Dell Alienware m15 R2 User Manual

Installing the left I/O-board.........................................................................................................................32
Right I/O-board............................................................................................................................................... 34
Removing the right I/O-board.....................................................................................................................34
Installing the right I/O-board.......................................................................................................................35
Speakers...........................................................................................................................................................36
Removing the speakers.................................................................................................................................36
Installing the speakers.................................................................................................................................. 37
System board.................................................................................................................................................... 38
Removing the system board..........................................................................................................................38
Installing the system board............................................................................................................................41
Fan and heat-sink assembly............................................................................................................................... 45
Removing the fan and heat-sink assembly.....................................................................................................45
Installing the fan and heat-sink assembly.......................................................................................................47
Touchpad..........................................................................................................................................................48
Removing the touchpad...............................................................................................................................48
Installing the touchpad................................................................................................................................ 49
Power-adapter port.......................................................................................................................................... 50
Removing the power-adapter port...............................................................................................................50
Installing the power-adapter port................................................................................................................. 51
Power-button assembly..................................................................................................................................... 52
Removing the power-button assembly..........................................................................................................52
Installing the power-button assembly............................................................................................................52
Keyboard..........................................................................................................................................................53
Removing the keyboard............................................................................................................................... 53
Installing the keyboard................................................................................................................................ 55
Palm rest...........................................................................................................................................................58
Removing the palm rest................................................................................................................................58
Installing the palm rest................................................................................................................................. 59
Device drivers...................................................................................................................60
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility............................................................................................................60
Video drivers.................................................................................................................................................... 60
Intel Serial IO driver.......................................................................................................................................... 60
Intel Trusted Execution Engine Interface.............................................................................................................60
Intel Virtual Button driver..................................................................................................................................60
Wireless and Bluetooth drivers.......................................................................................................................... 60
System setup..................................................................................................................... 61
System setup......................................................................................................................................................61
Entering BIOS setup program.............................................................................................................................61
Navigation keys................................................................................................................................................. 61
Boot Sequence..................................................................................................................................................61
System setup options.........................................................................................................................................62
Clearing CMOS settings....................................................................................................................................65
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords......................................................................................... 66
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Dell Alienware m15 R2 Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	Alienware m15 R2
Category	Desktop
Language	English