Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Alienware 15 Service Manual

Replacing the hard drive

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the
safety information that shipped with your computer and
follow the steps in
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions
in After working inside your
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
www.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
Before working inside your
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computer. For more safety best
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