LA-C912P – Dell Alienware 15 R2
The LA-C912P (Compal) motherboard is found in the Dell Alienware 15 R2 and Dell Alienware 17 R3. The catalog lists 10 files for it: 5 BIOS files, 2 schematics, 2 boardviews and 1 EC firmware image.
Revisions seen in file names: 1.0 and 2.0. ODM project names: AAP21, ECHO15 and AAP11. First posted in August 2019 in BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive and Cyberlan Electronics.
BIOS dumps 5
Schematics 2
Boardviews 2
EC / KBC firmware 1
Board facts
| Board number | LA-C912P |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Compal |
| Platform group | LA-C |
| ODM project | AAP21, ECHO15, AAP11 |
| Revisions | 1.0, 2.0 |
| First seen | 2019-08-26 |
| Source channels | BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics |
| About the number | Compal board numbers start with LA- for main boards and LS- for daughter boards. |
Laptops that use LA-C912P
- Dell Alienware 15 R2
- Dell Alienware 17 R3
What these files are for
A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.
A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.
A boardview is the component placement map of the PCB: click a part or a net and the viewer highlights where it is and what it connects to. Used together with the schematic to find test points.
Tools to open these files
| Format | What it is | Open with |
|---|---|---|
| .bin | raw SPI flash image | a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer |
| .cad | .cad boardview | FlexBV, OpenBoardView or BoardViewer |
| PDF schematic | any PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well | |
| .rar | RAR archive | 7-Zip or WinRAR |
| .zip | ZIP archive | 7-Zip, WinRAR or the built-in Windows extractor |
Questions
Is there a boardview for LA-C912P?
Yes, 2 boardview files in .cad format.
Who designed the LA-C912P board?
LA-C912P is a Compal board number used by Dell.
Which laptops use the LA-C912P board?
Files in the catalog link LA-C912P to the Dell Alienware 15 R2 and Dell Alienware 17 R3.
Where do the download links go?
Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.