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Dell D01M User Manual

Alienware Aurora-R4
Owner’s Manual
Regulatory model: D01M Regulatory type: D01M004
www.dell.com | support.dell.com/manuals

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or
loss of data, and tells you how to avoid the problem.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
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Contents
1 Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices . . . . 13
Safety Instructions
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 After Working Inside Your Computer. . . . 15
3 Technical Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Back View of Your Computer
Inside View of Your Computer
System-Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Master I/O Board Components
Top Lighting-Board Components
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 Left Side-Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing the Left Side-Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the Left Side-Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Contents 3
5 Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Removing the Hard Drive(s)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing the Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6 Hard-Drive Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing the Hard-Drive Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the Hard-Drive Fan Assembly
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
. . . . . . . . 34
7 Optical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the Optical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing the Optical Drive(s)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
8 Media-Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4 Contents
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing the Media-Card Reader
Replacing the Media-Card Reader
. . . . . . . . . . . . 41
. . . . . . . . . . . 43
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
9 PCI Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Opening the PCI Shroud
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Closing the PCI Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10 Drive-Bay Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing the Drive-Bay Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Replacing the Drive-Bay Shroud
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
11 PCI-Express x1 Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the PCI-Express x1 Card
Replacing the PCI-Express x1 Card
. . . . . . . . . . . 49
. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
12 PCI-Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Contents 5
Removing the PCI-Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing the PCI-Fan
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
13 Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing the Graphics Card
Replacing the Graphics Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing Dual Graphic Cards
Connect the Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
14 Memory Module(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing Memory Module(s)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
15 Memory Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6 Contents
Replacing Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing the Memory Fan
Replacing the Memory Fan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
16 Processor Liquid-Cooling Assembly . . . . 71
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing the Processor Liquid-Cooling Assembly
. . . 71
Replacing the Processor Liquid-Cooling Assembly . . 72
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
17 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing the Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Replacing the Processor
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
18 Power-Supply Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Removing the Power-Supply Unit
Replacing the Power-Supply Unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . 83
. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
19 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Contents 7
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
20 Theater-Lighting Batteries
(ALX Chassis Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the Theater-Lighting Batteries . . . . . . . . 93
Replacing the Theater-Lighting Batteries
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
. . . . . . . . 94
21 System-Board Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Removing the System-Board Assembly
Replacing the System-Board Assembly
. . . . . . . . . 95
. . . . . . . . . 96
22 Master I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8 Contents
Postrequisites
Entering the Service Tag in BIOS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
. . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removing the Master I/O Board
Replacing the Master I/O Board
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
. . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
23 Top Lighting-Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Removing the Top Lighting-Board
. . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacing the Top Lighting-Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
24 Right-Side Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing the Right-Side Top Panel. . . . . . . . . . . 107
Replacing the Right-Side Top Panel
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
. . . . . . . . . . . 110
25 Right-Side Middle Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Removing the Right-Side Middle Panel
Replacing the Right-Side Middle Panel
. . . . . . . . . 113
. . . . . . . . . 114
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
26 Right Lighting-Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Contents 9
Removing the Right Lighting-Board . . . . . . . . . . 117
Replacing the Right Lighting-Board
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
. . . . . . . . . . 118
27 Right-Side Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Removing the Right-Side Bottom Panel
Replacing the Right-Side Bottom Panel
. . . . . . . . 121
. . . . . . . . 123
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
28 Top Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Removing the Top Vent
Replacing the Top Vent
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
29 Front Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
10 Contents
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Removing the Front Bezel
Replacing the Front Bezel
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
30 Back Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing the Back Bezel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Replacing the Back Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
31 WiFi/Bluetooth Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Removing the WiFi/Bluetooth Card . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Replacing the WiFi/Bluetooth Card
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
. . . . . . . . . . . 138
32 Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Removing the Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Replacing the Top I/O Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Postrequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
33 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Entering System Setup
System Setup Screens
System Setup Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Contents 11
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Clearing Forgotten Passwords
Password:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Clearing CMOS Passwords
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
CMOS:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
34 Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
35 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
12 Contents
3

Before You Begin

Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices

CAUTION: To avoid losing data, save and close all open files and exit all open
programs before you turn off your computer.
1
Save and close all open files and exit all open programs.
2
Click
Start
and click
Microsoft Windows shuts down and then the computer turns off.
NOTE: If you are using a different operating system, see the documentation of
your operating system for shut-down instructions.
3
Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.
4
Disconnect all telephone cables, network cables, and attached devices from your computer.
5
Press and hold the power button, while the computer is unplugged, to ground the system board.
Shut Down
.

