- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of Alienware m18 R1
- Base cover
- Solid-state drive
- Removing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive in slot three and slot four
- Installing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive in slot three and slot four
- Removing the M.2 2280 solid-state drive in slot one and slot two
- Installing the M.2 2280 solid-state drive in slot one and slot two
- Procedure to move the screw mount in SSD slot one and two
- Memory
- Wireless card
- Fan
- Rear-I/O cover
- WLAN board
- Battery
- Speakers
- Power-adapter port
- Touchpad
- Antennas
- Display assembly
- Top heat-sink
- Keyboard-controller board
- System board
- Heat-sink assembly
- Audio board
- USB Type-C board
- Power button
- Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
- Drivers and downloads
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
- Handling swollen rechargeable Li-ion batteries
- Locating the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer
- System-diagnostic lights
- SupportAssist diagnostics
- Built-in self-test (BIST)
- Recovering the operating system
- Wi-Fi power cycle
- Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)
- Backup media and recovery options
- Getting help and contacting Alienware
Alienware m18 R1 Service Manual
Major components of Alienware m18 R1
The following image shows the major components of Alienware m18 R1.
- Rear-I/O cover
- Base cover
- Rubber grip
- USB Type-C board
- Memory modules
- I/O board
- Fan and heat-sink assembly
- System board
- Speakers
- Touchpad slot
- Touchpad
- Top heat-sink
- Antenna holder
- Display assembly
- Audio board
- Battery
- M.2 2280 solid-state drive
- M.2 2230 solid-state drive
- Wireless card
- Keyboard-controller board
- Small fan
NOTE:Computers shipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080/4090 graphics card have two M.2 2230 and two M.2 2280 solid-state drive slots, whereas computers shipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050/4060/4070 graphics card have only two M.2 2280 solid-state drive slots.
NOTE:Dell provides a list of components and their part numbers for the original system configuration purchased. These parts are available according to warranty coverages purchased by the customer. Contact your Dell sales representative for purchase options.
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