Alienware Aurora R13 - Page 5

Removing the VR heat sink...........................................................................................................................................75
Installing the VR heat sink.............................................................................................................................................77
System board...................................................................................................................................................................... 78
Removing the system board..........................................................................................................................................78
Installing the system board........................................................................................................................................... 83
Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program................................................................................................. 85
Chapter 3: Device drivers...................................................................................................................... 86
Operating system............................................................................................................................................................... 86
Downloading the audio driver.......................................................................................................................................... 86
Downloading the graphics driver......................................................................................................................................86
Downloading the USB driver.............................................................................................................................................87
Downloading the WiFi driver............................................................................................................................................ 88
Downloading the media-card reader driver.....................................................................................................................88
Downloading the chipset driver........................................................................................................................................89
Downloading the network driver...................................................................................................................................... 89
Chapter 4: System setup........................................................................................................................ 91
System setup....................................................................................................................................................................... 91
Entering BIOS setup program............................................................................................................................................91
Navigation keys.................................................................................................................................................................. 91
Boot Sequence....................................................................................................................................................................91
System setup options..........................................................................................................................................................92
System and setup password............................................................................................................................................... 97
Assigning a system setup password..............................................................................................................................97
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.......................................................................................... 98
Clearing CMOS settings...............................................................................................................................................98
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords............................................................................................... 99
Updating the BIOS.......................................................................................................................................................... 100
Updating the BIOS in Windows.................................................................................................................................100
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows............................................................................................... 101
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu........................................................................................... 101
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 102
SupportAssist diagnostics.................................................................................................................................................102
System-diagnostic lights.................................................................................................................................................. 102
Recovering the operating system.................................................................................................................................... 103
WiFi power cycle..............................................................................................................................................................103
Flea power release............................................................................................................................................................103
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Alienware........................................................................... 105
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