repair Alienware Area-51 R2 - Replace Hard Drive

It really does suck when working with this case as a good bit of the screws on this machine can be stripped.

having to get a wrench and twist the screws off like you're heman or some shit is so shitty.

I'm all for a secure case and concept but when it takes you so much effort just to get a few screws undone it's a fundamental issue.

I've put a 2080 super, new fans, new memory, a new hard drive and the amount of screws that feel glued on are disgusting.

Stop lying bitch, making no mention about the retarded screw that can easily be stripped on the back, that you need to get rid of before using the tabs!
That retarded shit of design with the screw (I would love to smack the shit out of the genius who thought of it) negates any benefits you get from the quick access latch. To me, this is like having a phone with super quick face recognition unlock, but for some inexplicable reason, you have to punch in a 30 digit security code every time you want your face unlocked!

enjoying my R5! thanks for this video :)

I have a single hard drive in which the operating system is installed on. I wish to replace the hard drive but what about the recovery partition? Anyone?

Can I put 6tb HDD’s in all????

Which one do i replace if im having trouble with downloading startup files?

Really dumb question, but replacing the SSD won't void my warranty, right?

The video at .22 seconds says, remove the side panel by pushing the clip. No mention that a screw must be removed first. Without removing the screw, the side panels can't be released. Poor job explaining a very simple process.

Am i able to add a secondary SSD to my area 51 (I ordered a 128g ssd for the boot drive and a 2TB for storage)? I popped open the case and noticed some extra cables with SATA labels, and some ones with POWER labels. There is also an extra slot or two to screw in a new hard drive.

Hi AW support, I recently installed a new Samsung 850 evo alongside the 2TB HDD my A51 system came stock with. I switched my SATA 0 (that originally had my HDD on it) to my Samsung and moved my HDD to SATA 1. I did a clean install of my OS on my SSD as im using it to boot my OS and my HDD for storage, but now it says "AHCI mode deactivated" on my SSD, but before AHCI was always activated. I've tried resetting my bios to factory defaults but it hasn't helped. Would you be so kind as to tell me how to enable AHCI through the BIOS so that I can have the performance benefits it provides? Thanks so much!

my hard drive panel on the side of the computer seems to be stuck when i lift the latch it wont open how do i open it otherwise?

Hey Alienware services. I am looking to get one of these rigs ,but I'm not sure it will last at least two years. So I was wondering how long could this computer last.

the maximum of the hdd is 3 and 2 ssd ?
if i have 4 hdd is it possible to use on area 51?

I just purchased my A51-R2 and I have 1 HDD (for storage) and 1 SSD Samsung 850 EVO installed (for boot drive). I wanted to purchase a 3rd SSD like the Samsung 950 PRO -Series 256GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD 2-Inch MZ-V5P256BW and use this for my boot drive due to it being faster, but I wanted to confirm here that these kinds of drives will work with my system. The mobo in the A51 is just a basic x99 mobo so it should be compatible with it, but I wanted to make sure that it will work before my purchase.

I have two hard drive assemblies that I want to install the drives from another box I have but there are no cables going to these cages. One why not and two what do I need to do to get the cables I need for these.

If I'm replacing the ssd drive do I swap its contents to the hdd + how do I do this?

Can u recommend an ssd drive to use with th Area 51 I was thinking of a 500gb one thanks

Can I install a second ssd?

Hello .. I have a question ..
Can I have HHD1 + HDD2 on Raid 1 / SSD4 & SSD 5 on Raid 1 and HDD 3 as normal?
Do I need to buy a internal Raid controller for that? Or can the system handle it.

What size screws are needed for the cages for both the SSD and Hard Drive. These are not included inside the case and while you pull the four out within the video you do not state their information to anyone and leave us to simply guess. This is not a question for the singular one that holds the cage down securely but the four that hold the SSD/HD to the cage.