How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble an Alienware Laptop or Notebook
Do you want to repair your AlienWare laptop or notebook?
Here is a collection of
free take apart instructions,
disassembly pictures or dismantling videos,
upgrade and repair manuals,
as well as do-it-yourself (DIY) tips and tricks for
Area, Aurora, Sentia, Ozma, Roswell, MJ-12 laptops and notebooks models made by AlienWare.
If you have written a repairing guide yourself
(or if you know of a report not linked here),
please submit a new entry.
Dual LAN: how to add a second network port to use the laptop as a router and firewall. The free mini-PCI socket intended for a wireless card, has been utilized for the secondary NIC.
Hardware Maintenance Manual, User Guide, Service Manual
Alienware offers official
User Guides
which provide upgrade instructions for memory, hard disk drives and miniPCI cards,
as well graphics and video cards. See here for some additional information about
replaceable MXM graphics cards.