19Remove the palm rest assembly. See "Removing the Palm Rest Assembly" on page 64.

20Remove the Bluetooth card. See "Removing the Bluetooth Card" on page 67.

21 Remove the speakers. See "Removing the Speakers" on page 70.

22Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 3 in "Removing the Optical Drive" on page 73.

Procedure

1Remove the screws that secure the system board to the computer base.

2Carefully ease the connectors on the system board out of the slots in the computer, and lift the system board off the computer base.

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2

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screws (6)

2 system board

 

 

 

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Alienware M17X R4 owner manual Removing the System Board