Removing The Graphics Card; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell Alienware Area-51m Service Manual

Removing the graphics card

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Prerequisites

1 Remove the base cover.
2 Remove the battery.
3 Remove the wireless
4 Remove the solid-state drive
5 Remove the rear-I/O
6 Remove the computer
7 Remove the heat-sink

Procedure

1 Disconnect the graphics-card power cable from the system board.
2 Disconnect the graphics-card power cable from the graphics card.
3 Remove the two screws (M2x3) that secure the two graphics-card cable to the graphics card.
4 Remove the three screws (M2x3) that secure the graphics card to the system board.
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card.
(in SSD1 slot).
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base.
assembly.
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