How to Disassemble Alienware 17 R3 i7 6700HQ Laptop or Sell it.

[@LordHollyAngelus]

I just finished changing the thermal paste in my 17 r3 and this was the best aid I could need. Thank you so much. Because of people like you I still have faith in the world

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

We are very glad it helped you out! Thank you for the kind words!

[@dobrigeorgiev6127]

Hu, have you replaced the thermal pads? What thickness they are?

[@TiGGer1098]

Old video but essential for me today, my 7yr 17R3 needed the fans cleaning out which needed your video to remove the palm rest/keyboard Thank you, well filmed and explained 👏

[@w00tersauce]

Thanks for this video! In tandem with another video I was able to tear down the laptop, re-paste GPU/CPU, replace two broken fans, upgrade to 1TB m.2 SSD, aaand put it all back together (booting successfully the first time!). Thank you so much, I appreciate you doing this video!

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

Thank you for your kind words! The time we put into these is much more worthwhile if we know it helps!

[@w00tersauce]

@@Sellbrokedotcom No problem at all! 10/10 :D

[@rahilarious]

Thanks so much for the video. Sooo grateful. Removed battery (wasn't working), cleaned heat sinks, fans, new thermal paste- all in one take. Thanks to u. I like that most screws were of same size, wasn't hard to remember what goes where. Before: cpu temp was hitting upto 95°C averaging 85 in max load After: upto 80 averaging 75 Also laptop weight reduced cause by battery removal.

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

Glad to hear it, and happy to help!

[@weedconesuer]

Needed to replace a fan in my 17 r3 this gave me exactly what I needed to get to where I needed to be.. couldn't for the life of me figure out how to take this thing apart and was too scared of messing things up to try 😂

[@MrIagainsti120]

Thank you, I used this to clean my heatsinks and reapply thermal compound.

[@wigarananta]

Did you do the whole steps?

[@MrIagainsti120]

@@wigarananta yes you need to remove the monitor to remove the heat sinks

[@wigarananta]

@@MrIagainsti120 thanks

[@carllewis166]

Thank you I removed blown up battery . Pc came on. Can I run it and play game with battery removed until new battery arrives? Thank you!

[@andrej513]

Anyone know if it is possible to change the hdmi port ? Mine seems to be broken since I need to adjust the entry angle of the HDMI cable and if I move the laptop i have to re-adjust it

[@RukaIXR]

Any idea where to get a motherboard for this? Mine is cooked (I think)

[@ralseidreemurr2682]

Seeing the heatsink on GPU was a huge disappointment i thought it had MXM that could be swapped out but looks like everything is soldered as of now on Alienware's

[@epigamers4909]

How are you ? I hope it's ok. I have a question. I have an alienware 18 R3, which has a problem, and it is that it does not recognize the video cards, today I bought a card to see if they were the card and it remains the same. help me with a harvest thank you very much

[@doncross5181]

Is the gpu built into the motherboard?

[@wigarananta]

What should i open if i just want to clean up the fan and sort of thing? Also put the thermal paste on the cpu

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

You would be much better off blasting short spurts of canned air into the bottom and rear vents to clean the fans and heatsink. If you want to redo your thermal paste prepare to remove almost everything to get the motherboard out of the case so you can reach the heatsink screws. I would air clean your fans and heatsink and see if that helps first.

[@mikea9350]

Thank you. Your video was very helpful

[@aharkey]

Thanks mate! Can you advise on upgrading the CPU?

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

It is integrated into the motherboard, most are nowadays :(

[@madcapper6]

Is an NVMe drive compatible with this laptop or just M2 Sata like the one that comes stock with it?

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

It looks like the slots are NVMe keyed so they are probably a hybrid slot. I'd double check on some forums but it looks like it will take either.

[@madcapper6]

@@Sellbrokedotcom Ok cool. Thank you for the response and the help.

[@nopochoclos]

Shitty designs, expensive, are not easy to open, disassemble and those shit flexes that give shame, reminds me of the keyboard flexes of the Sinclair spectrum and Commodore Amiga, a false movement and you broke everything., Very uncomfortable for give it maintenance and cleaning, I have an old Acer and it is beautiful you just open the back cover with 3 screws and access all the hardware and fan heatsinks, disassemble you do your work you close and as new in less than 5 minutes open and close.

[@rahilarious]

Hey, could you tell which screw is used for PCIe SSD slot?

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

Not exactly, but if you have a small bag of laptop screws one should fit. A lot of them have the same thread size and pitch.

[@rahilarious]

@@Sellbrokedotcom opened the back panel and dell was good enough to write screw size (M2xL3) 2mm diameter and 3mm length. Bought that, Upgraded to nvme SSD now feels like flying...tysm for vid

[@glen3103]

whats the part number of the battery? i have this exact model and need to replace the battery and i dont want to buy the wrong one off amazon.

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

Buy this one: www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Alienware-17-R3-17-3-Genuine-Laptop-Battery-14-8V-92Wh-6JHDV-ER/283622837993?hash=item42093d0ee9:g:ZSYAAOSwVb5diO3c:sc:USPSFirstClass!89511!US!-1 Don't buy on amazon :)

[@Frantremb]

@@Sellbrokedotcom Any seller in Canda for this one ?

[@vitaliyn6841]

baterry model please

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

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[@waiyon1951]

I really wish cleaning laptop fans doesnt need to be a full disassembly job. I want to give the fans a good clean but im afraid of breaking it ...

[@kobemiguelliang3671]

Hi guys! please reply if you have the same black screen problem with Alienware 17 R3 i7 after the windows 10 update my laptop black screen after a restart please help me to fix it

[@Sellbrokedotcom]

I would try Google and see how to boot your laptop in SAFE mode, then if you can do that, reinstall the drivers for your video card.

[@kobemiguelliang3671]

@@Sellbrokedotcom thanks please help me

[@Lazyman1975]

An hdmi port is not a usb port...lol