Thank you so much, I´ve got some help from an Dell Alienware technician and the R2 model and R4 model have a serious problem at the alignment of the copper board and all chipsets touched by the extra thermal tapes. He explained not only applying the paste solves the problem, also needs to remove and apply new thermal tapes, and check if it´s doing pressure over the chips... a lot of R2 and R4 are freezing with low temperatures, it´s due the thermal tapes not doing an effective pressure.. Your video is helping a lot to make me brave enough to open it and apply the paste and termal tape.
I just spent 30 of the most nerve racking minutes of my life. Just hit the power button and read the bios; 32gig of RAM confirmed!! I've opened many laptops over the years but opening my R2 is different. Firstly it was a little more valuable than past laptops. Secondly, It's durable design required a little more force to open the service portal. More forcd than I was used to and I was so afraid to break it. Then I didn't seat one of the 16 gig RAM pieces properly and panicked when I got to bios. Back to the service port. I opened her up again, seated the bottom piece correctly (an easy mistake to make.) and Woohoo!!! Success. Thanks heaps for the video. It makes one so much more confident servicing their laptop when There's a step by step break down. Now it's time to test my new RAM with ableton live suite 10 and a vast collection of midi devices!
Thanks for this, just bought this laptop second hand and the first thing I did was drop a screw inside of the case while trying to change the hdd, this helped, didn't know about the screw under the ram
hello i just want to say , thank you so much i really do, one personal advice, foor noobs like me the only thing you miss is how to disconnect the cables correctly to avoid any trouble. PS: my light indicators of the hard drive wifi and mayus dont light, i suposse they can be fixed , anyway thanks seriously you make a man happy :D
I have a Alienware 15 R1 and i went to replace the thermalpaste and we all know there is 2xM.2's but when i removed the motherboard there were 2 more m.2's hidden under a part of the plastic casing..I wonder if they work? maybe when i upgrade to a new laptop i will take the old one apart and see if they work...Great video by the way,i was having trouble figuring out how to dismantle it but this video saved me :) thank you
Very helpful video. Had the battery in my AW15 show as dead by the computer after only 16 months of ownership. I don't use the machine extensively while powered by the battery but have certainly run the battery down to near, if not full, discharge. Any ideas on what may be going on there? It's LiOn so I find it hard to believe it's dead after that short a period of time.
it is normal for batteries die. the best idea is if you are not using you battery disconnect the cable. from what you are saying it seems like you had your laptop plugged in all the time. Just having it plug in kills your battery.
Hi there, I have a beginner question, I'm not good with the technical side of things. So the motherboard for my Alienware 15 fried during a power surge, and I'm about to send it to a vendor to get it replaced. Since I don't know the vendor, I don't want him to have access to my files on C drive and other drives I have on the laptop. So my question is, which components would I need to remove and keep with me that holds my C drive and D drive? My unit came with a 256GB m2.80 NGFF TLC SSD (1:24) + 1TB 5,400 HDD (1:42) , so I'm assuming all my personal data and files are in there? Thanks in advanced and great video, really helpful!
both cpu and graphic card are soldered on now. since no one ever changes it wasting money making it removable but then no one use it. it is the same with phones original they had removable batteries and sd card slot but after researching they found out no one actually uses them. so making them non removable is not only easier it is cheaper as well.
I have the same model as the one you’re using but I’m missing the two green cards you removed as the first step after you opened the back, would that do anything bad for me? Not like I lost them, I just simply don’t have them
Hi, I have the same model but i want to know how risky it is to open the computer by myself. The screen is broken but I already have the new part. I'm not sure if first i need to disassembly the entire computer or if I just need to disassembly the LCD panel. I try to remove the front panel of the LCD, but i saw that the alienware logo was attached to something but I didn't remove that connection. What are the steps to follow to remove the screen in this model? Thanks
if you watched my video it shows you how to remove the screen from the base of the laptop which you will need to do. the logo is attach with double sided tape
Hi there! Great video and well detailed. Although I may need to ask you regarding the LCD part. I have an AW15 R2, the 4k touchscreen version. The screen starts flickering the other day and it seems like screen cable connecter is somehow loose. Because there are times when I found the right angle of the laptop lid, the screen gets fixed for a couple of seconds. Anyway, dell is suggesting to replace the whole screen even if it is just the screen cable. I tested everything, the gpu, the touchscreen response, cpu etc and everything is working great. What do you think i should do?
