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Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition Service Manual

Clearing CMOS settings

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 CMOS jumper and provide a visual representation of the clearing CMOS procedure.

Image: Clearing CMOS settings

Steps

  1. Disconnect the system-board power cable from the system board.
  2. Remove the jumper plug from pins 217 and replace it on pins 216 (P216).
  3. Wait for 5 seconds.
  4. Remove the jumper plug from pins 216 and replace it on pins 217.
  5. Connect the system-board power cable to the system board.

Next steps

  1. Remove the left-side cover.
  2. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.

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