External ports
The following table lists the external ports of your Alienware m18 R1.
Table 5. External ports
Description Values
Network port
One RJ-45 port
USB ports
● Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
● One USB 3.2 Gen 1 port with PowerShare
● One USB3.2 Gen 1 Type-C port
● Two Thunderbolt 4 ports
Audio port
One universal audio jack (RCA, 3.5 mm)
Video port
● One HDMI 2.1 port
● One mini-DisplayPort
Media-card reader
One SD-card slot
Power-adapter port
One 7.40 mm x 5.10 mm DC-in
Security-cable slot
Not supported
Internal slots
The following table lists the internal slots of your Alienware m18 R1.
Table 6. Internal slots
Description Values
M.2
Two M.2 2230 and two M.2 2280 slots for solid-state drive, for
computers shipped with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics
card
NOTE: To learn more about the features of different types
of M.2 cards, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at
www.dell.com/support.
Ethernet
The following table lists the wired Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) specifications of your Alienware m18 R1.
Table 7. Ethernet specifications
Description Values
Model number
Killer E3100 Ethernet controller integrated on the system, for
computers shipped with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics
card
Transfer rate
Killer E3100 Ethernet: 2500 Mbps
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