If it is free to replace the screen then do it. Many people will not attempt to open the LCD area as they are scared to. The fact you have the touch screen vision it make opening the screen area alot harder. It is normal for the cable to get loose if you have once open it up. If you have not done anything to it and it was originally working then I doubt the cable is loose. I do have many laptops where they sold it as faulty and it turns out the cable was just loose
Well too bad my warranty is over already. So im just thinking of having the screen cable replaced or just be connected properly again instead of having the whole screen replaced. I just hate it when Dell is trying to milk me some money and their crazy customer support saying "the LCD is directly attached to the monitor" (exactly his words), i mean, how stupid is that right lol. Anyway im thinking of just bringing this to a 3rd party repair store, do you think it will be that hard to have just the screen cable replaced?
Are you able to change the usb ports? Recently my 15 r2 has had a problem having them work. Also good video, it means i can upgrade most of the stuff in there.
if you watch the video at 14.00 the right hand side is attach to the daughter board. anything can be repaired if you went to the right people, but it is not worth it
my alienware 15 r2 just died and not charging.... Why did they make this kind of design? The method i should do first is to remove the battery and plug the power hoping it will work again but i never did this thing before.... im starting to regret buying this, so expensive and for only 6 months it breaks I dont even use it much.... oh my...
OPEN ME UP I have the same issue with my 15" R2 it charges up to 70% then gives me a message that it's not charging... I tried many troubleshooting steps I found online but it didn't help, the only step I didn't do is to disconnect the battery
if you can complete the whole video then removing the speaker are easy. at 16.25 the speakers are the black L shape things on the toplef and right hand corner
hello i follow your tutorial and done repasting my cpu & gpu now after return all the cabling my touchpad not detected and not working no lit i try to replug the flex on touchpad and touchpad backlight any idea how to fix it?
if the touch pad was working previously and it doesnt now then it means you didnt plug it in properly. this is not the first time someone post a message about this. your touch pad and the touch pad light are 2 different cables.
Greetings! I 've opened up my laptop to spread new paste but after that my backlights and "alienware" inscription as well have turned off. I can't figure out which cable i have missed. Do you have any solutions wich cable sould i check?
Hi and thanks a lot for your very helpful tutorial :). I have a question for you if you don't mind: I've had this laptop for a couple of years and in the past few months, it started making a faint grinding noise, first occasionally then pretty often though not all the time then it stops when I play games and the fans spin faster. I'm not sure whether it's a fan doing this or the hard drive. Would you have any advice on how to find the culprit? That machine's always displayed high temperatures (over 60°c on idle and up to 92° or 94° when playing games, but I've never had any other issues so far). Many thanks in advance!
Thanks a lot for your answer - I just took apart an old Alienware x51desktop following one of your other great tutorials and I was really surprised when it started running way faster from just cleaning the fans and replacing the thermal paste. I'll try and do the same with the laptop now once I get the proper tools to open it up safely. Many thanks again!
it is like a car. you service a car every year, a laptop or a computer is also a machine and if you service it, it will be better off than it use to be
it is probably the fan. it is getting old. you can put some oil in it if you really need to. i normally put wd40 in it. after i clean it. make sure you only put bit and leave it outside on a tissue so the remaining oil can come out
If you want to play games you should either build a desktop or learn to enjoy certain older games that were very fun, or get into turn based strategy and puzzle type games.
