Replacing the hard drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before working inside your computer
. After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in
After working inside your
computer
. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the
hard drive.
Procedure
1
Connect the interposer to the hard drive.
2
Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on
the hard-drive assembly.
3
Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard-drive
assembly.
4
Slide the hard-drive assembly under the tab on the computer base and
align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on
the computer base.
5
Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer
base.
6
Route the hard-drive cable through the routing guides on the computer
base.
7
Connect the hard-drive cable to the system board.
8
Route the keyboard-backlight cable, keyboard cable, and macro-keys
cable through the routing guides on the computer base.
Post-requisites
Replace the
base panel
.
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Summary of Contents for Alienware 15
Page 11: ...Getting help and contacting Alienware 149 Self help resources 149 Contacting Alienware 149 ...
Page 14: ... Philips screwdriver Plastic scribe 14 ...
Page 31: ...8 Disconnect the interposer from the hard drive 1 interposer 2 hard drive 31 ...
Page 47: ...5 Lift the touch pad off the palm rest assembly 1 palm rest assembly 2 touch pad 47 ...
Page 82: ...4 Replace the solid state drives 5 Replace the memory modules 6 Replace the base panel 82 ...
Page 86: ...5 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 2 in Removing the logo board 1 display bezel 86 ...
Page 134: ...4 Lift the battery off the computer base 1 screws 2 2 battery 3 computer base 134 ...
Page 137: ...1 computer base 137 ...
