Alienware M18X Service Manual

Memory Bank 0
Displays the memory size installed in DIMM A.
Memory Bank 1
Displays the memory size installed in DIMM B.
Memory Bank 2
Displays the memory size installed in DIMM C.
Memory Bank 3
Displays the memory size installed in DIMM D.
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Advanced Menu
Intel SpeedStep
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep technology. Disabling this feature may improve performance, but will
greatly reduce battery life.
Virtualization
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization technology.
USB Emulation
Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence of a USB-aware
operating system, handles USB devices. USB emulation is always enabled during POST.
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NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy, hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off.
USB Wake Support
Allows you to enable USB devices to wake the computer from standby or to disable the USB wake support feature.
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NOTE: If USB Powershare is enabled, a device connected to the USB Powershare connector may not wake the computer.
USB Power Share
Allows you to charge USB devices when the computer is turned off or in standby mode.
l AC Only: Charge USB devices when connected to AC adapter only.
l AC and Battery: Charge USB devices when connected to AC adapter and when the computer is running on battery.
l Disabled: Disables USB Powershare.
Integrated Network
Allows you to enable or disable the on-board LAN controller.
l Disabled: Internal LAN is disabled and is not visible to the operating system.
l Enabled: Internal LAN is enabled.
High Definition Audio
Allows you to enable or disable the internal high definition audio device.
l Disabled: The internal audio device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system.
l Enabled: The internal audio device is enabled.
SD Card Reader
Allows you to enable or disable the internal SD card reader.
CPU Turbo Mode
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel CPU turbo mode performance option.
Performance Options
Allows you to configure fields in the Performance Options sub-menu (for more information, see Advanced Menu—Performance
Options.
SATA Operation
Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated SATA hard drive controller.
l AHCI: SATA is configured for AHCI mode.
l RAID: STAT is configured for RAID mode.
SATA HARD DRIVE 1
Displays the installed primary SATA hard drive model.
SATA HARD DRIVE 2
Displays the installed secondary SATA hard drive model.
Adapter Warnings
l Allows you to choose if the computer should display warning messages when you use AC adapters that are not
supported by your computer.
l Enabled: BIOS will detect unsupported AC adapters and display an error on the screen.
Charger Behavior
Allows you to enable or disable battery charging.
Primary Display
Allows you to choose a primary display
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Advanced Menu—Performance Options
Overclocking Feature
Allows you to enable or disable the global overclocking feature.
l Disabled: The overclocking feature is disabled.
l Enabled: Displays additional overclocking options.
Non-Turbo Flex Support
Allows you to modify the CPU flex ratio with Turbo Mode disabled.
Flex Ratio Override
Appears when Non-Turbo Flex is enabled and allows you to specify the flex ratio for all CPU cores.
Extreme Edition
Allows Extreme Edition CPUs to adjust the flex ratio in a Turbo Mode environment that allows each individual core ratio to be
modified.
Extreme Edition Core
Allows you to modify the flex ratio of individual cores physically present in the CPU.

Alienware M18X Specifications

General

Bus type	DMI
Stepping	E1
Tjunction	105 °C
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	i7-3630QM
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-3600 Mobile series
Processor socket	PGA988
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Ivy Bridge
Processor frequency	2.4 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	22 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.4 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 W
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	24
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Motherboard chipset	Intel HM76
Memory slots	4x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	12 GB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory form factor	SO-DIMM
Internal memory type	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
HDD size	2.5 \
HDD capacity	500 GB
HDD interface	SATA
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	Blu-Ray ROM
Card reader integrated	Yes
Total storage capacity	1000 GB
Compatible memory cards	Memory Stick (MS), MMC, MMC+, MS PRO, SD, SDHC, SDXC
Number of HDDs installed	2
Display surface	-
Display diagonal	18.4 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
Type	PC
Power supply type	AC/DC
Wireless technology	Wi-Fi
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
Compliance industry standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
On-board graphics card ID	0x166
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Discrete graphics card memory	4 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR5
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
On-board graphics card base frequency	650 MHz
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1150 MHz
Audio system	HD
Wi-Fi standards	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	3.0+HS
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
HDMI version	1.4
Charging port type	DC-in jack
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
eSATA/USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
eSATA/USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantity	0
Pointing device	Touchpad
Keyboard number of keys	82
Operating system installed	Windows 8
Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Laptop
Product color	Black
Market positioning	Gaming
Battery life (max)	- h
Number of battery cells	12
Processor code	SR0UX
Processor ARK ID	71459
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 (rPGA988B) mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00
Cables included	AC
AC adapter power	330 W
AC adapter frequency	50 - 60 Hz
AC adapter input voltage	100 - 240 V

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	322 mm
Width	436 mm
Weight	5410 g
Height (rear)	54.2 mm
Height (front)	53 mm
Depth (imperial)	12.68 \
Width (imperial)	17.17 \
Height (rear) (imperial)	2.13 \
Height (front) (imperial)	2.09 \