Do u have written manual to dissamble or assemble laptop.... I tried to dissamble once, but iam afraid to break anything, since the component on ur video looks so small...
dell website has the manual. also the idea of the video is a guide so you look at it to see where the components are and look at your own laptop around that area.
He bro good afternoon, i need to replace my battery, i need to apply heat? And my second question is it needs to be removed the motherboard to change the battery?
thansk for your response. It is quite loud compared to other computers, so i thought if it is possible to change the fans. Or is It built-in-you-have-to-buy-a-new-computer-to-get-it-fixed?
some of the screw get stuck on the case itself but is actually removed. you can test this but unscrewing it and then trying to lift up that part to see it is actually removed. if you remove the screw and you cant feel any tension anymore and it just keeps on spinning but doesnt come out. it is most likely already out
@@OpenMeUpTec thanks for the tutorial really simple if you listen carefully!!!! pay attention!! rewatch rewatch. For those who are struggling with about reassembly note how he methodically through each section this helps with reassembly. rewatch the previous section and follow orders back to front to ensure cables are wired correctly to save time removing your motherboard unnecessarily! very simple great video!
My Alienware R2's battery just died because I had my laptop plugged in all of the time. Would it be best to just remove the battery all together and play games with just the AC adapter? If doing so, would it cause any problems like damaging the computer? Thanks.
Is there no difference with the r1 and r2 motherboard? Because i wanted to replace my motherboard (faulty 15 r1). If u have one for sell do inform me aight! 😁
Hey Open me up. I have the exact specs laptop. I droped mine and now it is only showing power lights when connected to charger not turning on any idea what's could have went wrong
hi my macro keys don't light up anymore. it happened after the warranty guy replaced my battery & motherboard for me. does the backlight cable control both the keyboard backlight and the macro keys backlight or are they lit separately? Again, my keyboard lights fine but my macros do not...
Lose cable from camera. By that time took apart whole computer. First time after putting it back did not start. Redid it again and lost all data. But computer is now fixed thanks for your help. MIc was fixed too after finding the loose cable for the camera
what do u call that compartment on the otherside of the battery? im not sure if its normal but mine's a bit bulged after i repaste. idk if its already like that before i disassembled i didnt notice 😣
Hi, i have a question, the ports m.2 (or ngff) in an alienware 15 from 2015 support ssd's sata 3 right? Not m.2 nvme. Because I'm confused about which ssd install in my laptop
if you have a intel 4th gen CPU then it is only sata no NVMe. that makes it easier to understand. if you have an intel 6th gen CPU then it is both i believe
1000 is like 600gbp - i think it's impossible for a new laptop with the latest stuff to be cheaper, but hey, if it's solder on then i guess i have no choice :(
hello , my laptop don't boot anymore there is no light at all , i repasted it , i already have tried what dell propose on their website , i broke nothing , what should i do; thx
Hi Thank you.... i am recently bought Alienware15r2 laptop i think its over temperature...... idle mode 15% temperature 50 to 60 c its my min temp normal Use 45% temperature 60to 75 c its my max temp cpu usage 100% temperature 80to 88c this temperatures is OK or or i replaced heatsink ?
I spilled dragon fruit juice all over my laptop it's a R1 the keyboard and laptop itself was drenched and short-circuited and turned itself off after drying it worked fine should I take it somewhere to get it clean tho ? And how much would a cleaning cost ?
I did all of this, opened up everything, replaced dc jack and the battery, tried a new external power supply/brick, just to find out the motherboard is dead. Dont every trust or rely on Alienware customer support or warranty, they are awful.
If you laptop is under warranty they come out to you and replace it completely free. They did this for me when my mother board went out. Came out next day and replaced it right in front of me. If you can’t get it done then it’s your own fault for not renewing your warranty or it breaking after the warranty was up.
if its under accidental damage warranty, they will replace it if they can't fix it. they replaced my 2.5 years old laptop cause they didn't have the parts. they gave me a brand new machine!
