Alienware m17 R4 Service Manual

Removing the system board

1. Remove the screw (M2x3) that secures the wireless card bracket to the left I/O-board.
2. Lift the wireless-card bracket off the left I/O-board.
3. Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.
4. Peel the tapes securing the antenna cables to system board and left fan.
5. Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the left fan.
6. Open the latch, and disconnect the power-button cable from the left I/O-board.
7. Open the latch, and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.
8. Open the latch, and disconnect the keyboard-controller board-cable from the system board.
9. Remove the three screws (M2x4.5) that secure the solid-state drive support bracket to the system board.
10. Remove the solid-state drive support bracket from the system board.
11. Remove the two screws (M2x3) that secure the right I/O-board cable to the right I/O-board and the system board.
12. Lift the right I/O-board cable off the right I/O-board and the system board.
13. Disconnect the power-adapter port cable from the system board.
14. Open the latch, and disconnect the display cable from the connector on the system board.
15. Disconnect the G-sensor cable from the connector on the system board.
16. Disconnect the Tobii eye tracker cable from the connector on the system board.
    NOTE This step is only applicable to computers shipped with a Tobii eye tracker.
17. Remove the two (M2.5x5) screws that secure the fans to the palm-rest assembly.
18. Remove the five (M2x3) screws that secure the system board to the palm-rest assembly.
19. Remove the three (M2x3) screws that secure the left I/O-board to the palm-rest assembly.
20. Lift the system board and the left I/O-board out of the palm-rest assembly.
    NOTE When lifting the system board, hold firmly on the left and right sides of the fan and heat-sink assembly.

    CAUTION To avoid damaging your computer, do not support the system board by the left I/O-board when lifting the system board.
21. Turn the system board over.
22. Remove the left I/O-board.
23. Remove the fan and heat-sink assembly.