Dell D23M002, Alienware Aurora R7, D23M Setup And Specifications
Aurora R7
Setup and Specifications
Computer Model: Alienware Aurora R7
Regulatory Model: D23M
Regulatory Type: D23M002
Notes, cautions, and warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you
make better use of your product.
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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2017 - 08
Rev. A00
Contents
Set up your computer..................................................5
Create a USB recovery drive for Windows................8
Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive................................8
Setting up the Virtual Reality (VR) headset —
optional.......................................................................10
Views...........................................................................11
Front.........................................................................................11
Back......................................................................................... 13
Back panel................................................................................ 15
Specifications............................................................ 18
Computer model........................................................................ 18
Dimensions and weight...............................................................18
System information.................................................................... 18
Operating system.......................................................................19
Memory.................................................................................... 19
Intel Optane memory..................................................................19
Ports and connectors..................................................................20
Communications........................................................................ 21
Wireless module................................................................... 21
Video........................................................................................22
Audio........................................................................................22
Storage.....................................................................................23
Power ratings............................................................................ 24
Computer environment............................................................... 24
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Intel Optane memory................................................. 26
Enabling Intel Optane memory.................................................... 26
Disabling Intel Optane memory....................................................26
Getting help and contacting Alienware................... 28
Self-help resources.................................................................... 28
Contacting Alienware..................................................................28
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Set up your computer
1 Connect the keyboard and mouse.
2 Connect the network cable — optional.
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3 Connect the display.
NOTE: The DisplayPort on the back panel of your computer is
covered. Connect the display to the discrete graphics card of
your computer.
NOTE: If you have two graphics cards, the card installed in PCIExpress X16 (graphics slot 1) is the primary graphics card.
4 Connect the power cable.
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5 Press the power button.
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Create a USB recovery drive for
Windows
Dell recommends that you create a recovery drive to troubleshoot and fix
problems that may occur with Windows. An empty USB flash drive with a
minimum capacity of 16 GB is required to create the recovery drive.
NOTE: The following steps may vary depending on the version of
Windows installed. Refer to the
Microsoft support site for latest
instructions.
1 Connect the USB flash drive to your computer.
2 In Windows search, type Recovery.
3 In the search results, click Create a recovery drive.
The User Account Control window is displayed.
4 Click Yes to continue.
The Recovery Drive window is displayed.
5 Select Back up system files to the recovery drive and click Next.
6 Select the USB flash drive and click Next.
A message appears, indicating that all data in the USB flash drive will be
deleted.
7 Click Create.
NOTE: This process may take several minutes to complete.
8 Click Finish.
Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery
drive
CAUTION: This process formats the hard drive and removes all data
on your computer. Ensure that you back up data on your computer
before beginning this task.
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NOTE: Before reinstalling Windows, ensure your computer has more
than 2 GB of memory and more than 32 GB of storage space.
1 Connect the USB recovery drive to your computer.
2 Restart your computer.
3 Press F12 after the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to access the boot
menu.
A Preparing one-time boot menu message appears.
4 After the boot menu loads, select the USB recovery device under UEFI
BOOT
.
The system reboots and a screen to Choose the keyboard layout is
displayed.
5 Choose your keyboard layout.
6 In the Choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot.
7 Click Recover from a drive.
8 Choose one of the following options:
– Just remove my files to do a quick format.
– Fully clean the drive to do a complete format.
9 Click Recover to start the recovery process.
This will take several minutes to complete and your computer will restart
during this process.
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