Thank you so much, I´ve got some help from an Dell Alienware technician and the R2 model and R4 model have a serious problem at the alignment of the copper board and all chipsets touched by the extra thermal tapes. He explained not only applying the paste solves the problem, also needs to remove and apply new thermal tapes, and check if it´s doing pressure over the chips... a lot of R2 and R4 are freezing with low temperatures, it´s due the thermal tapes not doing an effective pressure..
Your video is helping a lot to make me brave enough to open it and apply the paste and termal tape.
thanks for your support
Thumbs up for the credits "Directed... by me" I smiled :)
thanks for your support
I just spent 30 of the most nerve racking minutes of my life. Just hit the power button and read the bios; 32gig of RAM confirmed!! I've opened many laptops over the years but opening my R2 is different. Firstly it was a little more valuable than past laptops. Secondly, It's durable design required a little more force to open the service portal. More forcd than I was used to and I was so afraid to break it.
Then I didn't seat one of the 16 gig RAM pieces properly and panicked when I got to bios.
Back to the service port.
I opened her up again, seated the bottom piece correctly (an easy mistake to make.) and Woohoo!!! Success.
Thanks heaps for the video.
It makes one so much more confident servicing their laptop when There's a step by step break down.
Now it's time to test my new RAM with ableton live suite 10 and a vast collection of midi devices!
thanks for your support
Thanks for this, just bought this laptop second hand and the first thing I did was drop a screw inside of the case while trying to change the hdd, this helped, didn't know about the screw under the ram
thanks for your support
hello i just want to say , thank you so much i really do, one personal advice, foor noobs like me the only thing you miss is how to disconnect the cables correctly to avoid any trouble.
PS: my light indicators of the hard drive wifi and mayus dont light, i suposse they can be fixed , anyway thanks seriously you make a man happy :D
I have a Alienware 15 R1 and i went to replace the thermalpaste and we all know there is 2xM.2's but when i removed the motherboard there were 2 more m.2's hidden under a part of the plastic casing..I wonder if they work? maybe when i upgrade to a new laptop i will take the old one apart and see if they work...Great video by the way,i was having trouble figuring out how to dismantle it but this video saved me :) thank you
Thanks a lot, this video was super helpful. It helped me take my alienware r2 15 apart, in order to fix the battery charging issue.
This video is still saving my anus in 2021, legendary youtube content. Thank you so much!
Sigh after 9yrs with this baby, it’s finally dead. Great laptop but really tedious to open up, video helped me figure out how to remove HD.
thnaks for your support
Great. Now I'm left with my laptop in pieces.
Then just watch the video in reverse
Very helpful video. Had the battery in my AW15 show as dead by the computer after only 16 months of ownership. I don't use the machine extensively while powered by the battery but have certainly run the battery down to near, if not full, discharge. Any ideas on what may be going on there? It's LiOn so I find it hard to believe it's dead after that short a period of time.
it is normal for batteries die. the best idea is if you are not using you battery disconnect the cable. from what you are saying it seems like you had your laptop plugged in all the time. Just having it plug in kills your battery.
Awesome tutorial, thanks!
thanks for your support
Hey, I'm just here to say thank you so much!
thanks for your support
Hi there, I have a beginner question, I'm not good with the technical side of things. So the motherboard for my Alienware 15 fried during a power surge, and I'm about to send it to a vendor to get it replaced. Since I don't know the vendor, I don't want him to have access to my files on C drive and other drives I have on the laptop.
So my question is, which components would I need to remove and keep with me that holds my C drive and D drive? My unit came with a 256GB m2.80 NGFF TLC SSD (1:24) + 1TB 5,400 HDD (1:42) , so I'm assuming all my personal data and files are in there?
Thanks in advanced and great video, really helpful!
remove your hard drive. watch the video i tell you about it and how to do it.
Heya thanks. Will I need to remove the SSD stick too or just the hard drive?
SSD is also a hard drive. remove it all as they dont need it to test the laptop.
Great thanks for the video!
