VR heat sink........................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Removing the VR heat sink...........................................................................................................................................78
Installing the VR heat sink............................................................................................................................................ 80
System board.......................................................................................................................................................................81
Removing the system board..........................................................................................................................................81
Installing the system board........................................................................................................................................... 86
Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads........................................................................................................ 91
Chapter 4: System setup........................................................................................................................92
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................... 92
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................92
Boot Sequence...................................................................................................................................................................92
System setup options..........................................................................................................................................................93
System and setup password............................................................................................................................................... 98
Assigning a system setup password..............................................................................................................................99
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.......................................................................................... 99
Clearing CMOS settings...............................................................................................................................................99
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords............................................................................................. 100
Updating the BIOS........................................................................................................................................................... 101
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................. 101
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows...............................................................................................102
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One Time Boot menu...........................................................................................102
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 103
SupportAssist diagnostics.................................................................................................................................................103
System-diagnostic lights.................................................................................................................................................. 103
Recovering the operating system.................................................................................................................................... 104
Wi-Fi power cycle............................................................................................................................................................104
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)..............................................................................................................105
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Alienware........................................................................... 106
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