Alienware m17 R5 AMD Service Manual

Removing the system board

About this task

The following image indicates the connectors on your system board.

1. Display cable
2. Alien head LED-cable
3. Power-adapter port cable
4. Right-fan cable
5. Speaker cable
6. M.2 card slot for solid-state drive 2
7. Battery cable
8. Touchpad connector
9. Keyboard-controller board cable
10. Tron-light cable
11. Left-fan cable
12. M.2 card slot for solid-state drive 1
13. Wireless-card slot
14. Camera cable
15. Power-button cable

The following image(s) indicate the location of the system board and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

NOTE:Peel off and lift parts of the Mylar to access the cables connected to the system board. Remove the Mylar off the old system board to adhere onto the new system board if the system board is going to be replaced.

1. Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the Type-C bracket to the system board.
2. Lift the Type-C bracket off the system board.
3. Disconnect the camera cable from the system board.
4. Peel the tapes securing the camera cable to the system board.
5. Remove the camera cable through the routing on the fan and palm-rest and keyboard-assembly.
6. Peel the tape that secures the display-cable connector latch to the system board.
7. Open the latch and disconnect the display cable from the system board.
8. Disconnect the Alien head LED-cable from the system board.
9. Peel the display cable off the system board and remove the display cable from the slot on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
10. Disconnect the power-adapter port-cable from the system board.
11. Peel the power-adapter port-cable from the system board.
12. Disconnect the right-fan cable from the system board.
13. Disconnect the speaker cable from the system board.
14. Open the latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.
15. Open the latch and disconnect the keyboard-controller board cable from the system board.
16. Disconnect the left-fan cable from the system board.
17. Open the latch and disconnect the power-button cable from the system board.
18. Remove the thirteen screws (M2x4) that secure the system board to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
19. Hold firmly on the left and right fans and lift the system-board assembly off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
20. Remove the fan and heat-sink assembly.
21. Remove the ethernet and audio board.
22. Remove the USB board.
23. Turn the system board over.
24. After performing all the above steps, you are left with the system board.