure...................................................................................... 93
Replacing the display bezel........................................ 96
Procedure......................................................................................96
Post-requisites............................................................................... 96
Removing the tobii eye-tracker module.....................97
Prerequisites...................................................................................97
Procedure...................................................................................... 97
Replacing the tobii eye-tracker module.....................99
Procedure......................................................................................99
Post-requisites............................................................................... 99
Removing the logo board..........................................100
Prerequisites................................................................................ 100
Procedure....................................................................................100
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Alienware 17 R4 Specifications

General

Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Laptop
Product color	Black, Silver
Market positioning	Gaming
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	16 GB
Memory form factor	SO-DIMM
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 8 GB
AC adapter included	Yes
HDD size	2.5 \
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD capacity	1000 GB
SSD capacity	128 GB
HDD interface	SATA III
Storage media	HDD+SSD
Card reader integrated	No
Total storage capacity	1128 GB
Number of HDDs installed	1
Display diagonal	17.3 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth version	4.1
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Charging port type	DC-in jack
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	2
Motherboard chipset	Intel CM236
Pointing device	Touchpad
Operating system architecture	64-bit
Processor code	SR2FQ
Processor ARK ID	88967
Processor package size	42 x 28 mm
Graphics & IMC lithography	14 nm
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX 2.0
Intel Secure Key Technology version	1.00
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) version	0.00
Cable lock slot type	Noble
Bus type	DMI3
Stepping	R0
Tjunction	100 °C
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	i7-6700HQ
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-6700 Mobile series
Processor socket	BGA 1440
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Skylake
Processor frequency	2.6 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-down	35 W
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.5 GHz
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
CUDA cores	1920
On-board graphics card ID	0x191B
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 530
Discrete graphics card memory	8 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR5
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	1.7 GB
On-board graphics card OpenGL version	4.4
On-board graphics card base frequency	350 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	12.0
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1050 MHz

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	332 mm
Width	424 mm
Height	29.9 mm
Weight	4420 g