Dover downs poker room tournament schedule. The 17 R3 only has 2 M.2 slots. If the Alienware 17 that you have has 4 M.2 slots it's either the R2 or an M17! And if it's either of those laptops, The 950 Pro and SM951 would be a waste of your. Alienware 17 R3: Upgrade/Replace M2 SSD. For safety precautions and ESD protection video go to: For more information please visit.
In this guide, I will disassemble an Alienware 17 R4. I will remove the bottom cover to upgrade the SSD, HDD, and RAM.
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There are two different types of screws, and I circled them with different colors.
Remove six screws (red) that securing the bottom cover to the laptop.
Loosen one screw (yellow). Insert a pick to pry up the bottom cover.
There are two different types of screws, and I circled them with different colors.
Remove six screws (red) that securing the bottom cover to the laptop.
Loosen one screw (yellow). Insert a pick to pry up the bottom cover.
Under the bottom cover, you can get access to three M.2 SSD slots, two RAM slots, and a hard drive module.
From the picture you can see, Alienware 17 R4 comes with two M.2 2280 SSD slots (support SATA and PCIe SSD) and an M.2 2242 slot.
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Here's left the cooling fan.
The Alienware 17 R4 comes with two 8GB DDR4 2667MHz RAMs. According to Dell website information, it supports up to 32GB RAM, so you can replace it with 16GB DDR4 2667MHz RAM respectively.
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Here's hard drive module, it is securing to the laptop by four screws.
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Here's Toshiba 256GB PCIe SSD.
