Dell Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Service Manual - Page 5

Device drivers, System setup, Troubleshooting

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Installing the system board...78 Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program 80 Chapter 3: Device drivers...81 Operating system...81 Downloading the audio driver...81 Downloading the graphics driver...81 Downloading the USB driver...82 Downloading the WiFi driver...83 Downloading the media-card reader driver...83 Downloading the chipset driver...84 Downloading the network driver...84 Chapter 4: System setup...86 System setup...86 Entering BIOS setup program...86 Navigation keys...86 Boot Sequence...86 System setup options...87 System and setup password...91 Assigning a system setup password...92 Deleting or changing an existing system setup password 92 Clearing CMOS settings...93 Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords 93 Updating the BIOS...93 Updating the BIOS in Windows...93 Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows 93 Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu 94 Chapter 5: Troubleshooting...95 SupportAssist diagnostics...95 System-diagnostic lights...95 Recovering the operating system...96 WiFi power cycle...96 Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)...96 Modern Standby...97 Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Alienware 98 5

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Installing the system board
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78
Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program
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80
Chapter 3: Device drivers
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81
Operating system
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81
Downloading the audio driver
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81
Downloading the graphics driver
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81
Downloading the USB driver
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82
Downloading the WiFi driver
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83
Downloading the media-card reader driver
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83
Downloading the chipset driver
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84
Downloading the network driver
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84
Chapter 4: System setup
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86
System setup
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86
Entering BIOS setup program
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86
Navigation keys
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86
Boot Sequence
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86
System setup options
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87
System and setup password
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91
Assigning a system setup password
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92
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password
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92
Clearing CMOS settings
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93
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords
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93
Updating the BIOS
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93
Updating the BIOS in Windows
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93
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows
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93
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu
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94
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
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95
SupportAssist diagnostics
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95
System-diagnostic lights
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95
Recovering the operating system
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96
WiFi power cycle
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96
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)
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96
Modern Standby
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97
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Alienware
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98
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