Safety Instructions

Use the following safety guidelines to protect your computer from potential damage and ensure your personal safety.
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the computer, ensure that the work surface is flat
and clean.
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the components and cards, handle them by their
edges and avoid touching pins and contacts.
WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer cover or
panels. After you finish working inside the computer, replace all covers, panels, and screws before connecting to the power source.
Before you Begin 13
CAUTION: Only a certified service technician is authorized to remove the
computer cover and access any of the components inside the computer. See the safety instructions for complete information about safety precautions, working inside your computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.
CAUTION: Before touching anything inside your computer, ground yourself by
touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at the back of the computer. While you work, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to dissipate static electricity, which could harm internal components.
CAUTION: When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its pull-tab,
not on the cable itself. Some cables have connectors with locking tabs or thumb-screws that you must disengage before disconnecting the cable. When disconnecting cables, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. When connecting cables, ensure that the connectors and ports are correctly oriented and aligned.
CAUTION: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your
computer and then unplug the cable from the network device.

Recommended Tools

The procedures in this document may require the following tools:
• Small Phillips screwdriver
•Hex nut driver
• Flash BIOS executable update program available at
support.dell.com
14 Before you Begin
4

After Working Inside Your Computer

After you complete replacement procedures, ensure the following:
• Replace all screws and ensure no stray screws remain inside your computer
• Connect any external devices, cables, cards, and any other part you removed before working on your computer
• Connect your computer and all attached devices to their electrical outlets
CAUTION: Before turning on your computer, replace all screws and ensure that
no stray screws remain in the computer. Failure to do so may damage your computer.
• Turn on your computer.
After Working Inside Your Computer 15
16 Before you Begin

Technical Overview

7
1
8
11
9
10
2 3
4
5
6
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 13. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

Front View of Your Computer

1
Technical Overview 17
1 AlienHead/drive-panel open button 2 optical drive
1 2
3 4
5
6
7
8 9
10
11
12
3 optical-drive eject button 4 optical-drive bay
5 media-card reader/optical-drive bay 6 drive panel (open)
7 headphone connector 8 microphone connector
9 USB 3.0 connector 10 power button
11 USB 2.0 connectors (2)

Back View of Your Computer

18 Technical Overview
1 coaxial S/PDIF connector 2 optical S/PDIF connector
1
2
3
4
3 USB 2.0 connectors (4) 4 network connector and network
lights
5 USB 3.0 connector 6 audio connectors
7 expansion-card slots 8 power connector
9 power-supply diagnostics button 10 power-supply diagnostics light
11 security-cable slot latch 12 security-cable slot

Inside View of Your Computer

1 memory module(s) 2 PCI-Express card(s)
3 optical drive(s) 4 hard-drive(s)
Technical Overview 19

System-Board Components

1
5
9
14
15
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
12
6
23 4
7 8
10
13
16
11
17
20 Technical Overview
1 heat-sink fan connector
(SYS_FAN1)
3 memory-module connector
(DIMM2)
5 processor socket (CPU1) 6 memory-module connector
7 memory-module connector
(DIMM3)
9 main power connector (PWR1) 10 front USB connector (FUSB3_0)
11 heat-sink fan connector
(SYS_FAN2)
13 CMOS jumper (CLEAR_CMOS) 14 serial ATA drive connectors
15 serial ATA drive connectors
(SATA3_4)
17 password jumper (PASSWORD) 18 front panel connector
19 USB connector (USB1) 20 USB connector (USB2)
21 USB connector (USB3) 22 Low pin count debug header (LPC)
23 front audio connector
(FRONT_AUDIO)
25 PCI-Express x16 connector
(SLOT3)
27 PCI-Express x16 connector (SLOT1)
2 memory-module connector
(DIMM1)
4 processor power connector (PWR2)
(DIMM4)
8 processor fan connector
(CPU_FAN)
12 battery socket (BAT1)
(SATA1_2)
16 serial ATA drive connectors
(SATA5_6)
(FRONT_PANEL)
24 PCI-Express x1 connector (SLOT4)
26 PCI-Express x1 connector (SLOT2)

