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Dell Alienware M18x R2 (Early 2012) User Manual

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Storage

Interface

• SATA 2.0 (3 Gb/s) or SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s)
• mSATA (SATA 2.0)

Hard drive/solid-state
drive

• 9.5 mm height — up to two 2.5-inch drives
• 7.0 mm height — up to three 2.5-inch drives

Drive configurations
supported

NOTE: The middle (HDD 2) connector on the

interposer is a SATA 2.0 (3 Gb/s) connector. The
top (HDD 0) and bottom (HDD 1) connectors on the
interposer are SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s) connectors.
• One drive — Connect to top (HDD 0) or bottom

(HDD 1) connector of the interposer

• Two drives — Connect to top (HDD 0) and bottom

(HDD 1) connectors of the interposer

• Three drives — Connect to all the three connectors

of the interposer

Optical drive

one slot-load optical drive supporting DVD+/-RW or
Blu-ray disc writer

Communications

Network adapter

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN on Motherboard
(LOM)

Wireless

• one half Mini-Card slot
• one full Mini-Card slot
• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi; Wireless Display (optional);

WirelessHD (optional)

Touchpad

X/Y position resolution
(graphics table mode)

742 cpi/1166 cpi

Size

Height

54.0 mm (2.13 inches) sensor-active area

Width

100.0 mm (3.94 inches) rectangle