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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 20: CONSUMER IR BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Removing the Consumer IR Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing the Consumer IR Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
CHAPTER 21: OPTICAL DRIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Replacing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
CHAPTER 22: SYSTEM BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CHAPTER 23: SPEAKERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing the Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Replacing the Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
CHAPTER 24: BATTERY LATCH ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Removing the Battery Latch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Replacing the Battery Latch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
CHAPTER 25: SYSTEM SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Summary of Contents for Alienware M15x
Page 1: ...01 01 ALIENWARE M15x SERVICE MANUAL ...
Page 9: ...CHAPTER 2 BATTERY PACK 09 09 CHAPTER 2 BATTERY PACK CHAPTER 2 BATTERY PACK ...
Page 12: ...CHAPTER 3 COMPARTMENT DOOR 012 012 CHAPTER 3 COMPARTMENT DOOR CHAPTER 3 COMPARTMENT DOOR ...
Page 15: ...CHAPTER 4 HARD DRIVE 015 015 CHAPTER 4 HARD DRIVE CHAPTER 4 HARD DRIVE ...
Page 25: ...CHAPTER 6 COIN CELL BATTERY 025 025 CHAPTER 6 COIN CELL BATTERY CHAPTER 6 COIN CELL BATTERY ...
Page 32: ...CHAPTER 8 KEYBOARD 032 032 CHAPTER 8 KEYBOARD CHAPTER 8 KEYBOARD ...
Page 36: ...CHAPTER 9 PALM REST 036 036 CHAPTER 9 PALM REST CHAPTER 9 PALM REST ...
Page 40: ...CHAPTER 10 AIR VENTS 040 040 CHAPTER 10 AIR VENTS CHAPTER 10 AIR VENTS ...
Page 55: ...CHAPTER 13 PROCESSOR 055 055 CHAPTER 13 PROCESSOR CHAPTER 13 PROCESSOR ...
Page 67: ...CHAPTER 16 GRAPHICS CARD 067 067 CHAPTER 16 GRAPHICS CARD CHAPTER 16 GRAPHICS CARD ...
Page 71: ...CHAPTER 17 DISPLAY 071 071 CHAPTER 17 DISPLAY CHAPTER 17 DISPLAY ...
Page 81: ...CHAPTER 18 MAGNESIUM COVER 081 081 CHAPTER 18 MAGNESIUM COVER CHAPTER 18 MAGNESIUM COVER ...
Page 94: ...CHAPTER 21 OPTICAL DRIVE 094 094 CHAPTER 21 OPTICAL DRIVE CHAPTER 21 OPTICAL DRIVE ...
Page 105: ...CHAPTER 23 SPEAKERS 0105 0105 CHAPTER 23 SPEAKERS CHAPTER 23 SPEAKERS ...
Page 111: ...CHAPTER 25 SYSTEM SETUP 0111 0111 CHAPTER 25 SYSTEM SETUP CHAPTER 25 SYSTEM SETUP ...