Seems the GPU started coming as soldered onto the MB. Even the 980m ?
both cpu and graphic card are soldered on now. since no one ever changes it wasting money making it removable but then no one use it. it is the same with phones original they had removable batteries and sd card slot but after researching they found out no one actually uses them. so making them non removable is not only easier it is cheaper as well.
yes it is soldered on. if you have the i7 6700 or the i7 7700 then it is soldered on
I have the same model as the one you’re using but I’m missing the two green cards you removed as the first step after you opened the back, would that do anything bad for me? Not like I lost them, I just simply don’t have them
you mean the m.2 cards. if so they are SSD hard drive you can buy them if you want but without them you still can use the computer
Hi, I have the same model but i want to know how risky it is to open the computer by myself. The screen is broken but I already have the new part. I'm not sure if first i need to disassembly the entire computer or if I just need to disassembly the LCD panel.
I try to remove the front panel of the LCD, but i saw that the alienware logo was attached to something but I didn't remove that connection. What are the steps to follow to remove the screen in this model? Thanks
if you watched my video it shows you how to remove the screen from the base of the laptop which you will need to do. the logo is attach with double sided tape
Hi there! Great video and well detailed. Although I may need to ask you regarding the LCD part. I have an AW15 R2, the 4k touchscreen version. The screen starts flickering the other day and it seems like screen cable connecter is somehow loose. Because there are times when I found the right angle of the laptop lid, the screen gets fixed for a couple of seconds. Anyway, dell is suggesting to replace the whole screen even if it is just the screen cable. I tested everything, the gpu, the touchscreen response, cpu etc and everything is working great. What do you think i should do?
If it is free to replace the screen then do it. Many people will not attempt to open the LCD area as they are scared to. The fact you have the touch screen vision it make opening the screen area alot harder. It is normal for the cable to get loose if you have once open it up. If you have not done anything to it and it was originally working then I doubt the cable is loose. I do have many laptops where they sold it as faulty and it turns out the cable was just loose
Well too bad my warranty is over already. So im just thinking of having the screen cable replaced or just be connected properly again instead of having the whole screen replaced. I just hate it when Dell is trying to milk me some money and their crazy customer support saying "the LCD is directly attached to the monitor" (exactly his words), i mean, how stupid is that right lol. Anyway im thinking of just bringing this to a 3rd party repair store, do you think it will be that hard to have just the screen cable replaced?
@@vmikel15vc CAble Bro. You are correct.
do you perhaps have a link where I can find a new battery for my alienware 15? mine said the battery no longer works :(
on the battery there is a model number google the model number.
Are you able to change the usb ports? Recently my 15 r2 has had a problem having them work. Also good video, it means i can upgrade most of the stuff in there.
sort of depending which side. one side has a daughter board which is easy to change the other side is soldered to your cpu so you cant change
OPEN ME UP could they be repaired then If i went to the right people? I believe they are both on the sodered side.
if you watch the video at 14.00 the right hand side is attach to the daughter board. anything can be repaired if you went to the right people, but it is not worth it
my alienware 15 r2 just died and not charging.... Why did they make this kind of design? The method i should do first is to remove the battery and plug the power hoping it will work again but i never did this thing before.... im starting to regret buying this, so expensive and for only 6 months it breaks I dont even use it much.... oh my...
what is your issue?
did it died and not charging? so 2 things
working but the battery is not charging? so just the battery
OPEN ME UP I have the same issue with my 15" R2 it charges up to 70% then gives me a message that it's not charging... I tried many troubleshooting steps I found online but it didn't help, the only step I didn't do is to disconnect the battery
Ryan Santos please let me know how did you fix it if you did so I can do the same, thanks :)
disconnection your battery is easiest thing to do but i doubt it does anything and most likely your battery is dead and only can charge to that amount
OPEN ME UP so there's no use in trying to disconnect the battery?!
