Alienware Aurora R12 Service Manual page 5

Removing the power-button board.............................................................................................................................84
Installing the power-button board...............................................................................................................................85
System board...................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Removing the system board......................................................................................................................................... 86
Installing the system board........................................................................................................................................... 88
Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program.................................................................................................90
Chapter 3: Device drivers...................................................................................................................... 92
Operating system............................................................................................................................................................... 92
Downloading the audio driver.......................................................................................................................................... 92
Downloading the graphics driver......................................................................................................................................92
Downloading the USB driver.............................................................................................................................................93
Downloading the WiFi driver............................................................................................................................................ 93
Downloading the media-card reader driver.....................................................................................................................94
Downloading the chipset driver........................................................................................................................................95
Downloading the network driver...................................................................................................................................... 95
Chapter 4: System setup........................................................................................................................ 97
System setup....................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................... 97
Navigation keys.................................................................................................................................................................. 97
Boot Sequence................................................................................................................................................................... 97
System setup options..........................................................................................................................................................98
Clearing CMOS settings.................................................................................................................................................. 100
Clearing forgotten password............................................................................................................................................101
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 102
SupportAssist diagnostics.................................................................................................................................................102
System diagnostic lights................................................................................................................................................... 102
Recovering the operating system.................................................................................................................................... 102
Flashing BIOS (USB key)................................................................................................................................................. 103
Flashing the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................. 103
WiFi power cycle..............................................................................................................................................................103
Flea power release........................................................................................................................................................... 104
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