- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Before working inside your computer
- After working inside your computer
- Technical overview
- Lifting the computer
- Removing the stability foot
- Replacing the stability foot
- Removing the side panels
- Replacing the side panels
- Removing the battery
- Replacing the battery
- Removing the battery case
- Replacing the battery case
- Removing the hard drive
- Replacing the hard drive
- Removing the optical drive
- Replacing the optical drive
- Removing the right AlienFX side-panel connector
- Replacing the right AlienFX side-panel connector
- Removing the left AlienFX side-panel connector
- Replacing the left AlienFX side-panel connector
- Removing the I/O board
- Replacing the I/O board
- Removing the drive-bay heat sensor cable
- Replacing the drive-bay heat sensor cable
- Removing the memory modules
- Replacing the memory modules
- Removing the graphics card
- Replacing the graphics card
- Removing multiple graphics cards
- Replacing multiple graphics cards
- Removing the full-length graphics cards
- Replacing the full-length graphics cards
- Removing the wireless card
- Replacing the wireless card
- Removing the coin-cell battery
- Replacing the coin-cell battery
- Removing the top fan
- Replacing the top fan
- Removing the logo board
- Replacing the logo board
- Removing the solid-state drive
- Replacing the solid-state drive
- Removing the PCI fan
- Replacing the PCI fan
- Removing the front-bezel heat sensor cable
- Replacing the front-bezel heat-sensor cable
- Removing the processor liquid-cooling assembly
- Replacing the processor liquid-cooling assembly
- Removing the processor
- Replacing the processor
- Removing the power-supply unit
- Replacing the power-supply unit
- Removing the system board
- Replacing the system board
- Removing the handle bars
- Replacing the handle bars
- Removing the front bezel
- Replacing the front bezel
- Removing the optical-drive eject-button board
- Replacing the optical-drive eject-button board
- Removing the rear bezel
- Replacing the rear bezel
- Removing the base panel
- Replacing the base panel
- Removing the top tron-lighting cable
- Replacing the top tron-lighting cable
- Removing the bottom tron-lighting cable
- Replacing the bottom tron-lighting cable
- Removing the antenna cables
- Replacing the antenna cables
- Downloading drivers
- BIOS setup program
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Alienware
Alienware Area-51 R4 Service Manual
System-board components
processor liquid cooling-assembly fan (LCM_FAN1)
audio connector
PCI-Express slot (SLOT1)
PCI-Express slot (SLOT3)
PCI-Express slot (SLOT4)
- wireless card slot (M2_WLAN1)
PCI-Express slot (SLOT5)
PCI-Express slot (SLOT6)
- solid-state drive slot (M2_SSD1)
PCI-Express slot (SLOT7)
- low pin count debug header (LPC1)
USB connector (USB2)
LED Power Switch (PANEL1)
USB connector (USB1)
drive-bay heat-sensor connector (SENSOR1)
chassis heat-sensor connector (SENSOR2)
PCI-Express power connector (PCIE_PWR1)
PCI-Express fan 1 connector (PCI_FAN1)
password reset jumper (PASSWORD_CLR1)
- SATA drive connector (HDD_SATA3_4)
- SATA drive connector (HDD_SATA1_2)
- USB connector (FUSB3_MB2)
- USB connector (FUSB3_MB1)
- U.2 SSD connector (not supported)
coin-cell battery socket (BAT1)
- CMOS reset jumper (RTC_CLR1)
- Advanced Technology xTended (ATX) power connector (ATX PWR1)
- processor socket (CPU1)
memory-module slot (DIMM3)
memory-module slot (DIMM4)
processor liquid-cooling assembly fan connector (MID_FAN1)
top fan connector (TOP_FAN1)
processor-power connector (CPU PWR1)
processor liquid-cooling assembly pump-fan connector (PUMP_FAN1)
memory-module slot (DIMM2)
memory-module slot (DIMM1)
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