Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Alienware Aurora R12 Service Manual
- Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Inside view of your computer
- System-board components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Left-side cover
- Top cover
- Right-side cover
- Right tron-light board
- 2.5-inch hard drive
- 3.5-inch hard drive
- 2.5-inch hard-drive cage
- 3.5-inch hard-drive cage
- 550 W power-supply unit
- 1000 W Power-supply unit
- Coin-cell battery
- Memory modules
- Single-graphics card
- Solid-state drive
- Front bezel
- Top bezel
- Bottom cover
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor liquid-cooling assembly
- Processor
- Wireless card
- Antennas
- Front I/O-panel
- Front-chassis fan
- Top-chassis fan
- Front AlienFX LED boards
- Power-button board
- System board
- Device drivers
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
Identifying the storage device in system setup (BIOS)
Steps
1. Turn on or restart your computer.
2. Press F2 when the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to enter the BIOS setup program.
A list of hard drives are displayed under the System Information in the General group.
Identifying the storage device in Device Manager
Steps
1. On the taskbar, click the search box, and then type Device Manager.
2. Click Device Manager.
The Device Manager window is displayed.
3. Expand Disk drives.
3.5-inch hard drive
Removing the 3.5-inch hard drive
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the left-side cover.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the 3.5-inch hard drive and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
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