Alienware m15 R2 Service Manual

Removing the system board

1. Peel the Mylar covering the system board.
2. Remove the screw (M2x3) that secures the wireless card bracket to the left I/O-board.
3. Lift the wireless-card bracket off the left I/O-board.
4. Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.
5. Remove the two screws (M2x3) that secure the left I/O-board cable to the left I/O-board and the system board.
6. Lift the left I/O-board cable off the left I/O-board and the system board.
7. Peel the tapes securing the antenna cables to system board and left fan.
8. Remove the screw (M2x4.5) that secures the M.2 connector shield to the system board.
9. Remove the M.2 connector shield from the system board.
10. Disconnect the power-adapter port cable from the system board.
11. Disconnect the coin-cell battery cable from the system board.
12. Lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard-controller board-cable from the system board.
13. Lift the latch and disconnect the display cable from the connector on the system board.
14. Disconnect the G-sensor cable from the connector on the system board.
15. 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.
16. Lift the latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the touchpad.
17. Remove the five (M2.5x5) screws that secure the fans to the palm-rest assembly.
18. Remove the four (M2x3) screws that secure the system board to the palm-rest assembly.
19. Lift the system board from the palm-rest assembly and turn the system board over.
20. Lift the latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.
21. Remove the fan and heat-sink assembly.