Dell Alienware M18x R2 User Manual

M18x R2

Specifications

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2013 - 10 Rev. A01

Dimensions

Height (front and back) 53.0 mm/54.70 mm (2.09 inches/2.15 inches)

Width 436.0 mm (17.17 inches)

Depth 322.5 mm (12.70 inches)

Weight with 12-cell
battery and optical drive
(starting at)

System information

Processor Intel Core i7 (2nd and 3rd generation)

L2 cache 256 KB

L3 cache up to 8 MB

Bus clock 100 Mhz

System chipset Mobile Intel HM77 Express Chipset

SDRAM bus width one or two 64-bit channels of DDR3 memory up to

Processor address bus
width

Processor data width 64 bits

BIOS EPROM 64 Mbit

Graphics bus PCIe x16 Gen2 and Gen3

5.41 kg (11.93 lb)
NOTE: The weight of your laptop will vary depending

on the configuration ordered and the manufacturing
variability.

1600 MHz

32 bits

Memory

Connectors four internally-accessible DDR3 using JEDEC

SODIMM sockets

Capacities 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB

Memory type • up to 2133 MHz, unbuffered non-ECC,

single-channel and dual-channel DDR3
configuration

• Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP) 1600 MHz,
1866MHz,and2133MHz

NOTE: The memory type supported by your computer
may vary depending on the configuration ordered.

Memory configurations
supported

4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, 24 GB, and 32 GB

Storage

Interface • SATA 2.0 (3 Gb/s) or SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s)

• mSATA (SATA 2.0)

Hard drive/solid-state
drive

Drive configurations
supported

Optical drive one slot-load optical drive supporting DVD+/-RW or

Communications

Network adapter 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN on Motherboard

Wireless • one half Mini-Card slot

• 9.5 mm height — up to two 2.5-inch drives

• 7.0 mm height — up to three 2.5-inch drives

NOTE: The middle (HDD 2) connector on the

interposerisaSATA2.0(3Gb/s)connector.The

top (HDD 0) and bottom (HDD 1) connectors on the
interposer are SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s) connectors.

• One drive — Connect to top (HDD 0) or bottom
(HDD1)connectoroftheinterposer

• Two drives — Connect to top (HDD 0) and bottom
(HDD1)connectorsoftheinterposer

• Three drives — Connect to all the three connectors
oftheinterposer

Blu-ray disc writer

(LOM)

• one full Mini-Card slot

• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi; Wireless Display (optional);

WirelessHD (optional)

Touchpad

X/Y position resolution
(graphics table mode)

Size

Height 54.0 mm (2.13 inches) sensor-active area

Width 100.0 mm (3.94 inches) rectangle

742 cpi/1166 cpi