- 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
Removing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive in slot three and slot four
Prerequisites
- Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
- Remove the base cover.
About this task
The following image(s) indicate the location of the M.2 2230 solid-state drive in slot three and slot four and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
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.
Steps
- Remove the two screws (M2x3.5) that secure the M.2 2230 thermal shield to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
- Lift the M.2 2230 thermal shield off the solid-state drive.
- Slide and remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive from the solid-state drive slot.
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