Master I/O Board Components

NOTE: The location of the connectors may vary based on the selections you made
at the time of purchase.
Technical Overview 21
1 FlexBay connector (FLEXBAY) 2 drive-bay shroud battery connector
9
10
12
11
1
2
3
4
5
6 7
8
131415
16
18
21
20
19
17
(FRONT_BEZEL)
3 AlienHead connector (HEAD1) 4 PCI-fan connector (FAN_PCI)
5 left side-panel contact board
connector (SIDE_L)
7 power-LED board connector
(BLINK)
6 WiFi/Bluetooth connector
(BLUETOOTH)
8 wireless connector (WIRELESS)
22 Technical Overview
9 hard-drive LED connector
1 2
3 4 5
(HDD_LED1)
11 USB connector (MB_USB) 12 main-power connector (PWR1)
13 system-board lighting (MB_MIO) 14 hard-drive fan connector
15 right side-panel connector
(SIDE_R)
17 ODD LED connector
(ODD_LED)
19 Debug connector (DEBUG) 20 graphics-temperature sensor
21 graphics-pump connector (GFX_PUMP)
10 hard-drive LED connector
(HDD_LED2)
(FAN_HDD)
16 ODD sensors (ODD_SW)
18 front-default connector
(FACTORY_DEFAULT)
connector (GFX_TEMP)

Top Lighting-Board Components

1 System fan connector (SYS FAN) 2 CPU fan connector (CPU FAN)
3 Temperature sensor connector
(TEMP SENSOR)
5 CPU pump connector (CPU PUMP)
4 Memory fan connector
(MEM FAN)
Technical Overview 23
24 Technical Overview

Left Side-Panel

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 13. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Ensure that sufficient space exists to support the computer with the
computer cover removed—at least 30 cm (1 ft.) of desk top space.

Removing the Left Side-Panel

NOTE: Ensure that you remove the security cable from the security cable slot (if
applicable).
1
Slide the security-cable slot latch to the unlocked position.
2
Lift the release panel to open the left side-panel.
3
Pull and lift the left side-panel away from the chassis.
NOTE: Theater lighting (available only in ALX chassis) turns on automatically when
the left side-panel is removed.
2
Left Side-Panel 25
1
2 3
4
1 release panel 2 security-cable slot
3 security-cable slot latch 4 left side-panel
26 Left Side-Panel

Replacing the Left Side-Panel

1
Align the tabs on the left side-panel with the slots on the left side of the computer and push the panel to lock it in place.
2
Slide the security-cable slot latch to locked position.
3
Follow the steps in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 15.
Left Side-Panel 27
28 Left Side-Panel

Hard Drive(s)

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 13. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
WARNING: If you remove the hard drive from the computer when the drive is hot,
do not touch
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is
on or in Sleep state.
CAUTION: Hard drives are extremely fragile. Exercise care when handling the
hard drive.

Prerequisites

1
Remove the left side-panel. See "Removing the Left Side-Panel" on page 25.

Removing the Hard Drive(s)

1
Press the release tabs to release the hard drive assembly from the computer.
2
Slide and remove the hard drive from the hard-drive cage.
the metal housing of the hard drive.
3
NOTE: Repeat steps 1 and 2 to remove any other installed hard drives.
Hard Drive(s) 29
1 release tabs (2) 2 hard-drive
1
2
3
3 hard-drive cage

Replacing the Hard Drive(s)

1
Slide the hard drive into the hard-drive cage until the release tabs snap into place.

Postrequisites

1
Replace the left side-panel. See "Replacing the Left Side-Panel" on page 27.
30 Hard Drive(s)
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