Alienware m15 R6 Power button Replacement

Remove the two screws (M2.5x5) that secure the base cover to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

New line. Loosen the two captive screws (M2.5x8.5+3.5) that secure the base cover to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Loosen the four captive screws (M2.5x1.7+3.3) that secure the base cover to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Using your fingertips, pry open the base cover from the middle of the front edge of base cover, and then pry the left and right sides of the base cover.

Lift the base cover off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Disconnect the battery cable from the system board.

Turn your computer over and press the power button for 20 seconds to drain the flea power

Disconnect the battery cable from the system board (applicable only if not disconnected earlier).

Remove the four screws (M2x4) that secure the battery to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Remove the four screws (M2x3) that secure the battery to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Lift the battery off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the thermal shield to the solid-state drive and the system board.

Lift the thermal shield off the solid-state drive.

Slide and lift the solid-state drive off the solid-state drive slot on the system board.

Slide to remove the screw mount from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Slide the screw mount into the other screw mount slot on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the thermal shield to the solid-state drive and system board.

Lift the thermal shield off the solid-state drive.

Slide and lift the solid-state drive off the solid-state drive slot on the system board.

Slide to remove the screw mount from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Slide the screw mount into the other screw mount slot on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Lift the system board Mylar to access the memory module.

Use your fingertips to carefully spread apart the securing-clips on each end of the memory-module slot until the memory modulepops up.

Remove the memory module from the memory-module slot.

Lift the system board Mylar to access the wireless card.

Remove the screw (M2x4) that secures the wireless-card bracket to the system board and palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Lift the wireless-card bracket off the wireless card.

Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.

Slide and remove the wireless card from the wireless-card slot.

Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the rear I/O-cover to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Remove the two screws (M2.5x5) that secure the rear I/O-cover to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Disconnect the Tron light cable from the system board.

Firmly grasp the sides of your computer with both hands and push the rubber feet on the rear I/O-cover outwards with yourthumbs to release the rear I/O-cover from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Slide the rear I/O-cover away from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Peel the system board Mylar off the system board.

Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the USB Type-C port bracket to the system board.

Remove the USB Type-C port bracket from the system board.

Open the latch, and disconnect the display cable from the system board.

Disconnect the Alienhead LED cable from the system board.

Peel the display cable from the system board.

Disconnect the power-adapter port cable from the system board.

Peel the power-adapter port cable from the system board.

Disconnect the I/O-board cable from the system board.

Disconnect the speaker cable from the system board.

Open the latch, and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.

Open the latch, and disconnect the keyboard-controller board-cable from the system board.

Open the latch, and disconnect the power-button board cable from the USB board.

Open the latch, and disconnect the RGB-IR camera cable from the USB board.

Peel the RGB-IR camera cable from the system board.

Remove the eight (M2x4) screws that secure the system board to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly. (The USB board and heat sink are attached to the system board.)

Lift the system-board assembly off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly. (Before removing the system board, give sufficient time for the heat sink to cool down to avoid injury.)

Turn the system-board assembly over.

After performing all the above steps, you are left with the system board.

Remove the three screws (M2x2) that secure the power-button bracket to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Lift the power-button bracket off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

Peel and lift the power button off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.