System Board; Removing The System Board - Alienware m17 R5 AMD Service Manual

4. Connect the keyboard cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the latch to secure the cable.
5. Connect the keyboard-backlight cable to the keyboard-controller board and close the latch to secure the cable.
6. Adhere the Mylar on to the keyboard-controller board.
Next steps
1. Install the battery.
2. Install the base cover.
3. Follow the procedure in

System board

Removing the system board

Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the memory module.
4. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive
5. Remove the M.2 2230 solid state drive
6. Remove the wireless card.
7. Remove the rear-I/O
8. Remove the battery.
About this task
The following image indicates the connectors on your system board.
1. Display cable
2. Alien head LED-cable
3. Power-adapter port cable
4. Right-fan cable
5. Speaker cable
6. M.2 card slot for solid-state drive 2
7. Battery cable
8. Touchpad connector
9. Keyboard-controller board cable
10. Tron-light cable
After working inside your
Before working inside your
or M.2 2280 solid-state drive
or M.2 2280 solid-state drive
cover.
computer.
computer.
in slot one, whichever applicable.
in slot two, whichever applicable.
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