Where does the antenna cables connect to at 13:20? I disassembled my laptop and switched the battery but I didn't see where those cables connect to
it is at 5.44 on the back side
Ahhhh! I'm dumb! 😅😅
Do you have any tutorial on removing the speakers? I may have a problematic right speaker
if you can complete the whole video then removing the speaker are easy. at 16.25 the speakers are the black L shape things on the toplef and right hand corner
hello i follow your tutorial and done repasting my cpu & gpu now after return all the cabling my touchpad not detected and not working no lit i try to replug the flex on touchpad and touchpad backlight any idea how to fix it?
if the touch pad was working previously and it doesnt now then it means you didnt plug it in properly. this is not the first time someone post a message about this. your touch pad and the touch pad light are 2 different cables.
OPEN ME UP yes its working perfectly before i disassemble, i will try to replug again
Greetings! I 've opened up my laptop to spread new paste but after that my backlights and "alienware" inscription as well have turned off. I can't figure out which cable i have missed. Do you have any solutions wich cable sould i check?
11.15 in the video
Hi and thanks a lot for your very helpful tutorial :). I have a question for you if you don't mind: I've had this laptop for a couple of years and in the past few months, it started making a faint grinding noise, first occasionally then pretty often though not all the time then it stops when I play games and the fans spin faster. I'm not sure whether it's a fan doing this or the hard drive. Would you have any advice on how to find the culprit? That machine's always displayed high temperatures (over 60°c on idle and up to 92° or 94° when playing games, but I've never had any other issues so far). Many thanks in advance!
most likely the fan has an issue. open up the laptop can look at the fan
Thanks a lot for your answer - I just took apart an old Alienware x51desktop following one of your other great tutorials and I was really surprised when it started running way faster from just cleaning the fans and replacing the thermal paste. I'll try and do the same with the laptop now once I get the proper tools to open it up safely. Many thanks again!
it is like a car. you service a car every year, a laptop or a computer is also a machine and if you service it, it will be better off than it use to be
it is probably the fan. it is getting old. you can put some oil in it if you really need to. i normally put wd40 in it. after i clean it. make sure you only put bit and leave it outside on a tissue so the remaining oil can come out
you can't upgrade GPU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good lord i opted to upgrade my M17X R4's gpu to 980M last week.. i was about to buy 17 R3 this week.. :-D
Yes you cant as no one does. many people want to change it but then find out the price so never end up doing it
Jay Shank want m15? needs hardware reboot disk
R2 comes with alienware graphics amp tho,
If you want to play games you should either build a desktop or learn to enjoy certain older games that were very fun, or get into turn based strategy and puzzle type games.
Do u have written manual to dissamble or assemble laptop....
I tried to dissamble once, but iam afraid to break anything, since the component on ur video looks so small...
dell website has the manual. also the idea of the video is a guide so you look at it to see where the components are and look at your own laptop around that area.
hey wah do you do with the laptops after you've disassemble them.. do you sell them after reassembling them?
Yes I sell them. Which is why I will probably stop doing this soon as it costing too much to buy just to open them up
+OPEN ME UP how much would you sell this one for???
Nothing no longer have it anymore it already got sold
He bro good afternoon, i need to replace my battery, i need to apply heat? And my second question is it needs to be removed the motherboard to change the battery?
you dont need to remove the motherboard to get the battery out and it is held in by screws
Hey
Very helpfull video :)
My fans (looks like there are more than one), are making quite a noise when I play games. Any ideas? Maybe change the fans?
thats normal playing games is a hard task therefore your computer needs to work harder. the fan is used to cool down your computer parts
thansk for your response. It is quite loud compared to other computers, so i thought if it is possible to change the fans. Or is It built-in-you-have-to-buy-a-new-computer-to-get-it-fixed?
yes when it is loud it is really loud. it is not faulty if you want to confirm this watch my video and do the same thing to clean out your system
thank you for the help :). Do you show how to change the fans? I only watched how to remove the back cover
yes i you watch the whole video you will see it
0:39 when I removed the screws completely it didn't pop up the lid for me now how should I open it?
some of the screw get stuck on the case itself but is actually removed. you can test this but unscrewing it and then trying to lift up that part to see it is actually removed. if you remove the screw and you cant feel any tension anymore and it just keeps on spinning but doesnt come out. it is most likely already out
@@OpenMeUpTec hey thanks for reply. I would definitely give it another try and see if the screws are properly removed.
