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This guide will teach you how to remove the battery in order to replace it.
Note: This procedure may differ from other Alienware 17” laptop models. Check to make sure your laptop is the correct model before continuing.
Note: Alienware 17 R4 notebooks have a power supply protection circuit integrated within its system board (aka motherboard) which is designed to accommodate OEM replacement battery 68Wh DP/N 44T2R (15.2V) and 99Wh DP/N 9NJM1 (11.4V).
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Use a PH1 screwdriver bit to remove the six M2.5x13 screws (2.4 mm) on the back of the laptop.
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Use a PH1 screwdriver bit to loosen the one M2x3 screw (1.9 mm).
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Pull the base cover up to remove it.
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If you are having trouble, insert a plastic opening tool into the divots along the laptop's edges to loosen.
pulled the battery cable let it sit for ten minutes and my no post problem was fixed
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Disconnect the battery connector cable, located on the right side of the laptop, above the hard disk drive.
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Use a PH1 screwdriver bit to remove the four M2.5x5 screws (2.4 mm) on the hard disk drive.
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Gently lift the HDD cable to disconnect it from the laptop.
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Move the metal sidings outward to release the RAM card.
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Slide the RAM card out towards yourself to remove it.
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Repeat the same step for the RAM card above.
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Peel back plastic cover of wi-fi card.
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Use a PH1 screwdriver bit and remove the one M2x3 screw (1.9 mm)
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Gently undo the clips attached to the wi-fi card.
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Locate the cables that connect the wi-fi card.
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Gently pull upwards to remove cables and slide the wi-fi card out from its slot.
You don’t need to disconnect the WiFi card pins. I recommend leaving the antenna connections and just be careful when removing the frame in the next steps. The antenna connections are very fragile
I second that... Came off OK... Gently... I just can't seem to get them reconnected on renistall. Ridiculously difficult...
This step should be removed. It is completely unnecessary to entirely disconnect the Wi-Fi card. There are no clearance issues that would necessitate this - the inner case can easily be removed around it.
I agree, I did not disconnect the antenna cables after removing the WiFi card.
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Remove the one M2x3 screw (1.9 mm) using a PH1 screwdriver bit
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Slide the solid state drive towards yourself to prevent damage to the card.
How do I copy the contents of the old SSD to a new SSD. For example if I’m booting from my old SSD but want to update to a larger SSD.
Shouldn’t step 1 be preserving my data? I give you a low score for lack of forethought. Guess another website might have pertinent information.
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Remove the two M2.5x7 screws (2.44 mm) located on the rear panel using a PH1 screwdriver bit.
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Insert the plastic opening tool under the fan shroud to slowly lift it up.
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Repeat process on the middle and opposite side.
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Firmly lift the plastic opening tool and pull the fan shroud towards you.
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Unscrew the two M2x3 screws (1.9 mm) at the top right and top left of the laptop that hold the tron lights in place.
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Follow the wiring to unplug the tron lights.
Please make sure that you remove the right and left Tron lights connector too.
Don’t “unplug”. Simply unscrew the left and right units. Leave intact to removable frame.
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Remove the fourteen M2.5XL8' screws (2.4 mm) located in the plastic cover using the PH1 screwdriver.
The three other screws not highlighted are along the top, under where the fan shroud was located.
Note that the battery cable runs UNDERNEATH this internal plastic cover to its plug.
The battery cable is very short and if you do not run it underneath to its correct plug-in location prior to replacing the cover, you may not have enough cable to plug it in correctly.
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Use the plastic opening tool to gently lift the sides of the cover.
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Slowly lift up the plastic cover.
There was a tron lite cable routed in the cover that I had to unplug from the motherboard that was not mentioned.
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Unscrew the four M2.5 screws (2.4 mm) with a PH1 screwdriver bit.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Very good guide, just one error, step 11 comes first then step 10. You can't lift the card before remove the screw.
Great guide, no issues at all!
First time I've cracked opened up a computer in decades. This step by step guide gave me the confidence I needed! Thank you so much. It took me longer, about two hours with stopping to label screws and things but everything is up and running again. I'm so happy!
I would not recommend disconnecting the wifi card. the connectors are tiny. if you screw up, best case you need a new wifi card, worst case you are going to need to replace the antenna, and that isn’t fun.
After the battery replacement? do we need to do anything else for calibration so that the Alienware knows that it is a fresh battery and battery cycle ... as i have heard that you need to repeat 3X the process of discharging and charging for calibration. or can we just plug and play? I am getting a new battery for mine soon. Thanks =)
Thank for the detailed instructions. However, am stuck with reattaching the wifi card cables, which won't click. I'll continue to try to attach, if not I'll need to send to Dell.....
Step 20 seems to fail to circle the top 3 screws on the first image. Would appreciate if that is updated, or I will see if I can contribute an update to that later.
I looked up this guide on my battery handicapped computer, synced the browser to my phone browser and turned this computer off to start the procedure. So obviously the computer was working before starting. Besides the battery not holding a charge for longer than 10 minutes, there was another obvious indication the battery was shot. There had grown, over the previous two months, a sizable hump under the area where your wrists rest while typing. Sizable, that the touch pad was now protruding up and out of the chassis enough that you could get your fingernail and part of your finger pad under the touchpad (I also happen to have XXL hands, so not chicken bone fingers).
Long story short, EXCELLENT instructions. I would have added to lay the battery cable into place and to fish the WiFi antenna cables back into the bottom cover before before beginning to secure the 14 screws back down. I noticed this after the second screw, so not a huge deal. Also, Step 3, labled as Hard Drive (HDD) instead of Battery.
I changed my battery and the screen now won’t turn on but it does boot up,it does one beep
