Upgrade Your Alienware Area 51m R2: Installing a New Motherboard 

Great question each MOBO manufacturer will install a different code or sequence to tell what the MOBO it having an issue with they will also sometimes includes beeps and noises to tell. Hope that helps. You can also look up your MOBO product along with the sequence it’s giving you and it should help determine what the issue is. 😀

I believe not the r1 comes with 4 ddr4 slots where the r2 comes with only 2. It also has a SD card reader. Where the R1 doesn’t.

It really makes me mad that they discontinued this product. This sounds crazy but I really wanted to be able to upgrade the whole motherboard because of how bulky it is. That’s the whole reason why I bought it

Good question you can look up your models SN and go on eBay or dell will send one out to you.

@@itsstudiosinc because mine just started burning out but it still works just that it has the burning plastic smell when i charge it

You might just be able to replace the charge port and not the whole motherboard.

Yes please! Where can I get the motherboard?

Got mine new on EBay for $260 taxes in delivered CAD