You mentioned the gpu is attached to the mother board does that mean it can not be upgraded?
it is soldered on you can not change it. even if you can change it, it cost heaps. therefore it is cheaper to sell this and buy a desktop
@@OpenMeUpTec thanks for the tutorial really simple if you listen carefully!!!! pay attention!! rewatch rewatch. For those who are struggling with about reassembly note how he methodically through each section this helps with reassembly. rewatch the previous section and follow orders back to front to ensure cables are wired correctly to save time removing your motherboard unnecessarily!
very simple great video!
@@iDaGuzmanthanks for your support
My Alienware R2's battery just died because I had my laptop plugged in all of the time. Would it be best to just remove the battery all together and play games with just the AC adapter? If doing so, would it cause any problems like damaging the computer? Thanks.
just remove the battery doesnt change anything.
Is there no difference with the r1 and r2 motherboard? Because i wanted to replace my motherboard (faulty 15 r1). If u have one for sell do inform me aight! 😁
there is no physical or layout difference. the difference is the r1 was 4th gen intel and r2 was 6th gen intel
@@OpenMeUpTec alrighty thanks very much appreciated bro
Hey Open me up. I have the exact specs laptop. I droped mine and now it is only showing power lights when connected to charger not turning on any idea what's could have went wrong
you need to open it up and see if anything got discounnted. it should still work even though you drop it. if the LCD is broken it will still turn on.
hi my macro keys don't light up anymore. it happened after the warranty guy replaced my battery & motherboard for me. does the backlight cable control both the keyboard backlight and the macro keys backlight or are they lit separately? Again, my keyboard lights fine but my macros do not...
there is only one back light cable so if the other work this should work
Ill try plugging it on and off later. If that doesnt work i may need to request a keyboard replacement i guess. Thanks man.
yep also they going to ask you if you turn off the lights in the aleinware software
Where is the part or cable where the mic and camera connect to motherboard is. I've found the problem now the camera got disconnected too
at 13.00 that should be the webcam cable. you can also remove your LCD screen bezel to access the webcam
Lose cable from camera. By that time took apart whole computer. First time after putting it back did not start. Redid it again and lost all data. But computer is now fixed thanks for your help. MIc was fixed too after finding the loose cable for the camera
thats good to hear
Appreciate the help saved me lots of time/money
what do u call that compartment on the otherside of the battery? im not sure if its normal but mine's a bit bulged after i repaste. idk if its already like that before i disassembled i didnt notice 😣
you didnt put the cover on properly
OPEN ME UP thanks gonna try to put it the cover again.. thanks so much
you might need to smack it to get it go down.
Hi, i have a question, the ports m.2 (or ngff) in an alienware 15 from 2015 support ssd's sata 3 right? Not m.2 nvme.
Because I'm confused about which ssd install in my laptop
if you have a intel 4th gen CPU then it is only sata no NVMe. that makes it easier to understand. if you have an intel 6th gen CPU then it is both i believe
About to put some liquid metal on this thing.
a bit unnecessary but will improve the performance
Help!!Followed everything till the end changed my battery but now my laptop won't switch on
this is quite common. you must have forgot something. so does it turn on? does the fan spin? does it make any sound?
@@OpenMeUpTec i juat realize ld i forgot to connect the power circuit thing, for the power button... almost done cloaing the laptop again right now 😆
Hello, what is the ssd model indicated for an AW15 R1?
dont know as they change it all the time depending on when you buy it. most of the time is is samsung or hynix
Does this computer have an integrated or discrete graphics card... and if so can you remove the graphics card that it has?
graphic card is soldered on
It has an option to use the Intel cpu as a GPU for better battery life unplugged from the wall; if it's not too intensive gaming.
