Fan And Heat-Sink Assembly; Removing The Fan And Heat-Sink Assembly - Dell Alienware m15 R4 Service Manual

Steps
1. Using the alignment posts, connect the left I/O-board connector board to the system-board assembly
NOTE: The I/O-board connector board is polarity sensitive. To prevent damaging your computer, utilize the alignment pins
to correctly replace the I/O-board connector board.
2. Using the alightment posts, replace and connect the left I/O-board to the connector on the system-board assembly.
3. Replace the four screws (M2x4.5) that secure the left I/O-board to the system-board assembly.
Next steps
1. Follow the procedure from step 3 to step 24 in
2. Install the right I/O-board.
3. Install the rear I/O-cover.
4. Install the M.2 2230 solid-state
5. Install the M.2 2280 solid-state
6. Install the M.2 2230 WWAN/solid-state
7. Install the battery.
8. Install the base cover.
9. Follow the procedure in

Fan and heat-sink assembly

Removing the fan and heat-sink assembly

Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state
5. Remove the M.2 2280 solid-state
6. Remove the rear I/O-cover.
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