Does anyone know where you can get recovery media for theses laptops
Hi do you know if the 15 r2 bottom case fits in the r1?
they the same laptop, r1 had a intel 4th gen cpu and the r2 had 6th gen intel cpu but the computer is the same besides the cpu
my keyboard does not light up after i repasted mine
please helppp :(
you forgot to plug in the light cable for the keyboard
OPEN ME UP is it the yellow cable that reads "kb bl" ? i have replugged the cable many times
there is something wrong with the cable if you you have no light
I don't have plying tools .-. this computer was shit from the day I got it with tons of problems
return it for a refund but it looks like you dont have that option
Hi, I wanted to know if it's possible to change the CPU from a 4th generation i7 to a 6th generation i7 ??
CPU and graphic card is soldered on. There is also no difference between the two CPUs
Okay, thank you both :)
is it possible to change the graphics card on this one? like from gtx970 to gtx 170 or 1080
GPU is solder on. also to get a 1080 card for a laptop cost at least $1000AUD it ends up being cheaper to buy a laptop with it inside already
1000 is like 600gbp - i think it's impossible for a new laptop with the latest stuff to be cheaper, but hey, if it's solder on then i guess i have no choice :(
What's the M.1 and M.2 do?
there is no m1. but m.2 is a slot for newer hard drives
Does this laptop support DDR4 Ram and which type?
this is a not apple. as long it fits in the slot it works. any ddr4 sodimm will work.
@@OpenMeUpTec doesn't fit.
@@daztex4 what did you buy send me the link or model number
Crucial ddr4 3200 sodimm 1.2v @@OpenMeUpTec
Can you disassemble this laptop without removing the SSD?
hello , my laptop don't boot anymore there is no light at all , i repasted it , i already have tried what dell propose on their website , i broke nothing , what should i do; thx
probably dead motherboard
i'm so sad i almost cry , i bought it for 850€ , it was a gift for my brother , now i will have to wait for dell answer =(
these laptop normal come with 1 year warranty. It is normal for things to die thats why there is warranty on day one for the item
Hi Thank you....
i am recently bought Alienware15r2 laptop i think its over temperature......
idle mode 15% temperature 50 to 60 c its my min temp
normal Use 45% temperature 60to 75 c its my max temp
cpu usage 100% temperature 80to 88c
this temperatures is OK or or i replaced heatsink ?
Nothing wrong with that seems normal to me. You can check online 80 plus is normal for 100% usage
Cant get the wifi card out... sticky too strong
there is double sided sticky tape. if you watch the video it is extremely hard.
I spilled dragon fruit juice all over my laptop it's a R1 the keyboard and laptop itself was drenched and short-circuited and turned itself off after drying it worked fine should I take it somewhere to get it clean tho ? And how much would a cleaning cost ?
you cant get it clean no one will do it for you since they cannot guarantee your laptop will turn on anymore. just use it as it is
I did all of this, opened up everything, replaced dc jack and the battery, tried a new external power supply/brick, just to find out the motherboard is dead. Dont every trust or rely on Alienware customer support or warranty, they are awful.
this is the same with any other company same thing would have happen
If you laptop is under warranty they come out to you and replace it completely free. They did this for me when my mother board went out. Came out next day and replaced it right in front of me. If you can’t get it done then it’s your own fault for not renewing your warranty or it breaking after the warranty was up.
if its under accidental damage warranty, they will replace it if they can't fix it. they replaced my 2.5 years old laptop cause they didn't have the parts. they gave me a brand new machine!
I wanted to repaste my r2 15
Now I give up. I have a dell Gtx 1050ti Too n that was easy to do,took me 5mins. This design is horrible
it is not that bad watch the video a few times and you should be fine
Всё впаяно в материнскую плату, ноутбук - говно. А обзор хороший, спасибо. :)
nah fuck that, too much effort
thanks for your support.